Making your Bronco stand out from the crowd isn't always easy. It seems so many Bronco owners choose the same aftermarket parts.
One way you can give your Bronco a different look is with the grill.
Bronco enthusiasts know that Bronco grills were almost always painted an accent color. Usually, Wimbledon White or argent silver and in later years even black. While some were painted the main body color
If your Bronco was Wimbledon White, then your grill probably matched the body color
In the later years the silver/argent color was used more often
Check out this grill from a Canadian 1966 Bronco, the paint follows the eyebrow trim.
This is the prototype and where the 1966 Bronco probably got its "eyebrows" from.
another option when painting the grill, put the paint line on the high curve of the grill
As seen in the pictures above, many Broncos (especially the early ones) came with painted headlight rings. Later one chrome rings were installed on many models (Sport, Ranger etc).
This owner decided to gold plate his headlight rings and F O R D grill letters
The Dune Duster promotional Bronco built by George Barris
You could chrome plate your grill, but then it would not match the fenders where they meet. See below
I would like to get a chrome plated one, then remove the chrome from the outside edges and paint those areas body color...
Like this one:
Same idea, only in paint only, no chrome
You could black out the whole grill including the lights
Black out and leave just the center bar body color?
You could cut out the center and install a tube grill
Adding screen or expanded metal behind the grill will change its appearance.
You could build one out of wood.
Or maybe redesign it, update it, these two were done by Velocity Restorations
And Dynacorn sells a reproduction grill with no raised FORD letters, you could make your own custom grill that looks factory.
Something like this:
Another option is to buy a kit or redesign it to look like the new Bronco
Here are a couple from the Zero Labs electric Bronco
Here is the Protofab Bronco, which has retro-fitted square lights, diamond plate and square tubing
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