Harmonic Balancer Finish

I had a Romac balancer that was beautiful out of the box and continued looking that way until I changed motors. These balancers are in a spot where they get the elements big time. If it's just cosmetics I wouldn't worry about it. If the numbers are going away take a paint marker and mark you lines so when you want to set the timing it's visible.

On the new motor it's a PPI balancer. I wasn't a fan but it's held up just fine.

Pioneer has since switched to a black coating on many of their balancers, however the older once I use to wax or WD40 regularly to keep them looking fresh. Romac use to make a alum hub version as well... You can sand it down or scuff it up and paint it with no harm....

I picked up the trickflow balancer because it was black , SFI rated, pretty much everything else is TF on my engine, and the price was right We'll see how it runs.