GS400 Opinion Wanted
05-03-16, 03:49 PM
#16
I'd take both the Lexus and GS400 off, but only if I were to repaint. Do these cars have the pegs on the emblems, where there are holes that you have to sand, fill and paint??? I know my SC300 is like that, because when I replaced my gold badges for chrome, I thought about taking off the Lexus until I realized that it would need to be painted. Since the factory paint was still minty fresh, I didn't want to screw around with it. Even without the pegs, the old glue/backing from the emblem would have been impossible to get off without damaging the paint with solvents.
05-06-16, 11:25 AM
#18
Hopefully, relocating the GS400 badge should be out of the question now. Whenever I see a badge that isn't where I expect it to be, I also immediately think that the trunk was resprayed by an amateur.
I prefer the stock look, followed by removing both LEXUS and GS400 as a very distant second. Removing just the LEXUS feels like doing something for the sake of doing it, and removing both badges feels like something that you'd do if you had a GS300 or a GS with heavy exterior mods. Messing with the OEM badges seems like an optional rite of passage for how heavily modified the car is engine or body-wise. If it's the only exterior mod, it feels a little bit silly to me.
Also, I vote no to the large L emblem. Those should stay on the 3GS+. They're a product of the bigger badging arms race that I largely blame Mercedes for revitalizing when they decided to put the large tristar on their grilles again. Flava Flav wore smaller clocks around his neck.
I prefer the stock look, followed by removing both LEXUS and GS400 as a very distant second. Removing just the LEXUS feels like doing something for the sake of doing it, and removing both badges feels like something that you'd do if you had a GS300 or a GS with heavy exterior mods. Messing with the OEM badges seems like an optional rite of passage for how heavily modified the car is engine or body-wise. If it's the only exterior mod, it feels a little bit silly to me.
Also, I vote no to the large L emblem. Those should stay on the 3GS+. They're a product of the bigger badging arms race that I largely blame Mercedes for revitalizing when they decided to put the large tristar on their grilles again. Flava Flav wore smaller clocks around his neck.
Last edited by 8M6; 05-06-16 at 11:39 AM.
05-08-16, 11:05 PM
#19
Thank you for the opinion! I'm really glad to get a lot of feedback with this, and I'm always open to more.
I do agree, what you said was very well put. My car is not stock suspension wise, and engine put down around 360 horsepower after the headers and tune.
I just wish that Lexus had not put the name emblems there on these older cars. Waiting until 2011 kind of makes the older ones look bad in a way, at least to me.
I do agree, what you said was very well put. My car is not stock suspension wise, and engine put down around 360 horsepower after the headers and tune.
I just wish that Lexus had not put the name emblems there on these older cars. Waiting until 2011 kind of makes the older ones look bad in a way, at least to me.
Last edited by GS400V8; 09-27-16 at 10:41 PM.
05-09-16, 09:48 AM
#20
Thank you for the opinion! I'm really glad to get a lot of feedback with this, and I'm always open to more.
I do agree, what you said was very well put. My car is not stock suspension wise, and engine wise will be soon at around 360 horsepower after these headers and tune.
I just wish that Lexus had not put the name emblems there on these older cars. Waiting until 2011 kind of makes the older ones look bad in a way, at least to me.
I do agree, what you said was very well put. My car is not stock suspension wise, and engine wise will be soon at around 360 horsepower after these headers and tune.
I just wish that Lexus had not put the name emblems there on these older cars. Waiting until 2011 kind of makes the older ones look bad in a way, at least to me.
