I keep hearing that they don't anodize their aluminum parts after fixing them, they just leave them raw polished aluminum.

Yes, that makes it easier to polish out scratches, but raw aluminum scratches WAY easier than anodized. The bright anodize is a protectant.

I guess it's ok to leave it off on garage kept show cars, but I plan on driving my ride quite a bit, and don't want to spend all my time polishing out bug scratches in the raw aluminum.

Tav