Correct Hood Latch Finishes

[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.

[R68GTO]

Correction....I took my bracket that bolts to the hold out in the daylight, and it is indeed light gray phosphate.

[x33rs]

If it helps, mine is unrestored and the hood latch is in fact grey phosphate and my spring does have some black left on it.
12D Norwood car if that makes any difference. I'd post a pic but unable to do so.

[R68GTO]

Is the tapered head pin bare steel? How about the spring retainer cup?

[m22mike]

Same phos plating.

[Edgemontvillage]

Originally Posted by R68GTO

Is the tapered head pin bare steel? How about the spring retainer cup?

No sub components of the hood latch are bare / natural steel.