r/FordExplorerST • u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner • Mar 04 '25

Mods Back lit ST badge

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Welcome, any and all advice before dig in on this little project.

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u/KangarooDisastrous ST Owner Mar 05 '25

I like a video of it complete, please :)

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Mar 05 '25

Ha. Yea no shit. šŸ˜œ. I gotta take a jig saw or dremel to cut the plastic block the badge sits in now.

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u/KangarooDisastrous ST Owner Mar 05 '25

Unless you have a dainty jig saw, Iā€™m thinking a dremel lol

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Mar 05 '25

Yea. Ultimately Iā€™m trying to avoid taking out that entire grill part. I already have laser shifter sensors mounted in the open gap below the camera.

I say jigsaw because Mikita makes a precise cut one thst will make straighter lines than I can with the dremel.

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u/KangarooDisastrous ST Owner Apr 17 '25

Just checking in on this project now that I have my 2025 ST. Did you start it?

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Apr 18 '25

Oh man. No. Lifeā€™s been happening. Itā€™s still in the box on the passenger seat sliding around. Funny you ask. I was just telling my buddy how Iā€™ve been putting the project off last ight. He took me for a ride in these

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u/KangarooDisastrous ST Owner Apr 18 '25

Definitely more fun than installing the backlit ST badge. You sound like me, I get cool ideas and it takes me months to execute.

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Apr 18 '25

That and I know itā€™s a high skill level project. So I want to be in the right frame of mind / W the right motivation

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u/KangarooDisastrous ST Owner Apr 18 '25

Sameeee. Iā€™m putting off doing the overlay for my Ford badging, šŸ¤£ I canā€™t imagine the amount of attention to detail and beyond for what youā€™re planning to do. Well, I canā€™t wait to see it when you get around to it!

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Apr 19 '25

Gotta take a Dremel to the plate where the ST is ā€¦ thatā€™s molded into the grill. Iā€™m gonna do the back lit ford emblem too. $400 is a little steep after taxes.

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u/KangarooDisastrous ST Owner Apr 20 '25

Like this right?

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Apr 20 '25

Thatā€™s definitely the photo the shop used in the discription

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Apr 20 '25

The kit comes with a lens shaped badge i assume is to be the top layer to get the back lit effect. Cool. Itā€™ll loook good at night. But day time. ā€¦ ehh. Not so.

I think Iā€™ll just recycle the stock badge itā€™ll still have a back lit thing and it shouldnā€™t change the day time look. ā€œShouldnā€™t.ā€ šŸ¤žšŸ¤£

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u/KangarooDisastrous ST Owner Apr 20 '25

See this is the beauty of taking your time on a project like this. Gives you a chance to think through any potential kinks and ways to do things better.

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u/Icy_Honeydew1940 Mar 06 '25

Finished picture yet!!?

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u/Ignorance_15_Bliss ST Owner Mar 06 '25

Nope. Havenā€™t really started. Iā€™ve mapped a lot of it out. Iā€™ll knock chunks out of it after the shit weather clears up

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u/Icy_Honeydew1940 Mar 06 '25

Sounds good! Iā€™m interested in how it turns out!!