Fixed: Black Strip on Tailgate

[TexasAggie09]

The PO of my truck had backed into a pole and bent the bumper in slightly as well as broke that black plastic strip on the tailgate that runs the whole width and says "F O R D". Two years later I finally got around to replacing that. Since I was unwilling to buy the whole silver and black piece from LMC for several hundred, I got a piece of black diamond plate, cut it to size, and put it on the tailgate in place of the factory plastic. I also transfered the FORD letters over in the exact same place. I did the diamond plate because it matches my rails and whatnot. Pretty easy to do for anyone else who has broken theirs.

[351fifty]

Looks good, can't tell its black diamond plate by the pik tho, your silver piece is still bent tho lol.

[TexasAggie09]

Originally Posted by 351fifty

Looks good, can't tell its black diamond plate by the pik tho, your silver piece is still bent tho lol.

Lol yeah it's so bright out right now I can't get a good pic showing the diamond plate. I wish I had a before picture to add because that plastic was always just flapping in the wind. And yeah the silver is still wrinkled a bit...its hell trying to get that aluminum to lay 100% flat with no wrinkles or shadows.

[351fifty]

I found a whole tail gate and whole thing is perfect, don't know why i didnt grab it from the jy yesterday, even the aluminum and black stripe.

[Maverick1701]

looks great!

kudos on the cheap fix!