So in the spirit of getting a bunch of stuff done today I decided to go ahead and order a silver bezel from moparpartsamerica. It was 131.00 plus shipping.
I ordered it and a couple hours later i got an email back from them. they said chrysler changed the bezels somehow and now the price is 220 dollars. Screw that. So i went to autozone and bought some spray paint and some sand paper. Pics will up tonight!

 

cooking in the oven
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nice what grade of sand paper did you use? post some pics of it on I would love to do this to my truck

 

I dont know how this is going to hold up so in the long run but it looks really good right now. This is what i did.
From start to finish it took me about 2 1/2 hours.
I used duplicolor metalcast ground coat for the color and duplicolor acrylic enamel over the paint. I removed the bezel from truck and brought inside. Removed the vents, ac controls, airbag and 4x4 switch. I taped off everything else that was black. I used 600 grit sandpaper all over the woodgrain. I cleaned it up really good. I put on first coat and then put in oven on lowest setting for about 5 min. Took out and repeat. I used 4-5 coats. Repeat same process with enamel. I did 4-5 coats of enamel but it would probably be a little more glossy with a few more coats. Very light wet sand with 1000 grit and clean. Very light wet sand with 2000 grit and clean. Put everything back together and this is what you have...
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so you would spray and then put in oven for 5 mins each coat? then at the end you used wet sandpaper after putting last coat of enamel?

 

yeah...i'm sure somebody else will chime in and tell you a better way to do it but i'm really impatient so thats what i did. So spray...oven on low for 5 min...let cool for a couple of minutes and repeat. The wet sand took off more enamel than i thought it would so thats why i said to use more than 4-5 coats of enamel. And be careful unhooking all the wires...I dont think that wire fasteners are dodge's forte. I broke the clip on the passenger airbag light at the top. Oh well...thats what glue is for.

 

That looks really good.

 

More importantly, it was also really cheap.
I forgot to say something...before you paint, heat the spray paint cans up by putting them in a bucket of hot water...the higher temperatures cause the paint particles to come out finer and makes a more even coat.

 

Awesome work man, I think this is DIY worthy! It looks great!

 

I followed these instructions and it worked great. But I used Rustoleum High Performance Wheel paint.