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Old 10-27-08, 09:34 PM
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Default Toyota badge on a GX. What do you think?

I wan't to switch the lexus badge with a Toyota Badge. I Debadged the rear and purchased a Prado Emblem. + I have the Prado Light. So why not finish the rear end with a Toyota Badge!

Give me your thoughts on this one. This is a Toyota After All, with an
"L-Tuned" Posh interior!
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Whats a Prado light?
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Default i missed the "S" Prado lights (JDM Tail Lights)

i missed the "S" Prado lights (JDM Tail Lights)
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I would never switch my Lexus badge out for a Toyota badge...
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I suppose it is a "2EachHisOwn", but I would never do that.

Why would you buy a Cadillac Escalade and put a "Chevy"
badge on the back? Why would you buy a Lincoln Navigator
and put a "FORD" badge on the back?

I don't get it, but hey....whatever floats your boat.
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I've taken plenty of badges off the vehicles I've owned over the years, but never put one on.
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Only in Japan and Asia as Hong Kong use the Toyota Prado, that is V6 4 Runner engine. I think that did not match.

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I'd never do that either...in fact I perfer to be completely annonymous as others had mentioned "to each their own". You'd definitely be an original.
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I went with the Harrier emblem for the front of my RX300, but as far as putting Toyota and Harrier on the back...no way.
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That is like someone putting a Honda Badge on an Acura .... everyone points and makes fun of you for being a tool.
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i like the idea. i ahve all toyota badges on my LS. i wanted to make it look as japanese as possible, i dont' drive the car because of the prestige but rather the look and the japanese emblems complete the look.
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Originally Posted by GX470GT
I wan't to switch the lexus badge with a Toyota Badge. I Debadged the rear and purchased a Prado Emblem. + I have the Prado Light. So why not finish the rear end with a Toyota Badge!

Give me your thoughts on this one. This is a Toyota After All, with an
"L-Tuned" Posh interior!

I've wondered the same thing! I already have toyota badges on my wheels (4runner limited wheels). I've thought about doing the rest of the truck. I'd rather have a toyota than a lexus
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well it is a toyota after all, there's no shame in it unless you like to pretend lexus isn't made by toyota to impress everyone going down the road....
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Originally Posted by 19psi
well it is a toyota after all, there's no shame in it unless you like to pretend lexus isn't made by toyota to impress everyone going down the road....
There's no shame in the company (Toyota) that manufacters Lexus and I certainly do not drive around in a Lexus because I am embarrassed to buy a Toyota or that I am trying to impress people... A Lexus vehicle is no more a Toyota vehicle then a Cadillac is a Pontiac or a Buick is a Saturn. These brands have their own identity and their own unique qualities which set them apart from their sister brands, despite the fact that they share certain parts, in some cases chasis's and are all manufactered by GM. The same holds true for other car manufacturers around the world. I have not seen anyone (yet) taking off their Cadillac emblem and replacing it with a Saturn or GM emblem, although I have seen stanger things, but if that's what someone chooses to do, to each their own

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Originally Posted by cssnms
There's no shame in the company (Toyota) that manufacters Lexus and I certainly do not drive around in a Lexus because I am embarrassed to buy a Toyota or that I am trying to impress people... A Lexus vehicle is no more a Toyota vehicle then a Cadillac is a Pontiac or a Buick is a Saturn. These brands have their own identity and their own unique qualities which set them apart from their sister brands, despite the fact that they share certain parts, in some cases chasis's and are all manufactered by GM. The same holds true for other car manufacturers around the world. I have not seen anyone (yet) taking off their Cadillac emblem and replacing it with a Saturn or GM emblem, although I have seen stanger things, but if that's what someone chooses to do, to each their own
I'm only tempted because the GX is a lightly, very-lightly, badge-engineered toyota landcruiser prado. Show me a cadillac since the cimmaron/cavalier that was such a lightly warmed over chevrolet.


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