I would agree with that since it was the factory that ordered the change. Anything else would be disqualifying.
I was at Englishtown for HPP magazine Pontiac Day. A guy had a 1968 Firebird convertible, absolutely beautiful, and he had the original deluxe steering wheel. You know, the nice plastic ones with the Firebird horn cap, that are always cracked and broken? I told him I had never seen one on a show car or any car for that matter. He was the only one. I told him the reason you don't see them was because they all cracked and it was a factory recall item. His was perfect. I told him to never let it get way because it was so rare.
So is he correct in keeping it? Or should it have been replaced under the recall to be 'correct'? I don't know. If I had a nice one I would use it, as they are the nicest. I have my original, which is cracked, and another that is not so bad. I intend to try fixing that one. I am never 'correct'.