Thread: Checkerplate the same colour as the car?

Originally Posted by Xul

I personally can't stand the look of shiny checkerplate,

Ditto.

Black powder-coated fender tops FTW

Originally Posted by Scallops

Black checker on a white Defender looks good - maybe you might want to wait until after the Defender day out before you make a decision.

Another vote for Black on white



Our fender

Scollops, the wife was surprised when I said I had not get them yet, she has nowhere for her drink to sit, remember.

Cheers for all the responses guys. The black ones don't look too bad but I reckon I prefer them being the same colour as the car.

Did somebody say checker plate? Here's my baby at Barrington Tops last weekend. Only the wing tops and rear quarter panels were in my original plan. The checker plate on the doors was unplanned...

I think on most vehicles you need to have either black or silver. The only time it looks good to have colour coded/same colour as vehicle is on a black one.

Here is mine....just had them done.
My Defender 110 11MY

I tend to agree about the black or sliver being the best options. Any other colour and you'll get shadows from the texture stuffing up the colour no matter how well you manage to match the colour. Any graphics on the vehicle also influence the decision. I reckon that black would not have been a good look on my county due to the blue graphics. Also here's a pic of my Puma before I "had to" add the checker plate on the doors thanks to a trip to Yalwal. For the record, I cut out my own checker plate for the county using stock that I bought at Bunnings. By sliding a sheet of project cardboard under the rear flares I was able to trace an accurate line for the cut which I painstakingly did with a Dremel.

The checker plate on my Puma's doors in a previous post was also cut out manually and then powder coated by a local company for $40.

In the photos, my wife is driving the Puma and I'm driving the county. All of the pics below were taken on Stockton Beach (NSW) on the same day.

Does it have to be chequerplate?
For those with vehicles that black won't suit and don't want raw Al, any reason not to use plain Al sheet cut to fit and painted/coated, particularly for the side panels?

I can only see the tread pattern being useful on the bonnet/mudguards. Does the production process to make chequerplate vary from plain sheet which gives it more suitable qualities?