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Old 10-20-05, 10:17 PM
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I've been thinking hard the last couple of days as to if I should officially rebadge my car with toyota & aristo badges. Thanx to Chuck I found a toyota airbag to complete the look. So with aristo door sills, toyota air bag, toyota logo in the rear , aristo engine and mayb aristo fendor badges should I go for it? I like the "L" but I'm also kind of thinking it would be a nice jdm tuner theme to my car to along with the other jdm items..

What do you guys think?
Old 10-20-05, 10:25 PM
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Depends on how "correct" you want to be. I can be somewhat **** for details but I have not felt the need to badge the car to a Toyota. I don't want to hear T = L. I am fully well aware of that.

If you are doing the airbag, though, you have to go T everywhere. I won't go T but I will do that before having a mixed setup.
Old 10-20-05, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Neo
Depends on how "correct" you want to be. I can be somewhat **** for details but I have not felt the need to badge the car to a Toyota. I don't want to hear T = L. I am fully well aware of that.

If you are doing the airbag, though, you have to go T everywhere. I won't go T but I will do that before having a mixed setup.
right, I hear you. I'm kind of tossed cuz I don't want to do a mix of aristo with lexus logos on the car, I figure if i'm going to do it than complete the look with all toyota everywhere. Being that I no longer have the "L" up front it really makes it easier to change where as before haveing a toyota logo in the front grill wasn't sounding right to me but now I kind of think it would be nice to try.
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I like Lexus!

bluelex,

man your sig your sick man! my only suggestion is you should put a small pic of your engine
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Originally Posted by aloha03gs
I like Lexus!

bluelex,

man your sig your sick man! my only suggestion is you should put a small pic of your engine
Thanx man, The sig was done by "The One" that is all I can say we were thinking of incorporating it but didn't want to make the sig messy.

I found this pic and thought the "T" from toyota would look pretty sexy back there.



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well i got the aristo batch on the trunk, that's pretty much as far as i would go
Old 10-20-05, 11:36 PM
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It would be cool, but then if you want to take it even further.... You gotta switch the steering wheel to right hand drive You said you want to "complete the look"
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Originally Posted by bluelex
Thanx man, The sig was done by "The One" that is all I can say we were thinking of incorporating it but didn't want to make the sig messy.

I found this pic and thought the "T" from toyota would look pretty sexy back there.


wha?! chris never agreed to do one for me!
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A....

Nice grill in your sig!!!

Btw...I just debadge rather that going to all Toyota badges....plus, if you do that....you should do everything else like the airbag, door sills, etc...

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Dont see what the point is, unless you like hearing stupid questions from people 24/7.
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i say leave the "L"
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Personally, all I have is the Aristo trunk badge and the "L" logo in the center. That's it - no other outside badging. Since Lexus brand is now be sold in Japan, I wonder how many Aristo owners in Japan are considering a re-badge to Lexus
Old 10-21-05, 05:33 AM
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Leave it as a Lexus. It looks better imo.
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My thoughts would be all Lexus or no badging at all, icluding removing the Aristo, just leave the door sills. The final decision is yours, it's your car.
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It started out as a Lexus I'd Keep it as a Lexus. It'll be a sweet Lexus with an attitude.

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