I have seen at least 3 variations on cars the claim to be "original".
- Natural (i.e. no obvious coating like paint)
- Black (including letters)
- Black with contrasting letters
What we took off our car appeared to be magnesium and originally all black. One of them has a chip on the sealing edge, so I'm replacing them.
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What you get from Stoddard for example, I think is aluminum and what I'll call natural or uncoated.
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