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They honestly look better painted/wrapped. I'm becoming more and more certain Elon went with stainless steel just to trick people into buying an unpainted car.
Probably a bulk discount with the rocket materials supplier too.
Actually 100% both of these. He stated it was a design goal early on and why its got so many straight edges is because the material did not do well with complex forming.
Aluminum sheets that didn't quite make the aircraft grade cut.