GEN 2 First mod- Replaced tailgate badge

Replaced the stock blue Ford emblem on the tail with a magnetic and black one. Took me about 5 minutes but makes all the different IMO.




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Awesome. Overlay or a whole new emblem? I just plastidipped mine black and looks better imo

chi_weezy said:

Awesome. Overlay or a whole new emblem? I just plastidipped mine black and looks better imo

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Whole new emblem. Snagged it off eBay and just swapped it out. The blue seemed out of place since everything else on the truck is black and grey!


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I would never do that to MY truck...I think it looks like crap!

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Kelso said:

Replaced the stock blue Ford emblem on the tail with a magnetic and black one. Took me about 5 minutes but makes all the different IMO.

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So, I had about 15 minutes before I had to go somewhere, and tried to replace mine. I couldn't get the damned thing to budge! You said you did yours in 5. Any tricks? I used the heat gun on the emblem, then tried to push the pins out from inside the tailgate. Nada. Then I had to put it back together so I wouldn't be late. Haven't touched in since.

Is the black shiny or matte?

Also, how do you swap them out?

mlp141 said:

Is the black shiny or matte?

Also, how do you swap them out?

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The black is shiny. To swap it out I just opened the tailgate and unscrewed the 8 screws in the inside of the tailgate to remove the cover. I used a torx 25 bit to unscrew them. That give you access inside the tailgate and from there I just popped the old one out by pinching the clips (see picture) and gently pushing them down and out. There's five of them. It might take some pliers but I got mine out by hand fairly easily.


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Kelso said:

The black is shiny. To swap it out I just opened the tailgate and unscrewed the 8 screws in the inside of the tailgate to remove the cover. I used a torx 25 bit to unscrew them. That give you access inside the tailgate and from there I just popped the old one out by pinching the clips (see picture) and gently pushing them down and out. There's five of them. It might take some pliers but I got mine out by hand fairly easily.


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I thought I read that there is double sided tape behind there too. If so, did you use fishing line to cut the tape first?


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If anyone is interested I have one that's powder coated "Black Anti-Skid". It's a solid aluminum piece from Billet Badges. Ended up not being happy with it as I don't think it goes with my white Raptor. Just too dark. Would go great on a darker color Raptor. Comes with mounting hardware and 3M tape from the manufacturer of the emblem. Would let it go for $100.

CFIT said:

I thought I read that there is double sided tape behind there too. If so, did you use fishing line to cut the tape first?


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There was a little double sided tape shaped like the emblem but it came right out when I pulled it by hand.


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