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The color underneath the clear coating on the crests appears fine - the hazing appears to be on the surface of the epoxy or whatever the thick clear coating is over the crest's outwards surface.
The crest base is apparently Aluminum (metal, but non-magnetic) with some sort of finish like a gold anodizing.
See photos below. The hazing shows best in the upper right quarter of the front picture. "Swirls" areas on the backside is the corrosion/oxidation outline where the adhesive (epoxy?) originally secured the crest to the wheel center.
Ed, I may take you up on the clear coating analysis offer, once I know what the dealership will want to do with the part when I make my warranty claim (if I can keep it, you're on...).
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