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Old 07-24-01, 07:21 AM
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I will be very careful . Do I need a heat gun? Is the emblem glue on or soldered on? I need your help.
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you use either fishing line or dental floss...i used fishing line and it worked perfect.

Just work the line through one corner and just keep going...the sticky stuff will come off when you rub it...NOW with the residue that is left behind(this is what i did) I used Meguair's step 1 cleaner, then step 2 polish, then step 3 carnuba wax...you can't see any sign of an emblem even existing there..

hope that helps...the meguair's 3 step is expensive but it's worth it because you could use it on the entire car!!
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Thanks for your help.
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Mark,

If you decide to remove the "Platinum Edition" emblems behind the two front wheel wells, please let us know how that goes!
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Buy a 430 and you wont have to worry about it....LOL
Old 07-24-01, 05:55 PM
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Lightbulb Gswatkins

Gswatkins-- I had the opportunity to buy the 430 but I did not want it. I know the dealer and he said it would cost only 1,200 more. Not a bad price to pay but who wants to have the 430 anyway. It's not as much fun to drive as the GS400. Thanks but no thanks gswatkins. Your advice sucks. Go get a life. If you don't have anything to say that is positive--shut the **** up.

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Old 07-24-01, 06:46 PM
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Sheesh touchy people today.. Maybe its too hot outside.. I dunno..

Ok back to the removing emblems.. Try this website for all the instructions you need.. Very detailed.. Good luck!

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Good luck, and post or email me with any questions...I'd be glad to help

https://www.clublexus.com/vb/showthr...threadid=17956
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Mark,

Thanks for reminding me of why I moved away from the northeast. A bunch of tight ***, wound-up, high stress *****'s with no sense of humor!
BTW, Do you not understand "LOL"?
or "BTW"

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I agree with Mark even though I bought a 430. And I removed all the badges from my 430.
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Thumbs up XSUPERJOEX, INTELLEXUAL, 2SAVVY, DEXTER, HDDUECE

XSUPERJOEX, INTELLEXUAL, 2SAVVY, DEXTER, HDDUECE THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. I MANNAGE TO GET THE “GS” “400” & THE “LEXUS” EMBLEM REMOVED TODAY. THE CAR LOOKS GREAT. MY DEALERSHIP WAS TRYING TO CHARGE ME $500 TO DO THE JOB. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.
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Mark:

3 out of the 4 chinese characters don't actually mean what the english translation says.

I've noticed this trend where people put tatoos (sticker ones) of chinese characters and english translations on them. I saw this girl with a chinese word saying "MONKEY" in english :eek: wtf
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mark,

$500, :eek: for removing the badges. man some dealers are really ripping people off to make a living.

in japan and europe(especially germany), a lot of drivers actually take off all badges on purpose to make other drivers guess what is coming and passing their cars.

it would be really funny if some dirver tries to race you and is not aware of the fact you have 300 ponies underneath.

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