Tail light housing finish 70 Challenger

[Mopar5]

Looking for the correct look for the  tail light housings.To me they appear to be a steel or pot metal with galvanizing? Has any one painted these and if so what color or is it better just to clean them up and leave natural?

[RUNCHARGER]

Not galvanized. I've always just cleaned them up.

[Floyd]

I just had a couple sets soda blasted and that cleaned them up pretty nicely.  Any rust stains will have to be addressed separately.  Perhaps a very light media blast with glass beads.  Crushed glass would be too aggressive IMO.  Funny, I sweated the appearance of the entire housing, but very little of it is visible once installed.   I used rustoleum "aluminum" to retouch the inside reflective area on those that needed it.

[anlauto]

I've see some have black overspray on them as well from what I supposed was the chrome trim blackout...never could prove it so I just left them the silver colour.

[Floyd]

The top edge of the housing face was painted black.  I think the overspray came from that.

[Mopar5]

Notice the black overspray as well.

[Mopar5]

Thanks everyone,That brings me to another question. What is the sheen of the black painted part of the bezel ,Is it flat or semi gloss. I was thinking about using SEM trim black.

[R/T's 4 R/P]

Yes. SEM trim black.
Scuff the surface that will be painted with a scotch pad, so the paint can grab.

[anlauto]

The top edge of the housing face was painted black.  I think the overspray came from that.

I typed my response weird....I didn't mean the "black-out on the chrome"....I meant the black out where the chrome bolts on to 

...and I agree SEM trim black is nice for the chrome bezel black out 

[Mopar5]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it.

[Floyd]

Here's a post on bezel painting.  I had great results masking once I got the right kind of tape.

https://forum.e-bodies.org/body-shop/5/best-masking-tapetechnique-for-clean-paint-line/16685/msg219659#msg219659