The Hood Molding Set is an OE-style exterior trim restoration component designed for 1970–1972 Ford F-Series pickup trucks, including F100, F250, and F350 models. This three-piece set includes the left-hand, center, and right-hand hood moldings, restoring the factory-correct trim that runs along the leading edge of the hood. It is an important visual detail for classic truck restoration parts projects focused on originality and correct exterior appearance.
From the factory, Ford equipped these trucks with a multi-piece hood molding to accent the hood profile and complete the front-end styling. Over time, original moldings are often dented, pitted, missing, or removed during repainting and bodywork. Replacing the full molding set restores the clean, finished look Ford intended and helps bring the hood and grille area back to factory-correct presentation.
Manufactured as OE-style reproductions, these hood moldings are formed to match original factory contours, dimensions, and profiles. Each piece is designed to align correctly with the hood edge and adjoining molding sections, ensuring consistent spacing and a uniform appearance across the front of the hood. Accurate reproduction is especially important on 1970–1972 F-Series trucks, where trim alignment is highly visible.
This set includes three pieces (LH, Center, RH), providing a complete replacement solution rather than mixing old and new components. It is well-suited for stock restorations, exterior refresh projects, or replacing damaged original trim.
Offered as X-Parts by Auto Metal Direct, this hood molding set is a third-party OE-style replacement selected to meet AMD’s standards for fit and application accuracy. X-Parts provide dependable trim solutions when AMD all-new tooling components are not required, while still supporting factory-correct restorations.
This set replaces Ford part number D0TZ-16856.
Auto Metal Direct is a team of true car guys with years of experience in sheet metal reproduction, car restoration and paint/body work. We believe that quality is not subjective! Our mission is to provide the best customer experience for the Ford, Mopar and GM classic car markets - both in products and in service.
Our panels are made from proper gauge steel and include all correct-as-original clips, tabs, flanges, bends and seams. Each time a prototype body panel comes off of a new tooling, we test fit it on a car. The marked up prototype is then used to change and improve the tools, and a new prototype is produced. This procedure might be repeated multiple times but, once the part is finally approved, you can be assured of a quality part.
| Make | Model | Years |
| Ford | F-100 | 1970 - 1972 |
| Ford | F-250 | 1970 - 1972 |
| Ford | F-350 | 1970 - 1972 |
| Brand | X-Parts |
