LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

they are painted...u just gotta look to see WHERE its painted....

tigerpwr

Looks good, now if I had a white car..........

heyhowyado

cool, thanks....i checked ebay and you're right....they only have the gold ones.
did my year (99) come in silver and gold, or only gold?

and yeah, i remember your black emblems...they look great on your car!

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

i think it was based on the package ur car came with. the original owner probably opted to get the gold emblems but im sure u could get chrome if u requested it back in the day.

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

98-00 came only with chrome emblems from teh factory, dealers added gold emblems and the 00 Platinum Series cars came with Black Pearl badging.

heyhowyado

now what the hell did they go and to THAT for!

ok....i think i'm gonna go with chrome.

Neofate

iTrader: (1)

Safe call sir.

heyhowyado

ok...check it out.

just got off the phone with my local dealership....$113 for all 5 emblems!

the front grille "L", the trunk "L", the trunk "LS", the "400" and the "LEXUS".

it's 5 emblems altogether. i think $113 isn't bad.

but...

get this...they want $188 to put them on! LOL.

i'll be doing it myself. now where the heck did i put that dental floss?

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

use a hair dryer, heat it up a little bit. use a plastic card of some sort and just start to slowly push the old adhesive off. thats what i did but my card eventually broke lol. i think the dental floss method worked the least because it breaks so easily.

heyhowyado

ah, ok cool...thanks.

what did you use to take off the old adhesive? something like goo-gone?

Neofate

iTrader: (1)

I believe 3M Adhesive remover has been recommended for this. Someone can verify or correct.

- Also don't give up on the Floss method. Try it first. Buy some decent dental floss as well,.. cheap floss is fragile, others are stronger. My mother is a D.D.S so I've seen alot of it in my day =)


I would wonder why fishing filament wouldn't work,.. but I guess it is too course and would damage the clear?

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

i used a razor blade and carefully scraped it off,u dont need it perfect since ur going to be replacing it with the new ones...goo gone should work too.

TJW98LS

iTrader: (1)

I like silver just because I have chrome wheels.

heyhowyado

yup...i agree.

picked them up yesterday and i'm gonna work on replacing them today.

thanks guys for all your suggestions and removal tips.

heyhowyado

i replaced the badges.....i found the best method was the blow dryer and credit card.....the dental floss was too cumbersome..kept slipping out of my fingers....as for the left on adhesive, some goo gone and elbow grease did the trick.

just that little update made a huge difference to the appearance of the car! next, i'll be removing the horrible pinstripe.