The 4 door US version has them painted currently... I'm sure the euro version is always a little different. I would hope that if the GTI has them they are painted the body color, otherwise i'll be purchasing a black GTI.
I hate them aswell... and i tried taking them off one of my old cars and there have tunnels in the side of my car now :s... that sucked... hope that the top of the line modles don't have them.. thats what they did in aus with some of the holden cars...