HEY SPENCER ALL THE DSLS CAME IN BLACK, BLOCK AND HEAD , AND IT WAS A PRETTY TOUGH PAINT , AS ZACH SAID , ABOUT THE PAINT IF YOU CAN FIND THE BRAND SEYMORE, THEY MAKE A RWALLY GOOD ENG PAINT CALLED CAST BLAST, IN GREY ,, ALUMINUM AND IN BLACK IN FLAT FINISH AND IN SEMI GLOSS, DRYS FAST AND IT IS PRETTY TOUGH, THE CAST ALUM, FINISH LOOKS GOOD ON THE VLV CXVR AND THE CRANKCAES AND THE SIDE CVR AND IT GOES WELL WITH THE FRT ENG PARTS , I STARTED PUTTING THIS ONE TOGETHER HERE TODAY ,, SO KEEP US POSTED JERRY