Restore my headlight bezels

[jlmerie]

I have a really nice pair of headlight bezels for the squarebody trucks from 1973-1978. I want to detail them some for my 1978 GMC. I know the center of some of these was painted black, but these never were. I want to keep the clean look of these but I need to do something with painted centers. Does anyone know what I can use to repaint these to keep the factory silver look?

[INSIDIOUS '86]

Tape it off and duplicolor argent silver i believe
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[xrcr]

I'm doing the same thing. I've got 1 finished and it looks good just don't know about the durability. I bought summit argent silver. It's too freaking hot to do the other one right now

[jlmerie]

When I looked at the Summit Argent silver they say it is a gloss finish. Is that the correct finish? That does not seem right to me.

[truckfan]

i am holding an original brochure for 1977. depending on the picture, some look silver and some look black. mine on my truck appear to be a faded black. any experts?

[1774btcrew]

My 1977 was all original and had argent. The problem with just spraying them is that the paint doesn't hold like the originals and flakes off. I am a body man by trade so I properly prepped them. The area to be painted was sanded, masked and then cleaned with wax and grease remover. They didn't last 2 months before the paint started flaking. My next option is to mask and bead blast the area to get some adhesion. I hope someone has found something easier that works!

[xrcr]

I would say the Summit goes on as a semi gloss it's not real shiny. I'm also questioning how long they will hold up

[crewcabsquared]

Use an etching primer over the scuffed/wax&grease removed bare metal. Then come back with your argent silver. The etching primer I use (ppg or Crest) will even stick and last over chrome.

[1774btcrew]

Originally Posted by crewcabsquared

Use an etching primer over the scuffed/wax&grease removed bare metal. Then come back with your argent silver. The etching primer I use (ppg or Crest) will even stick and last over chrome.

I had considered etching primer but at the time only had the baby puke green and just knew how bad it would look if it chipped off.

[WarBeard]

73-74 were black the rest were silver.

[R&K's71]

Very clean looking DirtyLarry what paint did you use for the head lighr bezels

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by R&K's71

Very clean looking DirtyLarry what paint did you use for the head lighr bezels

You know, my buddy and I ran across this really awesome implement oil-based paint a few years ago at our local farm store called Van Sickle. This stuff is the bomb! Cheap too! I've been a huge fan of it since the first can. I swear you can paint over a greasy ball bearing right out of a rattle can and it won’t fisheye or anything. It is darn near as good as powder coating. It sticks great and never peels. I use their satin black paint on everything. Frames, axles, bumpers, and even grills and bezels

[THE "10" SILVERADO]

I don't know if it's just luck or not but I used regular krylon satin black on mine about 5 months ago and I still don't have any problems with paint flaking. I just cleaned and scuffed them before painting, I didn't use any de-greaser or primer.

[R&K's71]

looking to paint mine black as well i ll gets pics up as soon as i get them done