and i think thats a good thing black is goooood, i had a conversation with the guy i got my slam panel and lights from at volksmaina in bath, he advised against it due to MOT which im sure will be ok if the beams still ok, plus if its metalic black then surely it will still reflect??? and also getting it open could be very hard but hey its a challenge, what i think i may do is ask the gy whoes gonna do my MOT and see what he says.... at least that will get that risk out the way