A few may disagree, how ever in the "old days" of leaded gas black was BAD... grey was better, now that we are forced to burn unleaded fuel with all the polution additives.

I do agree that they tend to make the cars run "fat" to besure they pass emissions, I also agree that chipped cars where the fuel has been trimmed back a bit would show less "soot"...

I thought about painting my tips as well but the wife wil not let me use paint or knives.... only Pencils...

Mo