Yes, I've decided the best way to color the bolts on an assembled car is to paint the heads with a brush after careful cleaning/degreasing. I'm going to try that before we put the fenders on.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to flatten the tailpipes where they pass between the leaf spring and the body? I'm still considering the splitters with the 3" inlet, 2 1/2" outlet pipes, but may leave the pipes as is if I can figure out how to duplicate the look of the flattened factory tailpipes--even though they are 3" instead of 2". I remember they were flattened with straight lines, but the narrow portion of the OD retained the original curve of the pipe.