I put the Redline hood struts in, but the black brackets in the otherwise Ruby Red engine bay were eyeing me. So today my OCD kicked and I airbrushed the brackets with touch up lacquer.
I had mine hardware painted grabber blue by JLT. He charged me 15.00 to do the lower brackets. I actually had a can of that the dealer gave me. I used it on a paint brush to touch up the bolts after they got the paint chipped off. it all looks factory.