87-93 Replacing Front Ford Emblem

[glowstang93]

I am going to be putting on a new nose emblem this week and was wanting to know what the best way to do this would be. Is there one or two palnuts on the back of the emblem? Can you replace it without taking off the bumper cover? I did a search but came up with nothing. I am replacing it because I just replaced the rear one and now the front one just doesn't match due to being faded. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Roland69]

I think there is two "peanuts" on the back and it might be easier to reach from under the car but I'm not sure I was wanting to replace mine too how was the rear one held on was it taped or did it have the little nuts.

 

[glowstang93]

I did a post on the rear, so I just copied it over to here. It is only on with adhesive and 3 locating pins. Very Easy!! Can you see how faded the old one was, I had no idea it was that bad untill I put them next to each other.


I just installed my new hatch ford emblem today. Very easy to do using Goo Gone, a plastic scraper and some dental floss. I was amazed to see how faded the blue was when held next to the new one. I will be ordering a new front one next week and changing that one too. Here are some pics for future reference for you all. It is an original Ford part from LRS. It has all 3 locating pins.

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[88306stang]

I beleive you can get to the nuts on the back by going from under the car. You will need a long extension and i beleive it is a 10mm nut. When i replaced mine on my 88 LX i just used the two sided tape to hold it on and have had no problems.

 

[glowstang93]

I reached up from the bottom and felt one alignment pin and two plastic studs with two nuts. Not sure yet if I have that deep of a socket, the studs were pretty long. I could probably cut them down some so a regular socket would fit onto the nuts. I'm going to call the nearest Ford dealer and see if they can get me one by Wednesday, if not I'll just order it from 50resto like the rear one. If anyone else has ever changed it, please add in how you did yours. Thanks!!

 

[GreatWhite]

You can just break the old nuts off... This is what I did anyway...lol

The new emblem I got just had two-sided tape on the back and stuck on easily.

 

[LX302]

There are a couple of vendors that make shiny mylar decals that go over your old emblem. Much easier to get that new look, but maybe not what your looking for.
Check ebay or here's one site to check. http://www.webxtremes.com/

 

[srothfuss]

If you figure out how to get it off properly, post back in this thread (if you could) so that I may do the same to mine.

Thanks, Steve

 

[dvs bullet]

the nuts are just thin metal on plastic stud on the back of the emblem, I just used a socket and turned them off by hand ( they come off pretty easy ). once you put the new emblem it's worth it. good luck

 

[glowstang93]

Ordered the part from the closest Ford Dealer that is about 30 minutes away. They will have the oval and nuts in by 0830 in the morning. I may or may not need new nuts, but better to be safe than sorry. The emblem was $23, a little more expensive than LRS, but the nuts were just a little cheaper. Its all good, I have some other things to pickup while over there anyway. The plastic studs are pretty long, so I may just trim them down some with a pair of cutters and use a standard size socket. I will use the nuts still because what if I ever have to change it again, it might be hard to get it off since it is in a recess spot on grill. I appreciate everyones posts and of course I will post how it goes and some pictures of what I can.

 

[glowstang93]

Replacing the Ford Oval in front on an LX.

1. use a 10 mm socket to remove the nuts from the back of the old emblem. You can get to them by reaching under the car and up. My socket was just not quite deep enough, so I had to put the socket on the nut and slightly engage the ratchet to the socket and loosen for first couple turns.

2. push the emblem pins from the back and take off the emblem.

3. position new emblem and push on the nuts to the plastic studs. Push them on and give them a little turn to start them by hand. The nuts will cut the threads onto the plastic studs.

4. thats it, didn't take long at all to put on.
New one on left and old on right.
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New one, no threads
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Old one, threads been cut from the nut when it was installed from factory.
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Emblem removed.
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New emblem installed.
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Bag with part # if you order from Ford 87-93.
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I really never noticed how the blue had changed form dark blue to the lighter blue over the years. I started this project because the rear emblem had started to get a little cloudy. So, might as well replace both of them. Here is a some pics of the rear emblem also. It is only held on by double sided tape with 3 locating pins.

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Thanks for everyone's help, and I hope the pics will help someone later.

 

[Roland69]

looks good and I'm sure the pics will someone out in the near future. Looking at your's makes me want to replace mine they are waaaay worse than your old ones mostly my front one.

 

[glowstang93]

Its an easy job, but unfortunately the hard part is parting with about $40-45. I got the rear one from LRS and the front one from Ford.

 

[Roland69]

I see them go for 5-15 bucks on ebay all the time but they overcharge on shipping all the time