Quote Originally Posted by Mile High VX View Post
Have you considered that one of the PO's may not have liked the dark cladding, for whatever reason, and actually treated the cladding to be lighter. The line around the grill area would be consistent if they taped off the hood without removing the cladding.
Yeah, I think that's most likely. There's definitely no "coating" on it of any type now, maybe somehow they bleached it ?