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Old Nov 23, 2017 | 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Tamy913
I have pink plates coming in wife and daughter wanted pink so why not haha.
If the car is white pink would match. Or you could go all Mary Kay and get the whole car wrapped pink lol
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Old Nov 23, 2017 | 10:59 AM
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I thought Sewell Lexus was out of business? Anyway this eBay sellers warehouse is near Dallas and it’s the same emblems. Goo gone did nothing to the paint. Very safe. I hope the front emblem doesn’t get ruined from bugs and rocks too. I was wondering if there was a way to seal it with film or something but it would be hard
Yeah the Sewell Lexus online store is out of business, but the dealership's parts department itself will still sell parts if you're local like me

Getting those nice fancy emblems chipped would suck!
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Old Nov 23, 2017 | 04:48 PM
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Looks great bro! Small world, I live in SA too. I just got my front black pearl emblem on Saturday. After reading some threads it looks like these can have problems over a short period of time getting pitting and other finish issues on the front emblems at least. I ordered a 2k clear aresol and just clear coated my front one to protect it. It might be worth doing the same for your front emblem. I broke the tabs on my stock emblem too, not sure exactly how they are supposed to be removed to not break them.
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Old Nov 23, 2017 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by e60bmw
Looks great bro! Small world, I live in SA too. I just got my front black pearl emblem on Saturday. After reading some threads it looks like these can have problems over a short period of time getting pitting and other finish issues on the front emblems at least. I ordered a 2k clear aresol and just clear coated my front one to protect it. It might be worth doing the same for your front emblem. I broke the tabs on my stock emblem too, not sure exactly how they are supposed to be removed to not break them.
Awesome! Small world indeed... I was actually gonna get a can of clear plasti dip and coat the front emblem with it. Hope it looks good...
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Old Nov 23, 2017 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Lexcuse
If the car is white pink would match. Or you could go all Mary Kay and get the whole car wrapped pink lol
Lol. Leave me some dignity
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Old Nov 27, 2017 | 10:57 PM
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I have a white IS and I'm very interested in doing this for my car. I'm really thinking of removing all the rear emblems. I just want to replace the front and rear lexus emblems with the black pearl.

Does anybody have a pic of their car debadged in the rear?
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Old Nov 28, 2017 | 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by tdoggy57
I have a white IS and I'm very interested in doing this for my car. I'm really thinking of removing all the rear emblems. I just want to replace the front and rear lexus emblems with the black pearl.

Does anybody have a pic of their car debadged in the rear?
Just installed front and back.
I like the clean look of de badged rear. Had it done the first day I got the car. Btw a easy way to remove the back is to heat it with a heat gun or blow dryer and use a debit card.
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Old Nov 28, 2017 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jameshan
Just installed front and back.
I like the clean look of de badged rear. Had it done the first day I got the car. Btw a easy way to remove the back is to heat it with a heat gun or blow dryer and use a debit card.
Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. It looks great!
It is a very clean look. I think I'm going to go ahead and do it
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Old Nov 29, 2017 | 11:52 AM
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I have an Atomic Silver IS250F as well, and I think you just convinced me to do this myself!
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Old Nov 30, 2017 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BRiCCFLAiR
I have an Atomic Silver IS250F as well, and I think you just convinced me to do this myself!
The best part is now the emblems change colors based on lighting conditions just like the atomic silver paint. Whole car always looks different! For the chrome trim on the front, my installer used smoked tail-light film which gives it the same appearance as black pearl. Highly recommend using that. i don't know if i'll do the chrome around the windows as it kind of blends nicely with the paint of the car already. So far no issues!
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Old Dec 19, 2017 | 02:23 PM
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Default OEM emblem template

Kinda off topic but does anyone have the oem emblem still? If someone could photocopy me the emblem it would be great! I’m trying to do a template for tinting the emblem.

I might try to measure and draw on Word but the photocopy would be easier! Any ideas would be great!

Thanks in advance!
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Old Jul 17, 2018 | 07:39 AM
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Default Black Pearl Emblems

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Black Pearl Emblems with Lexus Emblem from Ebay seller.

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