Cheers mate, it is the standard black finish, not metallic. The pic hides the swirl marks and scratches well - it has a ton of them. Plan to get a full paint correction done on it as soon as the better weather is here to stay. Got 2 alloys in need of a refurb too following a slide on the ice over Xmas. Ain't got any other mods planned at the mo... had a few issues with it this year, most recent one being a new turbo. Wanna see how many more problems it causes me before I pump in a load of cash.