does the cover plate need to be painted?

[djvaly]

I just purchased a new front plate cover for my black '99 TA. it comes black primed not sure if I have to paint it black. my car is currently in the shop
undergoing motor swap so I can't get to it to compare how close the black color of the car matches with the plate cover. so if anybody ordered a front cover plate black color, did you need to paint it black as well to the factory code spec or was it very close that it did not matter.
thanks!

['96 Z28SS]

i would say so, that gel coat will start to fade. i would paint it

[02Ls1Formula]

yeah painting would be the best, and if you cant do it yourself, expect to spend about 80, thats how much mine recently cost me

[djvaly]

cool I'll color paint match it, it cost $40 to do a rocker panel so I assume it will cost 20 bucks to do this, it's primed already. then I need to put the white reflective bird decal on the cover.

[02Ls1Formula]

sweet, good luck, and if you know anybody that wants the orange overlay, i have one, they can have it.....