ranger custom emblem

[djkommando]

i just happened to find 2 of these emblems at the junkyard and had no clue they existed. then i started to paint them and they got screwed up cuz i was at the bottom of the can, anyone have a clue where to get new ones?

 

[baxtej44]

just repaint over it?


buuuut, it looks fine to me...? what's wrong with it?

 

[djkommando]

if you click on it (it opens the site then you can click it 2 more times to zoom in) and look closer you can see where the paints bubbled and cracked around the edges of the letters. if i cant find any new ones ill try to get all the junk smoothed out and repaint em

 

[frankserrano]

i didn't know they existed either, but i want a pair lol

 

[Original_Ranger84]

You may look on LMC truck...?

 

[djkommando]

they got em all but the custom one. ive been looking for a while and cant find em anywhere.

 

[CopyKat]

To remove the paint you can use the HD strength oven cleaner or drop it into a can of brake fluid. Let it sit for a while and it should just scrub right off.

Since I see your not worried about the Chrome it will likely peal off with the brake fluid.

 

[djkommando]

i know brake fluid will eat the paint but will it affect the plastic at all?

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Did you pull em off a ranger or were they in like a bin? cause they might be off of an older f150 with the ranger package?

well I couldn't find the ones like that but heres a page with just Custom on it...
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fd/t.aspx?Page=66

 

[djkommando]

i pulled them off the ranger myself and it was the 89-92 body style.
heres the page w/ all the others but the custom
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fr/full.aspx?Page=74

 

[CopyKat]

i know brake fluid will eat the paint but will it affect the plastic at all?

I've used it a couple times to strip paint off old plastic models. It won't do anything to the plastic. Just make sure you wash it off good with warm soapy water.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Did you pull em off a ranger or were they in like a bin? cause they might be off of an older f150 with the ranger package?

well I couldn't find the ones like that but heres a page with just Custom on it...
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fd/t.aspx?Page=66

They are off of rangers.

We have a 90 ranger custom on the lot right now, reg cab short box 4x4, manual transmission, manual transfercase, manual locks, manual windows, no tilt, no cruise, no air and rubber floors. As base as base model gets.

 

[nitrofan1]

i know brake fluid will eat the paint but will it affect the plastic at all?

Nope. Car modeling hobby has done it for years. You can even you simple green and other cleaners. Just submerge them for bout a week. It will take everything off down to the base plastic. If it works on model kits it won't hurt the emblem.

 

[djkommando]

sounds good, brake fluid it is
thanks

 

[PlumCrazy]

You could sand blast them as well it will take the paint off and give a nice surface for paint to stick to.

-plumcrazy