Yea, mine is all the same charcoal on all of it except the edges where the strips are not, it's silver on those edges. I definetly would practice cause the grill may not be thick enough once it gets milled. The mold for the GT grill IS different in that the three strip areas is thinner to accept the strips, but maintaines thickness so it is not flimsy. It's like the air gap is what is reduced not the material.
Will, you got me thinking about the colors.. I might try color matching the buckets to match the grill. I don't want to screw up such a beautiful piece. Then if it looks good maybe I will do the same color on the tail panel. I think it will look good..
