On some Camaro's I notice the body infront of the lights are black instead of the color of the car. Is that paint or a plastic insert?

 

It's paint, and it makes the car look a lot better IMO.

 

I am not sure if you are talking about the headlight pockets (body), or the headlights themselves (glass)? If you are talking about the headlight bulbs they can be bought through JC Whitney with a color changing lense - like auto darkening glasses but much darker. They look black untill the light is turned on! Very cool, if the entire blacked out theme is what you are going for.

 

z28's and Iroc's got the black headlight pockets.

I used to have those black headlights too! Until I upgraded to H4's... but they were cool while they lasted. Definately a cool upgrade instead of headlight covers.