adrian, at first i was like WTF are you thinking?!?!?! but its you man... EVERYTHING you have done to ur car has been ORIGINAL and done RIGHT... so i know if u do this conversion, it will be done right. but the more i think about it, i dont think i would do it since there would prob. be 100 minor details that would be too annoying and drive me NUTS. but u seem to like doing stuff like that. good luck

 

Wow the Poll is close..LOL.. I was thinking no badges in the rear just the "T" from Toyota. Aristo Door sills and Toyota Airbag. Engine already says Toyota ...hmm

Gee thanx man just add more work to my mind. I don't think thats possible unless I start with a right hand drive car before modding, Wait is their a way to convert a left hand drive to right hand drive? is so whats involved, getting the parts isn't hard for me but is it possible?

Thanx Pete, I had great transaction with Dennis and You helped me so much in locating it plus your imput before I purchased was much appreciated, Thanx man..

as far as the badges I right now only have the "L" in my rear and nothing else in the whole car front or back so outside would only be a "T" in the rear if I switched, with the aristo sills and Toyota airbag to match of course, what do you think? Did you vote NO..LOL

 

I just thought about something, Floor mats. I would have to find Blk toyota floor mats too match or see if a shop could redo my mats to say toyota..hmm now its looking like more work than I originally thought..

 

Just cover your existing mats in black suede (for shows) to match the headliner. That would be pimp.

 

LOL. You never asked. Besides, I might not even do my next one. I need the pro for that, you know which one.

 

I voted yes but the most important question is what do YOU see the car as? It has the JDM only 2JZ-GTE but started life as a LHD USDM lexus. I would say it has more of the sporty JDM Aristo attributes purely due to the sportier engine and suspension mods and less of the quiet laid back lexus characteristics.

You also modded this car to be sportier and "rougher and tougher" so it seems that the Lexus characteristics weren't satisfying enough for you and at heart, you wanted your car to be an Aristo, even if you didn't conciously voice it out.

If so, you should be true to yourself and stick that Toyota emblem on as a badge of honour and not go with the L badge just because its perceived by others as more "upmarket"

 

this guy right here ...the toysport GS has a 2jzgte Swap also...I like how he badged his car



he badged it like this I couldnt find the other pic which shows it clearly
LEXUS (L) GSV300


I thought it looked cool

or

ARISTO (L) GSV300


or like mine


LEXUS (L) ARISTO

any of these will work fine ....Rember you car is a mixture of both USDM and JDM

 

now I understand your motivation

 

I totally agree.

 

I like the idea of just the T emblem in the back. I think that would look great. But I agree with some of the others not to mix and match Toyota and lexus badges. Your attention to detail is impeccable and I think that having different brand badges would bother me too much. But that T in the rear is sexy. What about a V300 emblem to go with it? I also love the new sig. Very sinister looking

 

i personally like the idea of keeping the L or even doing nothing at all...

 

as long as you go all out like others have said
including the steering wheel with the sombraro

 

I agree with everyone, only do it if you are going to do everything. I have done it to my car, and have no regrets. I get people all the time asking me why I did that to my lexus, but ultimately it comes down to how you see your car and the style you want to go. I changed everything on my car on the exterior to be JDM, from front grill w/ emblem, shaving front bumper, amber side markers, to emblems in the rear. And that’s the style and look I'm going for. In the end, consider other's opinions, but its your car and do what you want to do. Thanks just my thinking.

Tommy

 

I just Toms car a few days ago - I think everything except the airbag was Toyota.... doorsills and all. My favorite was the bumper... how did you fill that in btw. bondo? I think John honestly thought it was a Toyota car, I think he was quite fooled. You got the engine cover too? You have to get one from the LS right? Does it fit?

Anyway - bottom line - if you do it all, it looks tight.

 

HEY, If all Japanese people oversea is paying a premium on lexus model, why should we change it now?? the same Aristo and GS for sell over there have a huge difference in Price. People went all crazy about lexus down there... so hell, I keep my Lexus Emblem/