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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 04:20 PM
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Question bad GS 400 badge

Not sure if the badge was placed on the car like this when it was made or somebody before me placed it on wronge.
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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The angles are not the same
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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Not even close. The badges are glued on tight and will not move at all. So it must of been put on like that.
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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at least it's not like the "300 GS" badges that I saw the other day ...

inverted on the back of a car.

Try to heat them up with a heat gun and floss them off...

remount them correctly with 3M Exterior "5lb" Double Sided Mounting Tape.
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by KRGS4
at least it's not like the "300 GS" badges that I saw the other day ...

inverted on the back of a car.
Oh man, I saw a green GS today coming from work on the highway. The "Lexus" sign was ok but I saw "300 GS" on the right side.
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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best thing to do would be to remove the 400 and if the 400 isnt ruined when you remove it the put new adhesive on the back and line it up right. Most likely they wont come off perfectly so I would order a new 400 badge and then install that. Best way to remove is using either fishing line or dental floss. I used dental floss, the floss broke several times but did the trick. There will be some adhesive left over so you will have to remove that, Goo gone works good for that. GL
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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Why do people do this stuff
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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 08:38 PM
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only thing i can think of is ... the "400" is heavier then the "GS" so over time gravity kicks in and hot weather probably wont help.. i'm just kidding.

i see this alot but i dont know why its not even. my Lexus logo is alittle off on my trunk. they need to fire the person who stuck these on.....
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 10:08 PM
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my guess is that the trunk was repainted at some time, and the body shop guy just eyeballed it.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Wow this is so funny, just today i saw a green gs400 that had the "400" on the top right like normal but had the "GS" on the botton right trunk.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 11:43 PM
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WHAT?....i bought my car with the "300gs" badge...haha..o well
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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De-badge it
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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 05:53 AM
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My GS badge started to get an angle so I just took off the Lexus and the GS 400 badges this weekend. Looks better with them off.
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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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Would a hair dryer do the trick for the heating?
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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigbea
Would a hair dryer do the trick for the heating?
It should.
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