Jeff, my brackets, and it looks like these also, appear to have body sealer formed around (but not on) them. On mine, after removing the bolts I almost had to pry them out from around the sealer. The sealer looks to have body color on top. Since these are supposed to be SG black, were they were put on when the sealer was still soft, and pushed the sealer out of the way as the bolt was tightened? Was this done after the body paint was applied or after? I'm confused...