coyfish, thank you very very much for your efforts. its greatly appreciated!!!!
it does look better, but not stock. i'm sure the flash is only making it look worse than it is.
i refinished my lotek my self with a mixture of satin, and flat black. in certain lights it looks dead on. from out side the car looking in it looks exact. but when you get close enough you can see the texture is way off.
coyfish, your piece looks like the texture is much closer to stock than the lotek piece but is a little duller/lighter in colour.
makes me think, if i could get the pitch of black right it would look stock. just sucks that even 200 bucks isnt enough to get it right.
again, thanks a bunch for gettin us pics of it installed.