I had a white '96 Bronco and the jokes were nonstop. I don't anticipate it will be as bad for this version. It doesn't look the same and OJ isn't in the public consciousness as much any more.
The most common conversation went like this;
'Is that OJ's Bronco? hur hur...'
'Nope, OJ didn't have a...
I had thought about ordering a set of black chrome emblems for my Velocity Blue Bronco, but I'm waiting to see what the tailgate emblem looks like first before ordering.
Black Chrome
I don't want to drill holes either and was thinking of grinding the posts off and applying a butyl...
He's a pretty big name in the custom hot rod scene, or at least he used to be. All of his designs look like that. He's still stuck in the 90's creatively.
It's not like you are taking an original early Bronco and making that monstrosity in the Chip Foose thread. You're using a reproduction part to make a minor change to a new vehicle. If any of the 'hard core' guys get mad at that, they can just go fuck right off.