Scuff plates - steel or aluminium?

[Arne]

James, I'm late to this thread, but all three of the cars I have had were equipped with the standard vinyl covered steel scuff plates. All are of course LHD, and were 10/70, 4/71 and 7/71.

[240znz]

I'm going to purchase some new ones from Courtesy Nissan. Thanks for your input guys. There is more and more evidence stacking up to suggest that these have been fabricated.

[hls30.com]

Attached is a pic of the plates. The centre hole is offset to the left on both plates and the thickness is approximately the same as the sill kick plates.

The curve is formed via a series of four folds spaced at about every 10cm. The condition of them is "mangled", the camera flash makes them look far better than they are.

They could be off anything.

Those bear a striking resemblance to early stages ofthe ones I have made up in stainless. I could post a picture, but only the background looks different.

Will

[rbm260z]

Does anyone know, if the scuff plate for a 2+2 is the same as a coupe. I tried to

refurbish mine with rubberized undercoating and seemed to work OK!!

[hls30.com]

2+2s are longer-due to longer doors, and the later S30s have a different shape(for the upholstered piece)

Will

[Montezuma]

Does anyone know a good source for 1978 2 seater scuff plates. I found one source, it was a little expensive but not too bad. Courtesy emailed me saying that they are NLA. The reason I need a new set is because mine were steel...the reason I know; they are rusted bad. We just replaced the carpet with a Datsun Spirit 9 piece kit which I reported as awesome in another thread. I will post pictures for those interested. One observation is 240 scuff plates are still available but 280 are not.

[240znz]

Would you notice the difference? Did the nine piece carpet kit come with carpet strips that go under the steel scuff plates?

Sorry, but I am assuming that the 280z scuff plates are a little longer than those for the 240z.