It is not painted, I had a regular silver predator. Then I cut the fenders completly off, including the fender braces. I did not like it then. So I ordered front black plastic. Then got the seat recovered. I am going for a black to silver fade. I just want to find or custom fabricate black graphics for the rear silver fenders. So that the black blends to the silver more. Thanks for the comments everyone. Black is my color of choice, I couldn't get a TLD Predator so I am trying to customize black in.