Headlights

I need some advice. What is the best brand for paint/color for painting the housing of headlights?

 

wut color? If u wanna colormatch use duplicolor..... if black headlight mod, I like krylon fusion satin black

 

Is Krylon paint durable? And is that satin black a polished black or more like matte black?

 

Satin is kind of a semi gloss

 

The outside lens is what takes the beating from the sun. The paint inside on the headlight bezels would be just fine.

 

I just made another set.
I used Valspar for Plastic from Lowes. I used a different one before and it didn't want to stick to the chrome kept making little pin holes in the paint to the chrome where it didn't want to stick.

Tips.
Use scotch brite to hit all the chrome areas you want painted, wash your hands with dish soap keep the oils off, wipe it good before painting.

Good luck and feel free to ask me anything else.

 

That's perfect, thank you

 

And dont ever, ever, ever, ever touch the inside of the lenses with ur bare hands...... ive seen ppl do it and not be able to get the oil off and end up with streaks.

 

Yep. That's why this is #3 lol.
1st one I sanded the inside of the lens and used silicone to seal it. Came out good at first turned out bad later on. MISTAKE #1, but I traded these headlights for his old headlights with a broken tab on each plus $70 on his end.
2nd one I touched the inside... Dish soap and Windex still there. Clear coated them and sanded threw the clear coat. MISTAKE #2
3rd one I took my time with since I have a set already on my truck and was real careful about everything. We will see...

Bought/got them all used and they were in bad shape before I started.