Purchased Ford OEM 2023 Bronco Heritage Grill + Letters! Part # M2DZ-8200-HBPTM + M2DZ-8A224-CAPTM

[broncorik]

I had to buy the additional bracket because I have a Badlands...if you have a Base or BD you won't need it. For BL and WT you also need a different deflector, and note that The Heritage grill comes in primer ready to paint. I stripped the primer off with SEM plastic cleaner, then used SEM Sand-Free for ABS. While it was still wet, I used SprayMax one-part 2K Hot Rod Black paint. My guess is that if you don't paint it that that primer will eventually succumb to oxidation from the UV rays. I also had to buy another clip because the Badlands grill had 12 and the Heritage has 13. Additionally, I had to buy nine 5 mm PAL nuts to secure the Ford letters to the grill.

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[Toccoa]

Might be a @flip question, but is there a version of the Heritage grille without the camera cutout? Just curious.

 

[broncorik]

Might be a @flip question, but is there a version of the Heritage grille without the camera cutout? Just curious.

Do any Heritages come without cameras? I think they are essentially an Everglades spec?

 

[Toccoa]

Do any Heritages come without cameras? I think they are essentially an Everglades spec?

Is that front camera the 360 degree camera? If so, you can’t get that on the regular Heritage. No High or Lux packages either.

 

[Toccoa]

I had to buy the additional bracket because I have a Badlands...if you have a Base or BD you won't need it. For BL and WT you also need a different deflector, and note that The Heritage grill comes in primer ready to paint. I strip the primer off with SEM plastic cleaner, then used SEM sand free for ABS. While it was still wet, I used spray max one part 2K Hot Rod Black paint. My guess is that if you don't paint it that that primer will eventually succumb to oxidation from the UV rays. I also had to buy another clip because the Badlands grill had 12 and the Heritage has 13. Additionally, I had to buy nine 5 mm PAL nuts to secure the Ford letters to the grill.

Did you got them from Ford? If so, do you have the part numbers for the clip and PAL nuts?

 

[broncorik]

Did you got them from Ford? If so, do you have the part numbers for the clip and PAL nuts?

PAL nut x 9

 

[broncorik]

Clip x 1 (if converting from BL to Heritage grille):

 

[broncorik]

Clip x 1 (if converting from BL to Heritage grille):

Deflector (for Heritage grille if converting from BL/WT):

 

[broncorik]

Is that front camera the 360 degree camera? If so, you can’t get that on the regular Heritage. No High or Lux packages either.

Mine is Lux...I think all cameras/hoods are the same? Maybe the software makes it 360? Whatever mine is from the BL the hood fits the Heritage grille perfectly (I had to paint it).

 

[Toccoa]

PAL nut x 9

Thanks!

 

[broncorik]

Thanks!

Anytime! I'm hoping to get the deflector in the next couple of days...that is the only piece left of the puzzle. The only warehouse in the US that has them is in North Dakota apparently...

 

[broncorik]

This may help in the quest for swapping grilles as well...

 

[broncorik]

This may help in the quest for swapping grilles as well...

And this...I believe if you have BB you don't need the bracket or the deflector:

 

[Toccoa]

Anytime! I'm hoping to get the deflector in the next couple of days...that is the only piece left of the puzzle. The only warehouse in the US that has them is in North Dakota apparently...

Kinda funny that you can easily get a grille for an unreleased model, but not a bracket for one they’re two years in on.

Post pics when you get it all together.

 

[flip]

When @broncorik gets this all done, hopefully he can post a list of all the parts needed. Since this is probably one of the early attempts to retrofit it's hard to know exactly which brackets/hardware can be reused and what is unique to each grille style.

@BigMeatsBronco I'm going to take a stab at the fenders based on a cheat sheet Ford released that decodes their stupid commodity descriptions. I wouldn't bet that this is accurate as the cat has often proven to f me over when I've posted something, especially when it first showed up. Series 2=EG, Limited Series=Heritage Limited, Series 1=Heritage Standard. No idea what the heck Series 3 is.

I'm half tempted to order a set just to see what's different.

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