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de-badging my 3is

Old 01-17-14, 07:57 PM
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is there 2 hole behind the IS 250 sign for 2014????
Old 01-17-14, 07:59 PM
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No Sir.....
Old 01-17-14, 08:15 PM
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No holes as BOBFSPORT mentioned. It's just glued on. Same with "AWD".
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Old 01-17-14, 08:28 PM
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ok thank you
Old 01-18-14, 07:34 AM
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Ahh..corradoMR2..that's exactly what I had planned on doing today when I pick up the car. Either that or complete debadge. Looks good, thanks for the photos!
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done
before

and after
Old 01-18-14, 09:16 PM
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Before:
"I am a proud IS250 owner"

After:
"Its an IS350, you gotta believe me. It could be, ... right? Ah, who am I kidding"
Old 01-18-14, 09:37 PM
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Haha so what is the inner dialogue of an owner who De badges a 350?!
Old 01-18-14, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BOBFSPORT
Haha so what is the inner dialogue of an owner who De badges a 350?!
"I hope a de badged 250 or a 328 pull up next me."
Old 01-18-14, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Prepboy607
"I hope a de badged 250 or a 328 pull up next me."
Indeed.
Old 01-19-14, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by McBrain
Before:
Before:
"I am a proud IS250 owner"

After:
"Its an IS350, you gotta believe me. It could be, ... right? Ah, who am I kidding"

There is no shame or need to feel insecure in owning a 250 just because it's de-badged. It's a Lexus, lots to be proud and passionate about. Some folks like me may feel the emblem is long, especially with the AWD moniker and just looks better reduced or removed, regardless of whether it's a 350 or 250.
Old 01-19-14, 06:07 AM
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I have a rare 350 here in the NY/NJ area where like 90% of the IS's any generation are always 250's however i still debadged simply because it looks so much cleaner in the rear IMHO

It does kinda suck that there's really no visual way to distinguish a 250 and 350 since they look exactly the same ?? At least with the 3 or 4 Series BMW's i've learned that they do look almost exactly the same way but one can tell them apart by checking their exhaust tips where only the 335 or 435's have the dual exhausts
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Originally Posted by SexyElaine
I have a rare 350 here in the NY/NJ area where like 90% of the IS's any generation are always 250's however i still debadged simply because it looks so much cleaner in the rear IMHO

It does kinda suck that there's really no visual way to distinguish a 250 and 350 since they look exactly the same ?? At least with the 3 or 4 Series BMW's i've learned that they do look almost exactly the same way but one can tell them apart by checking their exhaust tips where only the 335 or 435's have the dual exhausts
Pop the hood, :b
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Originally Posted by corradoMR2
There is no shame or need to feel insecure in owning a 250 just because it's de-badged. It's a Lexus, lots to be proud and passionate about. Some folks like me may feel the emblem is long, especially with the AWD moniker and just looks better reduced or removed, regardless of whether it's a 350 or 250.
I'm just having a bit of fun. Having said that, I think in many cases debadging is done on the "smaller engine" model. In Australia (where I grew up), it was commonplace to order your 316 or 318 sans badges.
Old 01-19-14, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SexyElaine
I have a rare 350 here in the NY/NJ area where like 90% of the IS's any generation are always 250's however i still debadged simply because it looks so much cleaner in the rear IMHO

It does kinda suck that there's really no visual way to distinguish a 250 and 350 since they look exactly the same ?? At least with the 3 or 4 Series BMW's i've learned that they do look almost exactly the same way but one can tell them apart by checking their exhaust tips where only the 335 or 435's have the dual exhausts
Bigger front brakes on the 350 F Sport. Very hard to spot on a moving car though. I agree they should do something to better distinguish the two models visually (besides emblems).

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