Postman brought mine today.

First impressions are awesome. Mine has that straw-coloured band; don't mind it to be honest, it'll be invisible when installed in a case. I was also surpried to find it came with compression fittings! I was going to run 2 3/8" loops, but now I'm considering swithcing the rad-only loop to 1/2"... If only I'd known when I ordered...