FORD grill letter install???

[thesnake]

I've got a couple of days off starting monday, I'll see if I can get this done. Front side of grill or back side? Duh, front side of course lol...

J.D.

 

[fwilder]

Any luck on this snake?

 

[4x4x289]

Dang...nice templates FOMOCO 1546 I did a similar thinkg with construction paper for the letter template. For the grill trim....you can put the trim up to you grill where it should go and get it to where it fits snug, put a few strips of tape on it to hold it there. Then take a pencil or thin erasable marker and trace around the outside perimiter of the trim and the inside perimiter of the trim. When you remove the tape and take the trim away..it leaves a perfect outline of the trim ring. Then you drill in between the lines. As long as you drill your new holes close to where they are supposed to go..you'll be fine. You can get an idea on where to drill by the pic above that FOMOCO 1546 posted. Instead of using both styles of grill trim clips...I only used the threaded ones with the nuts that slid into the backside of the grill trim. It took around 18 clips or so.

Blue71

Thats what I did too for my grill trim, however, look at your trim. Certain places have notches for inserting the clips. Make sure you don't drill in the areas of these notches like it did. For the letters, I drilled oversize holes, positioned my letters, applied hot glue to the back side, and then installed the nuts. The hot glue maintained the letters in position in the oversize hole.

 

[bluebronco69]

does anyone know the best way to paint the inside of the letters? jsut regular paint?
thanks

 

[bcrump5252]

My next door neighbor is a owns a decal buisness I was thinking of having bright red decal letters made to cover my warn out sport grill letters? Ill take pics when I do this if it turns out good and anyone wants some let me know.

 

[DU 001]

Grill Letters

Can you use the grill letter insert decals from Jeff's?

Here is info and attached link.

http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-19871_ford_grill_letter_stickers__white.htm

Seems like it should at least give you some guidance on dimensions, even if you had to enlarge them?

Regards,

DU 001



Ford Grill Letter Stickers, White
Catalog > Ford Grill Letter Stickers, White
Item #19871 - New
1966-77 Bronco
White
Our Price: $8.50
Quantity:

 

[PS]

does anyone know the best way to paint the inside of the letters?

I bought brand new letters from Dennis Carpenter but with my color scheme I didn't really care for the red color they came with. I used my heat gun to bring the red goo up to temperature then peeled it out with dental tools. Now I didn't like the look of the letters without the center being filled up. I purchased some exterior grade two-part epoxy that cures to a rubbery finish and mixed it with some of my body color paint and, after a successful test, poured it into the letters. Two years on it still looks great. I'm pretty particular about the way stuff looks so this was worth the trouble to me; I'd guess that the vinyl letter inserts would also be fine.

I'd worry that regular car paint wouldn't stick too well to the chrome finish, but perhaps with the right etching primer it'd be o.k.

 

[thesnake]

Finally got the scanner from the ex and haven't hooked it up yet. Once I do I'll give this a whirl.

J.D.

 

[fwilder]

Cool thanks.