“Dating older models” is only important if you want to sell and you think it reduces your selling price. Otherwise, to me, it’s just a bad change that takes away from Ford’s salute to the Bronco’s original retro style.
On the other hand, maybe it’s Ford’s intent to move on from it’s homage to...
The edition letters are separate but not hard to apply. Adheres very well and it’s been on for 6 months+. If anything happens over time it can be removed just like any other Bronco badge. I liked the smaller understated letters so that it wouldn’t compete or match the Bronco sized lettering.