OceanView

I have a 98 ES300 that orginally came with gold emblems.
Well it's 12 years old now and gold has been out for some time.
I really want to go back to silver but I don't know if it's possible to just remove the gold or I would have to buy new silver emblems from the dealer.
I would hate to do that as it can get expensive.
A second possibility is to completely debadge it but I am not sure if there are holes in the metal.

Anyone know?

EDIT: I just thought of another possibility
is it possible to spray black paint onto the emblems and then spray lacquer to seal in the paint? Will this chip or flake off?

MrGalione9

if you debadge the rear one, i know definitely has a hole that kinda keeps it in place before the glue... i took my L off and it has that big hole for now until i replace it with a custom emblem, just haven't found the right site to get it created

OceanView

I see.
Do you know if the rear side emblems on the trunk have holes underneath as well? If not, I might just remove the sides and maybe just buy a new L emblem.

fishhead

scotturnot actually removed the gold off his emblems. Ill try to find the post and put it in here. Give me a second.


Here ya go.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...t-3-hours.html

adreano17

i want gold emblems on my 96 es, but ebay has some good and some rly bad. and i dont want to get a terrible off set 1. any locations will be nice

OceanView

That's perfect!
Thanks.

I was wondering, is it possible to spray paint black onto the emblems and then spray lacquer to seal in the paint?

kaldES98

just sprayed my emblems black I didn't do it the black pearl badges way where it stays shiny though. check it.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es3...grill-3es.html