Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter View Post

As for the trim on the hood, if it were mine I'd paint the strips body color. That would give texture without distracting. To my eye both the black and the polished stainless would pop out too much interupting the visual flow by stopping the eye. At the front or on the bottom the black works because it forms a visual frame on the perimeter, but in the "middle" of the body they're a disruptor.
I don't know if I would have ever thought about painting them the body color. Thanks Bob.