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08-16-2020, 05:39 PM
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Location: Manlius, NY
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Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
Finishing my truck soon..getting down to the final stages...I am working on the grille area. My steel headlight bezels were rusted and a little pitted. Trying to keep my truck as original as possible for as cheap as possible..I decided I would try to save them.
I sandblasted one and then sanded with 220 and then 320 grit paper. Knowing if I do nothing else to them, they will rust again...I am going to clear coat them after being cleaned up. Only took 20 minutes or so...I could probably shine them up a little more, but no point...these will be good for my truck. It's not a show truck. Here is a side by side comparison between an old rust bezel to a "new" cleaned bezel. I am sure people have done this many times before, but I was excited to save a little $ and make them nicer than before. |
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08-16-2020, 08:13 PM
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
Nice work! Like night and day. I may follow your lead with mine.
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08-16-2020, 08:20 PM
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
Looks like someone got their moneys worth out of those tires. What brand?
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08-17-2020, 09:00 AM
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
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08-17-2020, 09:57 AM
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
Bezels look great..!
Tires look same as KENDA K397 LOADSTAR I thi I there are other brands with the same lug pattern as well
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08-17-2020, 04:06 PM
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
looks killer Andy
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08-17-2020, 09:10 PM
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One foot in front of the other
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
Looks good.
Chakah had done something similar with a grill in a previous thread. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=610093 |
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08-17-2020, 09:26 PM
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
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04-19-2022, 12:29 AM
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But Found Her 25yrs Later!
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Oregon City, Oregon
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Re: Poor man's aluminum headlight bezel
Poor man's aluminum grill (chrome)?
https://youtu.be/KBtdU10PIcE. . I have two 64-66 painted grills. I think I might try the Rust-Oleum chrome spray paint. The worst it could look is like faded aluminum.
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