Do we have holes behind the "ES300" emblem or is it stuck by double-sided tape?

 

I Recently took my front emblem off because I primered the hood black (ya looks pretty tacky right now but my paint jobs coming soon). Well behind that was as you expected double sided sticky crap but also there is three holes one to keep it centered and the other two to keep it from turning( basically the holes are so it stays!!). Im pretty sure thats how it would be all around with the (lexus and the es300) emblems since it is on the sheet metal.

 

yah all the emblems have pins for centering and placment

 

Double sided. Only the L should have the holes.

 

ahhh, yes. refer to pics of my Fall 02 (sept?? oct??) thread when my emblems got stolen..
anyway, once you DO get any of the emblems off, on a 95-96, it's nearly impossible to cleanly take off the remnants of the adhesive w/o severe hand work or pro help. BTW- $900 quote to fill up my holes (lol!), but this was from a very reputable, quality body shop.

 

Okay wasn't totally sure. I don't really care to look back for past threads haha. It's not impossible to remove the remnants of the adhesive. They have good degreasers called WD-40 and a clay bar to remove those kinds of things off the paint surface.

 

nooooo, this 3M(?) double sided tape stuff is lethal stuff, man. I just debadged my Impreza (when it was 2 weeks old) and it came off really neat, like a charm, but a 95-96 has been in the elements for too long. My thumbs were blistered from tryng to get the gunk off!! I tried everything from Goo Gone to WD-40 to bug and tar remover....the problem is mainly that the adhesive is piled on quite thick, and it's almost completely firm, and not gooey.
Best advice I can come up w/ is use a hair dryer to heat it up, then carefully use a cutter/knife of some sort, and just keep rubbing til you're satisfied. it almost feels like you're gonna take some of the paint off, which is why you start to freak and take it easy. It's very important to fully treat the paint after this.

 

Yup, they have holes. They hit the nail on the head about the tape being hard.

 

Sorry to revive this thread, but I am in the same situation that mezoom was in, the 95-96 ES extra hard residue, lol.. It's a total biatch to remove it... I've been rubbing and rubbing (Goo Gone and gasoline) and look what I have left. Anyone else have any more sugestions to remove?

 

Check out the debadging thread I did on my '01 ES here. The older the car is, the tougher it is to remove the emblems and their residue. I assume you're gonna put the black pearl 'LEXUS' emblem over the current location, so you don't have to worry about plugging up the holes.

 

Thanks..

Well, the residue I have is HARD! I did some rubbing compound on it eariler, and it wouldn't budge. Chris (AusLex300) has the same year as mine, and he had no problems with paint thinner, so I will try that later this afternoon when I get some. Wish me luck.

 

If Lexus would get rid of this double-sided sticky and three-hole crap and use a proper stand-up hood ornament like a luxury car SHOULD have (A.K.A. De Ville, Buick Park Avenue, Jaguar XJ, etc.....) we wouldn't have these problems....and the cars would look a whole lot better.

 

In all the Lexus model designs, I believe the intention has always been to make things like emblems very difficult/tricky to remove or steal. Same thing with the headlights and the stereo system. JMO, though they seem pretty nice, the stand-up style emblems like those from MB, Jaguar and Buick are just begging to be jacked...