I just cannot make up my mind. It's not that i don't like my gold badge's, i think they look really good, but I am still undecided about changing them to chrome or black ones.

What do you guys think?

 

I think it depends on the color of your car. For instance my old GS300 and current GS430 are both champagne, and look great with gold badges. But my LS is dark green, and I think it would look lame with gold badges, chrome look better IMO.

 

Same here - mine is black and the badges were gold - I painted black and then removed. Gold on black looked good when I bought it in 96 but it got old quick (for my taste that is).

 

I think black or chrome would look best for your car. Gold is a very tricky finish to pull off.

 

Black on black cars looks nice. I'm curious to see what black badges on white or silver paint looks like...

 

Another member painted his black on white and I thought it looked great - he got bashed though from many others though. The black on white was vivid - BAM! I thought it looked awesome

 

I agree black on white looked great imo.

Now what about White on black - -(Kidding)

 

i've got 2 silver on silver. i think they look pretty clean.... the gold badges look tacky imo... but that's just me

 

I agree that gold looks tacky. But just my opinion.

Silver is the safest of the three -- Black is killer if done right, and on the right color. But not everyone will agree with it, of course.

Though with Silver I think the majority will agree it looks 'good' -- Some will love it, some will just think its ok. Again a safe blend.

 

did the badges only come in gold for my car that year?
if i do go silver, anyone know the best place to buy them?

 

u can try Ebay...but i saw the Lexus F/R L logo and lexus word and the LS400 for like 200...in "24ct" gold. can also try carson or sewell and use their coupon codes. btw i have black emblems on my white LS.

 

i've seen some cars, not Lexus, that have a matte black finish and some have a glossy black finish. which do you have? IMO matte black would be the way to go if any..

 

the ones that came from factory Lexus is Black Pearl. mine are matte black but i sprayed some clear on it...so its semi shiny.

need new pictures...i feel like im wh*ring my car with these same pics....sorry about the repost for the ones that seen this b4.

 

not bad, not bad at all...

 

Why didn't you paint the "LS400" before you put it on the car? Seems to look odd in comparison to the rest of your deck's emblems