Does anyone know what colour the 'very thin' paint on the Scout scuff plates is? I am assuming they are all the same colour (pre- facelift)?

I reversed into a gravel bank whilst turning on an Alpine track this summer and it has left some annoying scratches. Chips away wanted £150 plus vat to fix it, but I recon I can do a reasonable job given the right colour.

Paint is very thin I noticed, especially for what is a high impact area, also I am sure that I read somewhere in a brochure that they were aluminium. They are not they are plastic!

indeed.

aluminium effect

Hmmm - I noticed today that the sump guard is plastic on my facelift one too - the reference to the steel sump guard seems to have gone from the brouchure. All in the name of weight reduction I guess...

Hmmm - I noticed today that the sump guard is plastic on my facelift one too - the reference to the steel sump guard seems to have gone from the brouchure. All in the name of weight reduction I guess...

They've never been steel, always plastic - I noticed that on the brochure too when I got mine 3 years ago.

They've never been steel, always plastic - I noticed that on the brochure too when I got mine 3 years ago.

The undertray is plastic but the sumpguard depends on whether its a diesel or not. Our diesel 4x4 certainly has a metal sumpguard and plastic undertray but I think the petrols only get the undertray because of underbonnet temperatures.

my sump guard is metal (quite heavy as well!)

still wondering what colour the paint is on the scuff plates....