My painted tail light bezels on IOM

[cosmobudman]

Very nice. Looks so much better with the black bezels or no bezels. Never really understood why chrome accents here and no where else. Good job Aby!

[svtjackal]

looks great, I will be doing this to my SIM ASAP

[iBK3000]

It def looks better

[5th Gen SS]

Originally Posted by Abygale

A big thank you to Themossman who provided this DIY post on how to do this:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46729

I knew soon after getting my car that the chrome bezels around the tail lights just had to go. I first removed them and put black door trim molding in its place as a temporary solution. Today I painted the bezels and love this more permanent solution.

I used slightly different paints than Themossman did. I wanted a little bit of a shinier look than he did. I used Dupli-Color DS-104 (universal flat black) and Dupli-Color DS-125 (Clear top coat) to give it a little bit of a shine.

With Stock Chrome Bezels:



With door trim molding:



Painted bezels:

That looks great.
I am doing the same thing next week when the paintshop puts on the replacement front GFX lip.

[jadyn_425]

looks really good what kinda grill is that ? did u have to get it painted and was the bottom included or sold seperate?

[tjd24]

Looks like the Phantom grill from Aftermarket Anarchy - see this thread first post - http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47399 - if not its darn close - looks great along with the two-tone upper & lower halves - not to high-jack Abygale's thread...

[andrewm]

You know I never understood why Chevy made those back light bezels chrome. All of the other light trim was blacked out. All of those rear bezels should match the front grill colour.

Andrew

[5th Gen SS]

Originally Posted by jadyn_425

looks really good what kinda grill is that ? did u have to get it painted and was the bottom included or sold seperate?

The grilles are made by T-Rex. You can buy them seperately. They come in chrome and black in the "phantom" style. I went here because they didn't charge tax or shipping.
http://www.carid.com/2010-chevy-camaro-grill/

[Abygale]

Thanks everyone. The painting wasn't bad.....I did three coats of adhesive promoter, five light coats of the flat black and three coats of the clear coat. It took a few hours to do with drying time between coats, but well worth it. The bezels go back in MUCH easier than they come out

5th Gen....that is a great looking car. I love the front grill and the paint job. They really need to clean up the back end though and get rid of that chrome

[5th Gen SS]

Originally Posted by Abygale

Thanks everyone. The painting wasn't bad.....I did three coats of adhesive promoter, five light coats of the flat black and three coats of the clear coat. It took a few hours to do with drying time between coats, but well worth it. The bezels go back in MUCH easier than they come out

5th Gen....that is a great looking car. I love the front grill and the paint job. They really need to clean up the back end though and get rid of that chrome

Thank you, That part is getting done this coming week. The smoke tail lights are on order. The blackout stripe was put on last night. A metallic graphite pinstripe at the black/orange transition is being painted on next week as well. There are a bunch of others things on the list to do before SEMA.

[bossbunny]

that looks great abby!

[TJ91]

great job on the bezels, i couldnt decide with gloss black or flat black but ive confirmed flat black now

[SSOOCH]

I personally think it looks cheap. I'll take the chrome ones. But good job!!

[tradosaurus]

Originally Posted by SSOOCH

I personally think it looks cheap. I'll take the chrome ones. But good job!!

SSOOCH, have you thought about charging people for your comments? You could be rich!

I made $10,000 last month and quit my job.