Replacing lenses? Renew your bezels as well

[Will_w202]

I replaced the headlight glass on my 230, which was cracked and pitted, and it really made the sun-bleached inner bezels that snap into the headlight housing stand out - in a bad way. They are supposed to be gray, but mine were yellowed from a decade of exposure. They have a part number, but no way to order apart from the whole assembly. What to do? Paint them!

I got some automotive-silver from Autozone, sanded them down a little, and sprayed them. Since I knew how to remove the headlights and lenses from doing the job already, they took 10 mins each. Then just needed a few mins for the bezels to dry. I did the whole thing in an hour. Before and after pics attached.

Pics are in this post

http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=203587

[ryhi]

u should paint them black to match the smoked corners. i believe there are many of us who painted this part.

[Section 8]

thay look nice silver i tihnk black would of made it stad out 2 much

[OzC36]

Cheers Will, nice work and thank you for sharing.

[svt ricco]

looks better now!!! :)

[Will_w202]

Thanks for the comments. I would have replaced the bezels with the OEM gray if I could have purchased them. I figured the silver would be a sort-of "OEM upgrade." Nothing too crazy...

[Denlasoul]

Glad you were able to resolve the fading issue. See, painting works!