I had the same problem and the dealer replaced mine for free... I would definitely ask.

 

OK, so I tried to get mine off. Is there a trick? I don't want to round off what feels like plastic nuts.

 

Bought the replacement Front emblem from ford. Cost $42ish. Bribed the guy in the body shop with a $20 gift card to starbucks and it was done. The new front emblem makes a huge difference in the look. The body shop guy said alot of these have this problem. I think its some environmental "do gooder" screwing things up. like the paint and some other issues we have...

 

Ordered mine here:

Ford Front Grille Ovals, Ford Blue Ovals

 

Which one did you order? These all look like F150 emblems.

-- Chuck

 

I think the de-lamination on mine was caused by weather sun heat cold etc. as my grille looks great and I would expect it to look sandblasted if the emblem took that many hits. Incidentally, I looked at the emblems on the wheel covers and they look worn, in fact one has fallen off. I bought a replacement from Ford for $45ish.

Question: what is the best way to remove the old grille emblem? How is it fastened?

 

Usually the grille emblems have 2 bolts on the back side and double sided tape holding them on....

 

Thanks Screwdrvr. It was a little tricky to get in behind there but it was 2 speednuts on either end of the emblem. I am boiling the old one now. If the next one does the same thing, I will put the silver one back on. Thanks for the help.

 

Paint Stripper!
Worked Great!!

pics to follow!

 

Thanks, guys. This thread helped me with replacing the emblem on the 08 Expy I just bought. It looked pretty jacked up. I ordered a new OEM one from Tasca.

I had to remove the protective cover to get my arm down in there. The metal nuts (/washers?) on the back were a bit of a pain. I ended up taking them off with needlenose pliers. Then I used putty knives (and painters tape) to get in between the adhesive-- I'm not sure that it had it on there, but it sounded like it did. Then it was still stuck in there. The two outer tabs weren't giving. It probably took me three hours on this whole thing, and it shouldn't have taken that long. Those tabs just wouldn't give, though. So I finally took my pliers and worked the tabs up and down until they broke off. Then it pulled right out. And it took all of ten seconds to put the new one it. I didn't bother putting the metal nuts back on.