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Old 11-24-04, 01:29 PM
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I was browseing ebay and spotted this car.

Anything wrong with the picture? Let's see who are the detectives.

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Old 11-24-04, 02:10 PM
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The badging
Old 11-24-04, 02:17 PM
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CORRECT. the Lexus tag goes on the left.

Don't ya just hate it when the body shop doesn't pay attention to detail?

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Old 11-24-04, 02:31 PM
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The badging...and dare I say...spoiler.
Old 11-24-04, 03:14 PM
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i saw a 97 with the same type of badging.. i looked over with the 'wtf' look on my face
Old 11-25-04, 01:40 AM
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speechless... all I can say it's " YOU ARE SPECIAL..."


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Old 11-25-04, 02:43 AM
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Hahhaha, I just think it's sad...... And the spoiler hmmmm nawww i don't think it goes with it either.

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Old 11-25-04, 07:22 AM
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Sad...I agree there's nothing worse than shelling out the big bucks for body repair and end up getting screwed. This would have been so easy to prevent...
Old 11-25-04, 05:38 PM
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Retarded Badging....

"100% ugliness is the moto"
Old 11-25-04, 08:21 PM
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Well, at least it's an easy fix with a couple strands of fishing line and a fresh roll of 3M double-sided adhesive tape
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in my opinion - i dont think too many ES's of any year look good with spoilers.
no offense to those of u that have any.

as far as badging goes, i usually take mine off except for the main one. i didnt do that to the ES though.
I like the word "lexus".

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Old 11-26-04, 03:59 AM
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Originally posted by za3879
in my opinion - i dont think too many ES's of any year look good with spoilers.
no offense to those of u that have any.

as far as badging goes, i usually take mine off except for the main one. i didnt do that to the ES though.
I like the word "lexus".

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I agree with you that the ES's dont look good with spilers (No offense to anyone out there). My mom has a 2003 ES300 and when she got the car, she told the sales rep that maybe she might want a spoiler on it in the future and he told her that she shouldn't get a spoiler because it will look realllllllyyy ugly and it looses its's "Lexus Value".

I just think that with a spoiler it looks like a Lexus that's a Wannabe Camry.


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Old 11-26-04, 07:28 AM
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I can't believe all you spoila hatahs!!!!
I agree on this particular one it was a poor choice of spoiler style. Mine and Alan's (amf1932) go extremely well with the lines of the 2002+ ES.

As for the value, if you check out the price of a used Lexus on kbb.com, the spoiler actually adds to the resale value.

The entire point of the thread was that the car on ebay was smacked in the back and if you weren't savy to the placement of the LEXUS tag, then you may never have thought to check for underlying damage.

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I agree, the right kind of spoiler looks neat on the lexus...or for that matter any car. It's just that there are so many gawdy spoilers out there that people end up using for the wrong applications...heck...I've seen a supra spoiler on a 1992 corolla that stood out like an eyesore. As soon as I get my digital camera fixed up, I'll risk posting a picture of my 97 with the spoiler
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Well i'd like to re-state that i didnt mean to offend anyone, but just said my personal opinion on the
spoiler issue. nevertheless, each person has their own tastes and yea some do look good if done
properly. i just dont like the risk of it being gaudy (sp?). i have my raw muscle in the garage with my 5.0 so i dont need/want a sportscar out of my lex...

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