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From what I understand, powder coat is most durable, however color matching while improved immensely can still be a bit difficult and expensive. I had genie AMG's that I removed the factory finish(powder coat I believe as aircraft paint stripper hardly did anything) and then had my centers painted an Acura color after I had the lips polished and they held up great! However they had a "dish" to protect them in a sense.