I know most of you scale guys probably like the look of black links better, especially for scale appearance. But I have always been a big fan of bare metal color myself. Its just a preference of mine, and it makes it different than most others. Plus, I'm not a huge fan of painting things, especially when I know they have a very good chance of getting scratched. The look that parts get when they're painted and get all scratched up just bothers me. But to each his own right
Sometime here soon I will be replacing the plastic axle housings with aluminum ones as well. And I have been toying with bead blasting the entire frame and having it powder coated...just haven't landed on an exact color yet...but it will definitely be some shade of silver/stainless steel color.
I really like the color of this frame on RC4WD's website...I wish mine would have come this color.
-Travis