[R68GTO]

Thanks for all the responses. Interestingly enough when I took mine apart the braket that bolts to the hood was gloss black on the visible surfaces (as was a lot of stuff on my car), but he surface that bolted to the hood was bare steel. The tapered head pin/bolt and spring retaining cup had gloss black paint on the surface facing toward the front of the car, but the engine side also looked like bare steel. The spring was gloss black all over which leads see to believe thats what the factory did since the backside of the pin and retainer were unpainted.