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Hi Scott,
The -14 wing spars, historically, have been clear anodized. There's even a note on the first page of the instructions stating such, I assume because it's the odd case for RV spars, as your experience points to, and they were likely getting a bunch of questions about it. I was surprised by the gold ones and now I'm pouring over the drawings to make sure I have the correct ones. With all the changes happening at Van's to meet demand, they may just be anodizing the -14 in gold now.