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Have we heard anymore about availability for this grill?
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just heard back and plans have stalled - not sure the issue or when it will be resolved. I will make alternate arrangements if it's not sorted out by the time I get my Bronco, but if/when Delfab produces this, I am definitely ordering one (and maybe 2)! Bummed about this
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Made my own
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nah its the internet - people complain about things - “ i want this now, why doesnt someone listen to me and give me what i want” - typical stuff doesnt really strike a nerve with me
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that is very cool! would you share how you pulled that off? i have a black diamond grill coming in any day - have the same letters you have as well - someone else on here used an aluminum kick plate to mount the letters but curious how you did yours - looks superIn the meantime…
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Thanks - glad you like it!
It was fairly labor intensive (for me, anyway... if you are proficient at this kind of thing, it's probably pretty easy) and required a little creativity and a bunch of trial and error...
Used a piece of 3" PVC that I ripped into a strip about 1 1/2" wide (can't remember how long but I can check later - basically long enough to cover the "BRONCO" lettering) because you can't use a flat strip as these letters are OEM for first Gen's, and they are curved (see pics).
Link to OEM FORD letters: https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/category/s?keyword=9308
Lining up and drilling the holes straight enough for the letters, as they are pin on, not stick on, was a real pain also... They are held on by small bolt/clips that screw onto the pins. The PVC was too thick to get the little bolt/clips onto the pins, so I had to rout a channel into the back of the PVC pipe - be careful not to go clean through the PVC where it curves...!
Cut the "BRONCO" lettering completely out of the grille so I could pin the new "FORD" letters on after I had the PVC strip mounted, and to allow any future access. Bondoed the PVC strip over where the original BRONCO lettering had been.
To get the rounded end caps, I used another piece of PVC - but 2". These pieces were cut to fit perpendicular to the long 3" strip. It was tricky, and I tried a bunch of different things for these...
Epoxy, a little Bondo, lots of priming, sanding, painting and LOTS of trial and error and I was able to get it to look reasonably smooth from a few feet away. There are definitely some blems if you are close enough, though, but I lost patience after a couple of weeks without a grille!
I'm pretty inexperienced at paint and body stuff, so if you are relatively experienced you could probably do it better! Might even bring it to a body shop and have them repaint it and mount the letters properly. But, as proof of concept, I think it works...?
Hope this helps!!
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Thanks very much for the info, i am not that good with this type of stuff but will give it a go!
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