Originally Posted by Teddybear

Thanks! and welcome to AZ! I'd be happy to answer your questions.

Beak/Shield is painted. It's not a perfect match because that's nearly impossible with the pearl, and fading etc. The paint on the body is original; approaching 8 years, and 200k km.
Rear trunk trim piece was also body matched (paint). I was on the fence about it, because i didnt mind the silver, but i figured i'd get it body matched and if i really didnt like it, i could wrap it matte silver later on. So far, i'm digging the cleaner body matched colour.

Fog housing was also painted. I was going to just plastidip it, but since I had my front bumper resprayed anyways, I just asked my body shop to paint it black to match the black plastic. It looks slightly semi gloss to me. I think it made the front look much more aggressive. I think Matte or Semi gloss would both look pretty clean. I wouldn't do glossy on that, personally.

Rear reflectors are stock for now. I want to smoke them out a bit. Haven't figured out what to use. I may try plastidip, since it's easily reversible. We'll see.

Roof spoiler, i just got one off ebay when they had their 15% off code. There's a few styles, just give it a search on ebay to see what you like. Paid around $50CAD with the sale price, but had to pay $45 for customs and duties.... That's pretty much in line with what others paid too.

Originally Posted by kevinh1919

Thank you.

In the 4G TL Photograph Gallery thread, you mentioned the paint shop's concern about the beak's potential to chip easily. Have you experienced any issues thus far?