its not a defectable so long as the guage cups arent polished/chrome, i know this because a mate of mine had it on his 33, his were chrome, had to paint them to remove the defect..
basically i am goin with a bit of a theme on my car, to bring a bit of old school to the new school, my car will be lowered to sit around about at the top of the tyre, its sits on 18' work wheels, i am cutting out the center of the bar to expose fmic, havin white (cupped)guages on bonnet, and i am white walling my tyres, so now you can see that i am steering very clear of the usual.... shopping list down the door with the biggest spoiler i can fit on the boot and loudest milo tin for an exhaust, i am goin for clean st look no autosalon business