Yet Another finish question - Windshield trim clips

[R68GTO]

Painted black or natural metal, or other?

[bbbentley]

Black oxide or parkerized iir?

[parkbrau]

I constantly go back to this thread: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=160668 It has answered a lot of my questions.

Scroll down in this post and you will see some original clips. https://www.camaros.net/threads/time-for-another-68-z-28-to-be-restored.182584/page-57#post-3498210

[R68GTO]

Thanks guys. After looking at the clips in Chick's thread and looking at mine again, I believe they were painted black. The coverage is very even on both sides of the clip and after a dunking in evaporust (my pics) a lot of the black simply flaked off which wouldn't happen with a oxide type coating.

[ssl78]

Here is a bunch I have laying around sure look painted