1998 Ford F250 Truck Grille Mounted Nameplate Ford OEM F85Z-8213-AA

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In this video, we're going to be working with our 2001 Ford Ranger, we're going to show you how to remove and replace your front forward badge here on the grille.

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Here are the items you'll need for this repair: 5-10mm socket, ratchet, socket extension, and a flat blade screwdriver.

Remove these ten 5 1/2 millimeter bolts from the upper plastic covers. Go ahead and remove these with a socket, ratchet and extension. These parts are actually three separate pieces, so you can remove them as they come off and get them out of your way.

There're tabs located along the bottom and inside edges of the grille. Feel along the bottom for where these tabs are and try to pull evenly on both sides of the tab to try to prevent from breaking them. Using a flat blade screwdriver, push down on the top of any of the metal retainers that stayed inside the vehicle when we removed the grille. This one, you can press them from the top and try to pull out at the same time. These can be a little tricky. Repeat this for any clips that you left inside the vehicle while removing the grille.

Flip your grille over and remove the two 10 millimeter nuts on the back of the badge. Now these are not actually threading, these just have little teeth on them that cut into the plastic to hold on. Once the two nuts are off, you can simply pull the badge out of the front.

Here we have our old badge that we removed from our vehicle and our new part from 1AAuto.com. As you can see, these parts are exactly the same size and shape. We have the same colors, same lettering, and on the back we have the same locating pin and the two studs.

Now you'll notice that the studs here are nice and smooth, while the old ones are kind of chewed up. This is from the design of the nut that retains them. You can see it's got that little twist to it there that actually cuts the threads into that plastic as you install them. Over the years these badges tend to crack or start peeling, so this new part from 1A Auto is a great way to freshen up your truck. It will go in direct fit just like your original equipment and get your truck looking good as new.

There's nothing wrong with our old badge, so we're just going to reinstall it, but this procedure is going to be exactly the same for the new one. Push the badge in, keep a hand on it and flip the grille over. Reinstall your two 10 millimeter nuts. Apply a little bit of pressure. It is only plastic but you do want to make sure it cuts in good, so apply a little bit of pressure and tighten them down with your 10 millimeter socket and ratchet. Once it's snug, you want to stop there. Trying to go any tighter is only going to strip out those threads and make the badge loose. Once you get contact, just a bit snugger than that and you're ready to reinstall your grille.

Reinstall any clips that came off of your grille. This tab is going to face up on all of them. Working on there until it snaps into place. This one here broke on the way off. It's not a big deal, there's enough of them, but it will still go in securely. Line up your clips with the openings along the bottom. Give them a good tap into place. Be sure that you're tapping directly over the clip and not to either side as this can cause the grille to crack and break. Lay our plastic covers on the top back into place and reinstall all of the 5 1/2 millimeter screws with a socket, ratchet and extension. There are 10 in total.

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