I had some leftover Matte black paint from the front grille surrounds, so I decided to paint the rear emblems Matte black. I think overall it turned out pretty well, and it makes the "F" stand out more.

If you plan on doing this, I recommend that you find the thinnest double-sided tape possible for re-attaching the emblems, because the ones I used were thicker than OEM, so they are not completely flush with the bumper. The ones I used are also gray instead of black, so from the sides, the tape is a bit more visible. So just make sure you don't cut the tape too close to the edge of the emblems, otherwise they'll show and it'll be ugly.

One more thing. There are 2 prongs on the "Lexus", 2 on the L emblem, and 1 on the "I". There is none on the "S", so make sure you tape a template around the "S" so you can re-attach it perfectly in place.

Anyways, onto the pix. Enjoy!

 

WOW!

Those look amazing Prime, great job!

Way nicer then the black pearl emblems, and hold on best part....WAY nicer to your wallet!

 

Wow, those look really good!

 

wow, nice job!

 

Thanks for the comments. Some of you asked about some details on instructions... you can see it posted on the visitor messages on my profile page. Good luck! Post pix if you get it done.

 

How do you think this would look on a black ISF?

 

I think it would look good if you color-matched the emblems to the black of your ISF (leaving the "F" emblem alone, of course).

 

it would look something like this with a black car.. i got everything on my backs painted too.. except the F's of course

 

Are you also thinking of painting the grill surround? I was thinking of painting the chrome grill surround and letting the L chrome

 

I did a quick photochop of all black, and I think it looks pretty good if you are going for the stealth look. I think you should probably go for gloss black instead of matte black though.

 

actually i do like that above.. i just wanted some sort of a accent... i thought it wouldnt look too good all black

btw.. i had a lexus body shop do them.. they charged 150$ but they matched the paint perfectly

 

Sorry I don't have any better pics yet but I had the grill surround color matched and couldn't be happier with the look. I added the black pearl emblems too, but I think black painted emblems as discussed above would look just as good. After less than a month of driving though I already had a sizeable rock chip on the surround, so I've touched it up and tomorrow am getting a clear bra installed. My advice is whatever you paint that used to be chrome, make sure they use the right primer/adhesion promoter, and then add some extra paint protection if at all possible. All in all I think these little touches we are discussing REALLY add to the uniqueness of the F's.

 

Will look much nicer if you remove "LEXUS" and "ISF", and keep the "L" emblem.

 

Do you have a larger sized image of your car?

 

I would do if it didn't leave holes. Hard to match a metallic paint finish.