Well I am reconciled to the fact that i can't get the farmers drop plate off so I tidied it all up under there, treating the exhaust to some matt black barbecue paint and the towing bits to some black satin hammerite - looks a treat  Geoff

Any pictures? Bushy

2003 RR Vogue Monté Carlo Blue

Looks nice and tidy ! Did you brush or spray the hammerite ? Looks like you did the whole armature, probably an annual requirement given the amount of salt we get on the roads ! Stolen / Gone: 2006MY Supercharged LPG Autobiography - Zambezi Silver with Sand/Jet/Jet Oxford Leather.....

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Well done, I may have a go at the exhausts too! Such a shame you can't get rid of the drop plate. And I'm sure you'll find someone on here who would love your towing cap lol.  Bushy

2003 RR Vogue Monté Carlo Blue

I job I need to do on mine too.

Think I have the requisite ingredients knocking about in the workshop too.  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

This is one the things I love about this forum, someone tries something and I get motivated to do it.

RRUK I've just been looking at your thread about clay cleaning the FF, yours looks amazing! So I'm popping into halfords to get some clay this week. Something I would've never done before. Bushy

2003 RR Vogue Monté Carlo Blue

Thanks guys,
I'm getting used to the drop plate being there all the time as I use it almost weekly for my tow ball mounted bike rack (BuzzRack best £100 or so I ever spent) - the Hammerite is brushed on after cleaning with jet wash, file and emery cloth (I needed the file mainly where I had been battering the drop plate with a sledgehammer in a vain attempt to shift it). The silencer was jet washed, scrubbed with Scotchbrite and then sprayed with a couple of coats of B&Q barbecue paint as the aluminiumising (is that a word) was showing through silver. I am pleased now and it can certainly hold it's own with newer models.

Although to towball cover has to go  Geoff

I'm sure you can do something about the bottom of that drop plate with the help of an angle grinder fitted with a cutting disc.
As least it would remove the plough function of the tow hitch. 

Top job Fella.

BTW, if you want to get the drop plate hitch part off, and if it's all rusted in place...I got mine off with the aid of a bottle jack between the back of the drop plate and the main towbar armature.

Chrome exhaust tips aside what colour should the original Supercharged Silencer and exhaust pipes be please. My silencer looks faded black with some silver showing too.. Not sure if it was originally silver/ grey or black and might tidy it too???

Get Halfords Black Silk in Can and spray two or three coats. The results are cheap but look great. The box does not get really hot.

Cheers.. What prep is advised please?

Wire brush should suffice. Just spray it on....

Thanks.. Guaranteed I'll make a complete 'erse of it' as my forefathers used to say!