Not as cheap as you think. CAI upgrade nice! For some reason I think the heat sheild would have looked good in red. Lol, just kidding! Anyways, you where right so I thought I'd take this time to apologize "for you know what". You can take it or leave it.
If that was my heat shield I would have used half a can of "mothers" on it and polished it. Seen some people set it in grips and buff away. My stock shield looked like that, got it chromed out and later sold.