Air Gap intake back form media blast.. clear.. paint or run as-is?

I'd paint it "aluminum" color, I did that with my non-Air-Gap RPM intake and it's held up great for almost 4 years and 8,000+ miles. Still looks "painted" when you look closely but it's far better than natural raw aluminum covered in dirt and oil stains; ran an Air-Gap raw on my previous 360 and it looked horrible after not very long at all (<1 year).