I'm in the exact same boat. I am just getting ready to put my car back together and I am adding a hideaway headlight setup. I have purchased the proper chrome trim rings for the headlight doors and they have been rechromed so now I had to take in the chrome trim rings from the center grilles and get them rechromed. I purchased a set of repro center grilles but they are just cheap chromed palstic. Even the emblem on them is plastic so I figured I would refurb the originals and put them on.
I am going to black out the grilles and leave the trim and center strip silver. If I get them done before we get an answer here I will let you know how they turned out.
As for as I know you won't need to prime them. I wouldn't bead blast them for fear of damaging them. I figure I will just give them a light sand with a 200 grit or so and then give them a wash down and paint. I'm planning on using a chassis paint that I found that's pretty close to the factory 60% and then just find a paint that's as close to the silver that says on the can it can go on plastic.
I'll keep you posted
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