Thread: Head light buckets what color?

I would say more of a zinc plating rather than galvanising, if you were wanting to paint them I'd go for a silver grey wheel paint, straight silver would be too bright. Just my 2c

Year One re-sells this paint from their supplier Eastwood Company. Check www.eastwood.com. http://www.eastwood.com/light-argent-metal...5ozaerosol.html

69 Superbee What color were the headlight buckets when they rolled off the assembly line? Were they galvanized bare metal? If so I think painting them silver to avoid corrosion should be acceptable.....anyone have any input on this?

QUOTE (tggodfrey @ Nov 7 2009, 10:45 PM) 69 Superbee What color were the headlight buckets when they rolled off the assembly line? Were they galvanized bare metal? If so I think painting them silver to avoid corrosion should be acceptable.....anyone have any input on this? You might be able to find this light argent silver paint at another vendor for a better price, but here's what you need from Year One. I also attached...

QUOTE (tggodfrey @ Nov 7 2009, 08:45 PM) 69 Superbee What color were the headlight buckets when they rolled off the assembly line? Were they galvanized bare metal? If so I think painting them silver to avoid corrosion should be acceptable.....anyone have any input on this? I've been using these guys, Totally Auto for my Mopar paints. Grump http://www.totallyautoinc.com/paints.html

depends on what year . the galvanized headlight buckets i didnt see until the eighties, that dont mean they didnt exist, but until then as a bodyman i never saw anything but flat or sometimes semi gloss black