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chp1982
09-28-2012, 11:34 PM
When I bought my car it had a new battery in it. Unfortunately it's a NAPA battery and every time I popped the hood, the look of it annoyed me. Since it is in great shape I figured I would try giving it a more correct look until it gets replaced down the road with an actual Motorcraft battery. I took a trip to a local Ford dealer, explained my dilemma to one of the parts countermen and asked him for stickers from one of the cores they were going to return. One minute later he returned with...

28HopUp
09-29-2012, 08:37 AM
Nice - now we need "before" and "after" pictures for comparison. :)

chp1982
09-30-2012, 08:51 PM
My 'new' battery.

ImEvil1
09-30-2012, 09:03 PM
Very nice. Couple of guys over on FEP did this, too.

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=122189

28HopUp
10-01-2012, 09:40 AM
That looks great! I recently saw pictures of a low-mileage 85 GT, and the NAPA battery looked so out of place in an otherwise pristine engine compartment.