Well, if they are supposed to have black tips, then I've seen two examples otherwise. Mine has no evidence of ever being coated black and neither did the "new" SRT Roadster I looked at last week. Both were quite obviously bare metal...

I'll put that in the same category as the backwards windows switches, backwards mirror switches, Alarm Speakers that chirp or don't chirp, and convertible top latches with and without release buttons. You never know whatcha gonna get...