As far as blacking the suspension etc parts out...... "one or two puddles and it isn't black any longer"!!!!
Steve, I know what you mean--to me, semi-gloss is a color choice, undercoat splatter is a color choice, and bold color means whether the insert in the Nyloc is yellow or ESNA red...And all lost in perspective of the real world. Pretty interesting that Greg find the suspension pieces were actually plated at all...! Really, in a Mangusta the only really daring in the engine bay is when a few have chrome plated the rear cross bar, even a polished ZF doesn't offend anybody. And Greg, for a million things on a Mangusta, the answer on "what is right" is normally a mystery anyways. If you avoid red body color, the chance of you parking next to another Mangusta and looking the same is really low 
. Having such an early Goose is special in itself.