Chrome pillars underneath black on 91 LS...
10-19-05, 06:11 PM
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Ok well since no one has any updates now and its been more than a week I decided to mess around with it and take some pictures. I tired using a blow dryer and that pretty much did nothing.....
But anyways I discovered that the chrome pillars being covered up by the black sticker is actually one piece connected to the other chrome trim that isn't covered up.
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Thats just a picture far away so that you will understand what the next picture is of.
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This is a close picture of the area im talking about.
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Ok so now you know what part Im tallking about here's the picture
Alright now I chipped away alot of that black stuff/tape with my finger nail to make sure it was chrome, and as you can see the pillar is connected to the chrome part that runs down below the window and all the way around back to the top of the pillar.
Conclusion: The pillar + chrome around the window is one piece. I guess the lexus designers thought it would be to much chrome so the covered the pillars with black tape instead of using a plastic piece.
<No need to worry about rusting, now we just need to figure out how to safely remove the tape with out harming the chrome>
So if I am correct, which I think I am then thats good news for us!
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Ok so after that I decided to check out the window shield pillars.
As you can see under the pillars are chrome, the Lexus people just covered up the top of the window pillars with the black tape to decreases the amount of chrome of the car.
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Here's a close up with the flash at night, it shows how the whole piece is made of chrome.
Conclusion: The chrome on the pillars won't rust either since alot of the chrome is exposed with the black tape on it, you just dont see it.
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So we just need to find a way to safely remove the black tape from the chrome.
P.S.
Sorry for typo's , watching game 6 of the astros vs cards. Come onnnnn astros
But anyways I discovered that the chrome pillars being covered up by the black sticker is actually one piece connected to the other chrome trim that isn't covered up.
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Thats just a picture far away so that you will understand what the next picture is of.
------------
This is a close picture of the area im talking about.
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Ok so now you know what part Im tallking about here's the picture
Alright now I chipped away alot of that black stuff/tape with my finger nail to make sure it was chrome, and as you can see the pillar is connected to the chrome part that runs down below the window and all the way around back to the top of the pillar.
Conclusion: The pillar + chrome around the window is one piece. I guess the lexus designers thought it would be to much chrome so the covered the pillars with black tape instead of using a plastic piece.
<No need to worry about rusting, now we just need to figure out how to safely remove the tape with out harming the chrome>
So if I am correct, which I think I am then thats good news for us!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok so after that I decided to check out the window shield pillars.
As you can see under the pillars are chrome, the Lexus people just covered up the top of the window pillars with the black tape to decreases the amount of chrome of the car.
------------------------
Here's a close up with the flash at night, it shows how the whole piece is made of chrome.
Conclusion: The chrome on the pillars won't rust either since alot of the chrome is exposed with the black tape on it, you just dont see it.
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So we just need to find a way to safely remove the black tape from the chrome.
P.S.
Sorry for typo's , watching game 6 of the astros vs cards. Come onnnnn astros
10-19-05, 06:54 PM
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Your right I just took a picture of the diffrence in my father's 98 and my 94
^ 1994
^ 1998
Notice the line?
I bought a gold trunk lexus badge emblem "L" from lextasy.com and its not large enough to cover up the holes from the orignal emblem..... god.
^ 1994
^ 1998
Notice the line?
I bought a gold trunk lexus badge emblem "L" from lextasy.com and its not large enough to cover up the holes from the orignal emblem..... god.
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10-20-05, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Luxury_LEX
I bought a gold trunk lexus badge emblem "L" from lextasy.com and its not large enough to cover up the holes from the orignal emblem..... god.
They have MORE stuff (and the same stuff as Lextasy.com) at a FRACTION of the price of what Lextasy.com sells their products for.
Example: Lextasy.com sells the 90-94 LS 400 red/clear taillight lenses for $270 and LuxuryMods.com sells theirs for $200 (both prices are including shipping)!
Leo, the owner of LuxuryMods.com, may even be able to lower that price even more if you talk to him. There are even larger price differences between Lextasy.com and LuxuryMods.com on certain other products.
Do NOT buy from Lextasy.com...their prices are OUTRAGEOUS!
Just a thoughtful reminder from your friendly neighborhood Lexus owner.
10-20-05, 08:47 AM
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Yes I do know that but I couldnt find that gold trunk badge on your site for sale. All I could find was the package for like $270. I still need the grill one if you guys have that.
10-20-05, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Luxury_LEX
I bought a gold trunk lexus badge emblem "L" from lextasy.com and its not large enough to cover up the holes from the orignal emblem..... god.
:https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=114752
10-23-05, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Luxury_LEX
anyone try to remove it???
mabey talk to the people at your local lexus dealership?
mabey talk to the people at your local lexus dealership?
10-28-05, 03:39 PM
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Alright guys, it is done but a few things to note i did not use a heat gun due to possible damage to window strip so i did it the hard way cold. i started at the bottom of a pillar and worked my way up due to the way the strip goes around the molding behind the window trim and used a new razor blade to start it and cut it away from window anyway long story short film came off no problem took 1.5 hrs whole car to do this, but then ran into the glue not coming off the pillar so i went to ACE and bought a heavy duty paint/ glue stripper called MEK that is the short term name .It is with paint thinner and ect. this process took the longest it took 4 hrs to get glue off (you can use a razor blade to get off glue because this product does not disolve it it tacks it up so you can scrape it off) Dont worry about scratching the pillar because it is not pollished anyway which is the next step i need to do, but it looks awesome without pollishing at a distance.