Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Tuesday Tech: Tailgates

 This is part of our series on customizing your Bronco to make it unique.

See our post on Grills here


The Tailgate is often forgotten when it comes to custom paint jobs or body mods, but it is the last thing someone sees when you drive away.


The standard tailgates came with white, black or red letters on the tail gate, they could also have been left body color.




Broncitis has both the standard letters in Wimbledon White, Bright White, Gloss Black, Matte Black, Red and Silver, they also sell masking letters if you prefer to paint them. See those here

They also sell custom ones with flags, reflective, carbon fiber or camo, see those ones here






You could use their masking letters (or tape them off your self) and paint the tail gate in reverse, by painting the tailgate the body color, then masking off the letters and the top and bottom of the tail gate and just painting the center panel.






I did this on my Bronco as well



Before moving on to the serious customizations, I should mention that stainless steel handle, bezel and license plate brackets are available



Another option is building a custom panel to fill the center with wood paneling (or simulated wood) like the Dune Duster Bronco




Polished or brushed stainless and aluminum look good. This is what ICON puts on their version of the Bronco



Here is a custom one


You could also cover the entire indented area completely




then maybe add some louvers


or diamond plate




or paint it something wild



I have seen a few of these. They appear to be cut down 1967-72 F-series truck tailgates. The body lines still line up







Here is the full size truck tail gate for comparison


Here is the 1966 truck tailgate, note the font is different, these could also be used as the body lines match the Bronco


If you are good with welding body panels you could do something really different, check out these four:








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