Suburban tail/liftgate support detail

[oem4me]

For Suburban owners: Anybody have a Burb that they think has NOT been repainted on the inside around the gate opening? Just curious what you can tell of assembly/paint sequence in regards to the supports for the gate and lid.
It seems there is more evidence that the arms/supports were in place BEFORE paint than after. On mine, fawn paint is all over everything back there including latches, arms and supports. Is yours this way? There might be just traces remaining because it flakes off pretty easily if you scrape it. Seems pretty sloppy to me, but I'm thinking that's how they did it. Yes, no?