Red Headed Stepchild-75 Swinger LSX Swap

So my project for the weekend is to remove the trim around the rear taillights and tape it off and re-spray the sections that are now currently gray. The previous owner seems to have attempted to clean this area up with some kind of gray paint but it looks brushed on and doesn't meet my standards for how clean the rest of the car is. So im going to tape all the chrome off and spray the grey area a clean flat black to match the rest of the car.

Also looking for some advice regarding the tail lights. It seems like they have applied some dull red paint that is slowly driving my ocd crazy. Any ideas to help out with that? or would be finding new taillights be a better option?