Posted: Mar 05 2010 at 5:07am | IP Logged

Frontierguy, I hear what you are saying but I use my truck like a truck.  It goes through the woods on dirt trails during deer hunting season, across grassy fields during pheasant hunting and on gravel roads a lot of times.  4WD gets used heavily on snowy roads in the winter. It gets scratched.  I haul a lot of stuff in the bed and have marks in there.  I am far more concerned with the longevity and dependability of the drivetrain.  Putting a little "schmeck" on those spots to prevent chipping is so low down on my worry list with a truck, it really doesn't register.  Just me, I guess. 

However, I did add the Nissan skid plates and a diff protector to my SE and they are doing their job as I see some small dents in the plates where sticks (probably) banged into the plates rather than the gas tank or the transfer case.