I have a 2010 super crew I just ordered the Harley Davidson/Raptor style tail lights for. Upon doing research I saw where people painted the trim of the tail lights black and they look really good, so before installing them I would like to do that. My question is, is that I saw where people were only talking about using paint brushes...if I were to tape everything off and make sure every thing is covered, could I just use spray paint for the tail light trim? I just feel like it would speed the process up vs using a paint brush. Also, I would like to either order, or paint the chrome trim in my headlights black...is it worth the time/money savings to bake the headlights and take them apart, or should I just pay $100 for some already built with black trim? Sorry if I’m beating a dead horse...

 

If you bake apart your OEMs they're still going to be better quality than the ebay heads you get with black trim. Unless you seal those yourself, too. Just depends on what your level of "GAF" is (give an eff).

As for spray vs hand paint, it doesn't matter. If you're going to use spray, you may want to scuff the trim beforehand to make sure it all sticks right.

 

 

I just did the trim on my tails two weeks ago.

I bought Testors black model paint and some cheap art brushes, I also bought an applicator bottle with a needle to squeeze paint in the areas a brush won't reach. ( All purchased at Hobby Lobby)

I took me less than an hour to do both with two coats.

IMHO, no need to tape and spray.

 

 

 

I believe that is where I used the needle applicator. I squeezed some paint in there and just rotated the taillight until the paint covered the area. Does this make sense?