This was the very first modification I did to the car after I bought it in 2015.

Black and red has always been my favorite color combination and I felt this car would’ve looked better with red Ford emblems as it was, at the time at least, their performance version of the Explorer. Anyway, it’s hard to find QUALITY non-blue oval Ford emblems, believe it or not. Most places that make them get shut down pretty quick by Ford for copyright issues, so when you find a good set, if you’re not doing it yourself, scoop it up!

I got this particular set from Custom Truck Solutions. I don’t think they are in business anymore as the website goes nowhere and their Instagram hasn’t had a post since July of 2018. But I’m sure there are others making them.

As for the color choice, I wanted to keep it OEM in appearance. You know, if Ford had done it, how would it have looked? I think that keeping the logo’s font chrome and changing only the oval background is how Ford would have done it. So I did that instead of blacking it out or changing font colors…gives it more of an OEM look and feel to it.

I felt they were of high quality at the time, and fast forward 5 years…they still look GREAT! No chips or dings at all, especially the front one.

It was a small modification, but I like it a lot. IMHO, it looks almost factory in the way it was made and quality of work.