Well I got a quote on bedlining my X today and it was around $2200. When I asked about the emblems the guy said leave them and they will show through and look really good. I was pretty skeptical but he showed me a few he has done and they look amazing! I am hoping to get this done around Christmas time so I'll have plenty of time to save up for it. Now this is the part where I got to thinking. Should I go with the stock Excursion emblem on the fender or the newer fender vent and emblem? This is all I have found so far and I'm not going to be able to do it unless I can find a set for under $50-$60. I am however looking into 3-D printing and didn't know if anyone would be interested in buying any if I did a small run of them that said excursion or diesel or sooper 5.4. Just a thought.

 

I bought my ex without the fender emblems due to it being ex police and they removed them as their stripe went thru it.

Ford had them to me in about a week and they were about 80 each, canadian. So cheaper for you I'm sure. We get soaked on parts here . I also bought a new ford blue oval for the grill. It was 60. The kicker was it was made in Italy, go figure! I can see Mexico or China for simple parts, but Italy surprised me. Must be a big ford plant there, lots of euro fords too.

I did bed liner on my toyota land cruiser on the rear quarters and rockers. It didn't stop rust or damage the way I would have wanted it to. But it's nice looking. It limits buyers afterwards as I don't think they think it's as cool as I did…But you do it for you.

 

" (That's right, I'm that one guy with the 5.4)"
Now it looks like your not

 

You're bedlining the entire rig? Ugh. I did that to one of my Jeep's, figured it'd look cool, be more durable than paint and easier to power wash clean. Worked like a charm until summer rolled around, then the Line-X would get hot and retain the heat and turn the interior into a freaking oven. Even the AC on popsicle wouldn't help much it was horrible. Granted you're in Virginia and I'm in Texas, but I'll never do that again.

On topic, I think the stock badging would look better. The vent I don't see A) taking bedliner very well and B) looking ridiculous afterwards. If anything, I'd see about getting the Ex badge reprinted as letters only. It'll take a while longer to mount it properly as individual letters, but if you can get them a bit thicker they should be more defined and visible compared to the stock letters with the backing. That or spend some time with a hot knife and just chop the stock emblems up and remount the letters.

 

The heat I am a little concerned about, but after growing up in East Texas and living there the last 5 years I think I'll be able to take it I might have to look into making a new emblem from my OEM one now, I think you're on to something

 

there is three big holes in the fender under the emblem. You cannot separate the letters without having issues with these holes. The holes are guide holes for emblem. Why three? I dunno.