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You can buy tuxedo black if it must match exactly. Otherwise, as stated, it's doubtful anyone will notice. What they will notice is when they aren't painted.
Got it thanks. But isn't it the other way around, you don't notice when something is stock and you do notice when something was tastefully modded? If no one's going to notice my tails w/ the edge painted black, I don't want to do it! Lol JK
So I just got my Harley lights in and started this project and feel like I've found a better way to do this. If you go out and buy a paint from hobby lobby like this
And pour it into the crack and let it full saturate everything so you don't have to worry about the glue and painting around it, since it will work its way into the cracks. So far so good
Then just use a flat thin paint brush to work it into any spots it didn't saturate. You can see in the last pic there's a few spots I need to do still
This is what I'm talking about - that looks great. The black you used is more pale than the black that most people use. Someone posted the black Anitas brand paint earlier in this thread but this is a different Anitas black, it's not as deep, its more like "off black". I think this is more appropriate on a Sterling Gray truck like mine. The problem with the plain deep black on my truck is I worry the edges will be the only thing on the truck that is "pitch black" while everything else is a lighter black. If it's gonna be off, I would rather do it the other way around and have the edges ever so slightly more pale because then there's less chance of it looking out of place.
Long shot but has anyone used a color like this? If so please post pics
Im thinking of doing a mix of dark gray and black. Some pics I see like post #771, the border looks too dark compared to the OEM black surface inside the lens. Some blending wouldnt hurt
I did this mod myself. I bought the paint from Michaels and a syringe from CVS. I used a basketball needle for the syringe. I cut it on my grinder at an angle. This needle had internal threads so I screwed it on.
I used a chip brush to help spread the paint and used 3 coats.
To help get the paint where it didn't want to spread, I used an air hose with a nozzle and carefully blew the paint around. I did not dilute.
I have the sterling grey and I should have done this mod the moment I bought the truck. Changes the appearance greatly for $3.50.
WOW, after seeing this Thread, I can't look at my FX Taillights & not frown...lol
I WILL be doing this ASAP, thanks everyone for this Thread
How did I never notice how bad that looks? Just another reason I am glad I joined this Forum!
Well that was a *****, but its finally done. The RTV bead will have to wait till next weekend as I ran out of time. I'm so glad I mixed a bit of gray with the black. Straight black is just too dark for the application. This is around 5-6 parts black to 1 part light grey. It matches up much better with the black on the lamps IMO.
Well that was a *****, but its finally done. The RTV bead will have to wait till next weekend as I ran out of time. I'm so glad I mixed a bit of gray with the black. Straight black is just too dark for the application. This is around 5-6 parts black to 1 part light grey. It matches up much better with the black on the lamps IMO.
That does match great sir, nice job! Do u mind sharing what Paint's u used?
12-20-2017, 05:42 PM
