Although the running board looks good painted, you'd be better off with drilling a few holes and adding some grip tape or buy running board grips. If you don't want to drill it, at least the grips will help. The new sleds, even the trail models, all have slotted running boards now so they don't fill up with ice. I miss my 08 CF6, and there's no snow the past few years to ride the M8 with the paddle track. So I've got an 01 ZR 600 EFI as a simple trail sled. Annnnd there's still no snow anyways. This winter sucks.