Ford Emblem painting DIY

[Rem234]

I wanted to completely remove the Ford emblem, however there is a recess in the tailgate and two holes under it so I decided to paint it to match instead. I thought I would share the process in case anyone else wanted to do something similar. There are two clips and some 3M adhesive holding the emblem on. Once you get it off you have to drill out the sonic welded posts to get the blue pieces separated from the chrome. Then just some light surface prep and you can spray with adhesion promoter, primer, paint, and clear coat. The Cyber orange is a tri-coat paint so there is an orange base coat, then a transparent top coat with all the yellow metal flake in it, followed by the gloss clear. I used some JB weld for plastic to secure every thing back together. Then installed with new 3M adhesive. As You can see in the photos I did break one clip taking it out so I just put 3M tape in that area as well. Turned out really nice and better than just covering the middle with a sticker since all the chrome is gone.

Last week I also removed the Bronco and used the adhesion promoter, primer, black paint, and clear coat on it. Then after a wet sand and polish I reinstalled it with new 3M adhesive as well.

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[604Bronco]

That looks awesome! So glad you didn’t take the “easy route” and just plasti-dip it black so it was a totally black oval… Like so many people do…

 

[Rem234]

That looks awesome! So glad you didn’t take the “easy route” and just plasti-dip it black so it was a totally black oval… Like so many people do…

Yeah, the solid black oval looks worse than the original chrome and blue LOL.
I would have done the decal overlay from darksideracingart.com instead. I checked with them and measured to confirm that our Ford emblem is the same size as the 2021 Explorer so they have one that fits already.

 

[NewBroncoOwner]

I would love to do something like this, does anyone know what would be the part number of the emblem, just incase I mess up and need a replacement

 

[TRMFAM]

WOW amazing attention to detail! Huge improvement...please post a before pic if you have one. Great job!

 

[broadicustomworks]

Good job, looks really good there.

 

[88to21bronco]

Wow! This looks amazing.

 

[bytheway]

Love that! Wonder how it would look in Cactus Grey.

 

[Rem234]

WOW amazing attention to detail! Huge improvement...please post a before pic if you have one. Great job!

Here you go, before and after.

 

[Bronco-ocnorB]

Um...that...looks....awesome!!!!

So clean.

Thanks for posting this and definitely adding this to the list of mods.

 

[tracythemighty]

Outstanding!

 

[TRMFAM]

Thank you...I mean it looks incredible and side by side like that even more incredible of change. Now where is the video of you taking this apart! LOL

Maybe you should get with Flip and order the warehouse of these and just start producing!

 

[Rubisquatch]

Nice work!

 

[mljohnson1973]

I wish had the patience and skill to pull this off , looks great. Etsy has a few painted options for around $170. I ordered a Matte and Gloss black one that I think looks really nice. It's just waiting for a truck to put it on.

 

[21BRONCO]

I wanted to completely remove the Ford emblem, however there is a recess in the tailgate and two holes under it so I decided to paint it to match instead. I thought I would share the process in case anyone else wanted to do something similar. There are two clips and some 3M adhesive holding the emblem on. Once you get it off you have to drill out the sonic welded posts to get the blue pieces separated from the chrome. Then just some light surface prep and you can spray with adhesion promoter, primer, paint, and clear coat. The Cyber orange is a tri-coat paint so there is an orange base coat, then a transparent top coat with all the yellow metal flake in it, followed by the gloss clear. I used some JB weld for plastic to secure every thing back together. Then installed with new 3M adhesive. As You can see in the photos I did break one clip taking it out so I just put 3M tape in that area as well. Turned out really nice and better than just covering the middle with a sticker since all the chrome is gone.

Last week I also removed the Bronco and used the adhesion promoter, primer, black paint, and clear coat on it. Then after a wet sand and polish I reinstalled it with new 3M adhesive as well.

I was wondering about this. Thanks for this! Any tips on how to not break the clips when dissembling?

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