2025 debadged

[Cancunbadlands]

I went this way

This looks so good!

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[REDRUM]

Took my dealer sticker off the back, but thought about leaving a few letters on.
What ya think?

 

[Butterscotch]

Ha ha ha… The dealer sticker disappeared as soon as my 2025 XLT made it home too!

I'm by far the worst. This is the tructh. I tokk the dealer sticker off in from of the sales man before I left the lot.
Now, if they are willing to pay me $399/month at 5% for 36 months then I'll keep them on .... for 36 months

 

[Packer Bill]

My experiences with my dealer (Granger) have been fantastic so I don't mind advertizing their name on my Maverick.

 

[Surly Old Bill]

That would be more work and less visually appealing than body filler sanding and painting, no? I'm trying to decide which route to take when I do it in the future.

I'm hyper detail oriented (part of my job), so the week or two it would take me to satisfactorily fill, sand, and paint the stampings would likely be counter-productive and extremely disappointing to me because I'd probably NOT be satisfied and see that it doesn't look like a flat factory tailgate. Not to mention the $400-500 in materials/paint to do it right. I think a plate that is painted/powder coated to match the bumper and trim wouldn't be too bad.

 

[h1k3rb]

I'm hyper detail oriented (part of my job), so the week or two it would take me to satisfactorily fill, sand, and paint the stampings would likely be counter-productive and extremely disappointing to me because I'd probably NOT be satisfied and see that it doesn't look like a flat factory tailgate. Not to mention the $400-500 in materials/paint to do it right. I think a plate that is painted/powder coated to match the bumper and trim wouldn't be too bad.

Not a big fan of the big embossed Maverick name either but I wouldn't waste time/resources trying to hide it. I doubt anybody really notices it that much one way or the other, unless you highlight it with different colored tape like many folks on this site seem to like.

 

[Surly Old Bill]

Not a big fan of the big embossed Maverick name either but I wouldn't waste time/resources trying to hide it. I doubt anybody really notices it that much one way or the other, unless you highlight it with different colored tape like many folks on this site seem to like.

it seems that design or marketing teams for all major manufacturers got together and voted to have stamped lettering in the tailgate of all pickups. Engineering-wise, it DOES make the sheet metal stronger, but I really can do without all the free advertising (they should pay me something to advertise their make/model, kind of like getting clicks on a youtube post).

 

[jcofthewest]

My experiences with my dealer (Granger) have been fantastic so I don't mind advertizing their name on my Maverick.

I'll leave mine also at least until the warranty is up. Mine is nickel plated plastic. I took a sharpie and darkened the flat face, let the raised relief shine. Looks good on carbon grey.

 

[Chops]

it seems that design or marketing teams for all major manufacturers got together and voted to have stamped lettering in the tailgate of all pickups. Engineering-wise, it DOES make the sheet metal stronger, but I really can do without all the free advertising (they should pay me something to advertise their make/model, kind of like getting clicks on a youtube post).

Whenever I was at a conference or meeting where I had to wear a name tag around my neck or on a shirt pocket - it came off before I went out in “public”. Not because I felt like I was advertising myself or the organization - but because it felt tacky.

Now I feel a need to find a piece of plexiglass to paint matte black & 3M sticky tape over my “MAVERICK” letters. Thanks?

 

[h1k3rb]

Whenever I was at a conference or meeting where I had to wear a name tag around my neck or on a shirt pocket - it came off before I went out in “public”. Not because I felt like I was advertising myself or the organization - but because it felt tacky.

Now I feel a need to find a piece of plexiglass to paint matte black & 3M sticky tape over my “MAVERICK” letters. Thanks?

I think you'll find that among the general population, most people don't even notice things like that and couldn't care less. Folks have their own problems, concerns and issues they're dealing with and barely even notice folks around them, much less anything about the vehicle they're driving.

 

[mspmms]

2025 debadged

Meme => link

 

[Surly Old Bill]

I'm noticing de-badged cars and trucks more often now. I was at a bank the other day and there was a newer musclecar in the lot that I didn't recognize and I wanted to see what it was, but it was completely debadged. It sort of looked like a new Camaro, but had an aftermarket(?) hood that was scooped down behind the grill. I saw several smoothed and shaved pickups on the trip to OR and back this week, but I could tell what they were by the body shape. That Raptor looks so much better with all the trim gone and a smooth tailgate.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

Took my dealer sticker off the back, but thought about leaving a few letters on.
What ya think?

Uck

 

[RussCantrell]

I got kinda lucky here...my old CB handle was "maverick," and my old truck had it across the eyebrow tint stripe. So I don't mind the brand name stamped into the metal here, or filling it in with more noticeable raised lettering.

(As for the rest? Pulled the "certified Ford spray-in bedliner" sticker off the back glass first thing, and told the dealer not to even bother sticking the one on for his dealership.)

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