PAINT!!!! No question for me! I like to "change" things around from time to time. I touch them up with flat black Hi Temp occasionally. NOT a "re-paint", a "touch up".
I'm going to be painting mine WHITE soon. I'll do it on the car, just mask off the behind them etc. Don't want it to become a HUGE under taking, keep it simple,,,,,, like a can of paint!
Radical guy that I am I will also be painting my WHEEL inner sections white.
I love paint in a can!
OH, sidepipes stainless steel or chrome? NOT anymore! I has stainless on my Excalibur, hotter than hells core. The painted black side pipes on the ERA are WAY cooler (and I can "play" with them)!