Well I do not like the smooth aluminum covers/inserts . . . any year . . . yuk :) But I do have a panel from a bumpside I can use. That thought has already crossed . . .but I'd still rather have an older tailgate . What I have is something like this :
I did this to my Bronco tailgate . . but don't want to get into this again on this '96. It's a lot of work :)
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