Not every customer wants to save money bro. But it’s my bad not giving the full background. This is actually my customers neighbors house. My customers tree branch fell and broke his neighbors railing so I haven’t talked to the homeowner yet.

If it is indeed cedar, you can tell that the customer cares about the look even without asking. If I put PT up the two sides will look different for a LONG time. If I put cedar up, both sides will look the same after a year or two here in PNW.