Michalooch

I want to take off the “AWD” and the “GS350” with fishing wire.
Are there holes behind either or both?
Any help is appreciated

veez81

no holes. only holes are behind the Lexus emblem

bumada

You'll also need a solvent/wax cleaner with a microfiber rag to get the residue off.

maclem8223

This. Took some serious elbow grease on my GS for some reason. Others in the past, not so much.

Swingem

How easy is it to re-badge cars?

bumada

I've never done it, but I'm guessing you just buy a new badge and put it on like a sticker. Use painters type to make reference lines to help you stick it on straight. Also use rubbing alcohol to clean the surface for better adhesion.

jonathancl

I debadge all of my cars, and no one has ever cared. At trade-in or private sale, most people don't even notice, and if they did, it's unlikely they would care.

Swingem

Yeah, just want to keep resale as high as possible.

praetor

As easy as putting on new stickers. Just make sure you clean the surface well and sometimes a little heat helps. It's best to park your car in the sun or use a blow dryer to heat up the surface if it's a cool day.

er34

From my observations, the most commonly debadged cars are those that have wide variation in the lineup for the same body style. 9/10 base model 3-series(320) are debaged.

NickMayer

I'm truly on the fence with de-badging. I agree it will not hurt resale, nor would almost anyone even notice. But for some reason I balk....

Swingem

Yeah me too. I debadged my volvo S60R except for the R and loved that. But that was also a 150k mile turbo lazy boy.

praetor

You maybe OK since you car is a 2015. But depending on if you park your car outside a lot, there can be a lot of paint fade. Debadging will expose your emblems like tan lines.

signdetres

In my experience, badges are pretty pointless and just get in the way of washing/detailing. The average person knows next to nothing about their own car, let alone someone else's car so the badges really mean absolutely nothing to them & those who actually know about cars don't need badges to know what type of car it is. I think most people just see the brand/make and stop there.

I debadged my GS and love how much cleaner it looks, IMO. I agree with @maclem8223 It took some serious elbow grease, which scratched/marred the paint up a bit and required some polishing afterwards.

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NickMayer

Good point, never even considered that.
1,000,000,000% appreciate the pic next to one that still had badge. It really does make it look so much cleaner.