New Ford Emblem - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

BMFMach04 · 03-13-2013, 10:33 PM

So I got bored tonight and decided to mess with my Ford Badge. I hate having blue on my car, so I decided to go with the red and black since everything else on the car is red and black. After a few hours of work, this is what I got. Sorry the picture looks like crap, iPhone is not the best camera. It looks kind of fuzzy since it is blown up, but looks cleaner in person. Thoughts?

stang8092 · 03-13-2013, 10:52 PM

I like it. Let's see a pic installed.

GBMach · 03-14-2013, 06:11 AM

I'm with him. ^

BMFMach04 · 03-14-2013, 08:33 AM

Im gonna install it this weekend, will post pics once I get it put on

C Vo · 03-14-2013, 08:44 AM

Looks pretty good. How did you do it?

BMFMach04 · 03-14-2013, 09:01 AM

It was pretty easy. Heres a rough description of how I did it:

-First I just popped the emblem apart so that the silver base and the plastic blue Ford emblem were seperate.
-Then I sanded all of the blue paint off of the back of the emblem using 3 different grits of sand paper working from roughest to finest.
-Once all of the blue paint was sanded off, I used rubbing compound and plastic polish to get the plastic back to being transparent and get rid off the scrathces from being sanded.
-I used an exacto knife to scrape all of the silver paint out of the indented "Ford" lettering (this was the biggest PITA, and I want to find a better way to do it next time. I think im going to make another one and see if I can find a better way to do it)
-Once there was no silver left I just painted the lettering black and once it dried I sprayed the rest of the emblem red and the base black. I used emblem glue to put the pieces back together and now its ready for installation

WalkrTexasRngr · 03-14-2013, 10:17 AM

Where did you get emblem glue? Id like to paint one Azure Blue Inside.

BMFMach04 · 03-14-2013, 12:39 PM

you can get emblem glue at any car parts store (O'Reilly's, Advanced, Pep boys etc)

FenixFallen · 03-15-2013, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BMFMach04

you can get emblem glue at any car parts store (O'Reilly's, Advanced, Pep boys etc)

I used regular clear silicone on mine, so far it's worked out fine, but I haven't been driving it this winter. here's a link to mine, I have some pics that show a bit of the process to give others a better idea of what we did.

http://www.mach1registry.org/forums/...d.php?t=124371

03-13-2013, 10:33 PM	#1
BMFMach04 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 59	New Ford Emblem So I got bored tonight and decided to mess with my Ford Badge. I hate having blue on my car, so I decided to go with the red and black since everything else on the car is red and black. After a few hours of work, this is what I got. Sorry the picture looks like crap, iPhone is not the best camera. It looks kind of fuzzy since it is blown up, but looks cleaner in person. Thoughts? __________________ ROLL TIDE ROLL!

03-13-2013, 10:52 PM	#2
stang8092 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Chicopee, MA Posts: 498	Re: New Ford Emblem I like it. Let's see a pic installed. __________________ '03 AB Mach 1 (x2), '87 Saleen #223, '92 s/c Saleen clone, '80 Mustang

03-14-2013, 06:11 AM	#3
GBMach Ford Newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Green Bay, WI Posts: 176	Re: New Ford Emblem I'm with him. ^

03-14-2013, 08:33 AM	#4
BMFMach04 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 59	Re: New Ford Emblem Im gonna install it this weekend, will post pics once I get it put on __________________ ROLL TIDE ROLL!

03-14-2013, 08:44 AM	#5
C Vo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 501	Re: New Ford Emblem Looks pretty good. How did you do it?

03-14-2013, 09:01 AM	#6
BMFMach04 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 59	Re: New Ford Emblem It was pretty easy. Heres a rough description of how I did it: -First I just popped the emblem apart so that the silver base and the plastic blue Ford emblem were seperate. -Then I sanded all of the blue paint off of the back of the emblem using 3 different grits of sand paper working from roughest to finest. -Once all of the blue paint was sanded off, I used rubbing compound and plastic polish to get the plastic back to being transparent and get rid off the scrathces from being sanded. -I used an exacto knife to scrape all of the silver paint out of the indented "Ford" lettering (this was the biggest PITA, and I want to find a better way to do it next time. I think im going to make another one and see if I can find a better way to do it) -Once there was no silver left I just painted the lettering black and once it dried I sprayed the rest of the emblem red and the base black. I used emblem glue to put the pieces back together and now its ready for installation __________________ ROLL TIDE ROLL!

03-14-2013, 10:17 AM	#7
WalkrTexasRngr 2003 AB Mach 1 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SW Pennsylvania Posts: 872	Where did you get emblem glue? Id like to paint one Azure Blue Inside.

03-14-2013, 12:39 PM	#8
BMFMach04 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 59	Re: New Ford Emblem you can get emblem glue at any car parts store (O'Reilly's, Advanced, Pep boys etc) __________________ ROLL TIDE ROLL!

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