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Too monotone, there is a fine line between 'all silver' and 'painted all silver'... You have to differentiate your materials as has been said above, the ribbing/rubber sections especially. You can get away with a lot so long as you make sure to be contextually correct and provide enough material contrast to sell the illusions. If you are too uniform, the illusion is broken and it just ends up being 'sprayed silver everywhere'.

Good news is, it won't take much brushwork to touch the few details you need to sell it!