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Rear ford emblem removal
- Thread starter Nporter81
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It is held on with doublesided tape and two pins. I used a trim tool to get under the edge and start prying working my way around. Heat helps if the tape is really stuck. Once the tape starts to let go the pins will pop out. On mine there was a tiny but of deformation around one of the pin holes such that I used a dowel and tapped it down.
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I used the replacement emblem to mark on the existing emblem where those two posts are. Then ran a drillbit through the emblem to liberate the posts. Then used a heat gun and floss, followed by 3m Adhesive remover to clean up. The downside of that is every now and then when opening my hatch I hear a post rolling around in the hatch. But was a simple task.
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I like your idea, as I had to pull much harder than I was comfortable with to get the emblem off because of the metal clips (I had already heated up the emblem quite a bit with a heat gun).
You should consider fishing the post pieces out. The interior hatch trim panels just pop right off with no tools and like 3 minutes or so of work. I know this because when I pulled my OE emblem off one of the clips fell in on he hole and inside the hatch. I was swearing at myself for letting that happen, but then only had to spend all of like 10 minutes popping the trim panels off, retrieving the clip and popping the panels back on.
You should consider fishing the post pieces out. The interior hatch trim panels just pop right off with no tools and like 3 minutes or so of work. I know this because when I pulled my OE emblem off one of the clips fell in on he hole and inside the hatch. I was swearing at myself for letting that happen, but then only had to spend all of like 10 minutes popping the trim panels off, retrieving the clip and popping the panels back on.
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I used an old plastic medical insurance card and forced it all around the outside and inbetween the posts that contain the clips to cut through the double sided tape. Then I wrapped a piece of thin, flat, nylon rope like material I had (similar to a thin piece of tiedown strap material) around each pointed side of the oval and gave it a good pull. It takes a good pull. The emblem popped off and posts of the emblem broke off and stayed in the hole and slot in the liftgate sheetmetal. I picked the pieces out with a pair of needle nose pliers. It distorted the metal where the posts and clips were in the hole and slot of the liftgate. It was easy to gently flatten out the hole and slot distortion with a plastic screwdriver handle and light hammer taps on the screwdriver. the plastic handle made sure there were no paint chips or scratching.
I cleaned off the remaining double sided tape with mineral spirits and scraping with the plastic insurance card. The final thing I did was to wipe the area with alcohol and dried it and applied the new emblem.
I cleaned off the remaining double sided tape with mineral spirits and scraping with the plastic insurance card. The final thing I did was to wipe the area with alcohol and dried it and applied the new emblem.
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I just removed the rear Ford emblem on my 2026 ST. The emblem has snap-in hooks and double-sided tape, and it took quite some effort to remove.
I thought I share what I did:
1. Remove the liftgate trim. That was pretty easy, starting from the top.
2. Reached in with a pair of pliers and snapped the emblem hooks off. It's pretty tight to get your hands in behind the wiper-motor. You can kind of stear from one side and have the pliers reach over from the other.
3. Used a heat-gun and fishing-line to work around to edges and pulled hard with my finger-nails, which are still hurting.
I googled and saw several pictures off dents from attempts to remove the emblem, so I decided to not use any prying tools on the outside.
And I don't think I would have gotten it off cleanly, without snapping the hooks.
I thought I share what I did:
1. Remove the liftgate trim. That was pretty easy, starting from the top.
2. Reached in with a pair of pliers and snapped the emblem hooks off. It's pretty tight to get your hands in behind the wiper-motor. You can kind of stear from one side and have the pliers reach over from the other.
3. Used a heat-gun and fishing-line to work around to edges and pulled hard with my finger-nails, which are still hurting.
I googled and saw several pictures off dents from attempts to remove the emblem, so I decided to not use any prying tools on the outside.
And I don't think I would have gotten it off cleanly, without snapping the hooks.
