I received mine today - the gloss version linked to in the original post.
Although it's probably not a reliable means of comparison, looking at your photos I'm not entirely convinced we have the same manufacturer...
It is 'gloss', but I'm 99% sure the honeycomb isn't painted. It looks ok (loads better than the grey original) but doesn't have the visual impact that a nice glossy deep black paint would.
It did have this tell-tale label on the back, from the factory. So maybe that'll tell us whether it's a different manufacturer:
The red stripe is crap. I'll be fitting the OEM stripe into this after its had a couple of passes of Tornado Red.
The main black bit behind the number plate holder is definitely painted, and not brilliantly, so I will at the very least try a bit of compound and polish to see if it can be improved.
I'm in two minds whether to leave the honeycomb as it is, or paint it gloss black along with the lower one and fogs (when I get new ones of those).
Hmmm. Still a step in the right direction for me anyway, the current faded OEM grille has a lovely gash in it from my neighbour's 4x4...