If you're painting the whole system black, then yeah, the shields will look fine. They just looked a little out of place with the silver cans is all.Im afraid that the shield for exhaust cans is coming back....but as the exhaust and the shield will both be painted black next month then its hardly visible. I leave only the tips of the exhaust stainless. There are two 8mm holes on top of cans so it looks in real life much better with the shield on.