Front Valance/Lower Body Molding - Service Procedures: Overview
83ford21 Article No. 83-4-11TRIM - EXTERIOR - FRONT VALANCE AND LOWER BODY SIDE COSMETIC
LIGHT TRUCKS 1984 BRONCO II
The new 1984 Bronco II vehicle will have an RPO large plastic front valance panel and will also have wide plastic lower body side mouldings. The parts are moulded from an "LRM" Polyurethane Elastomer (similar to the existing "soft" fascias and bumper covers on other Ford/Mercury car lines) and can be serviced in the same manner.
The valance panel and lower body side mouldings will be serviced in "prime". However, unless the part in question has been severely damaged, satisfactory and economical cosmetic servicing can be accomplished using the techniques as noted and illustrated in this article. It should be noted that the sketches are "broadly" typical to illustrate only the suggested techniques. Both older serviced and new "in prime" service parts can be painted using appropriate air dry paints correctly mixed with Ford Motor Company Elastomeric paint products and applied in accordance with industry wide paint procedures.
The following cosmetic servicing procedures can be used on the valance panel or any of the lower body side mouldings. Due to the relative ease with which the parts can be removed it is suggested that the part(s) be "bunch" serviced. The first procedure "A" is appropriate to cuts or cracks. Procedure "B" is used to service damages such as gouges, tears or punctures where substrate material is missing and fill material is required. Holes as large as approximately three inches in diameter can be satisfactorily serviced. The location of damage must, however, be such that the back-up tape (3M Auto Body Repair Tape Part No. 6930) or equivalent, will support the patch properly, and allow it to match the original contours of the panel.