Just a thought to see what opinions are on this.
If you took the Toyota crown grille emblem which is a crown and put it on an LS 400 . It is a beautiful symbol just like the Griffin for the Soarer/SC .

From a purist perspective it is wrong. It is not like putting a ES300 badge on a GS430 .
The crown majesta saloon and the LS400 are almost identical but the last crown had some amazing headlights. Same V8 but i think it came in a 6 cylinder also.

the emblem

Looks very similar to a LS400

The better looking headlights

 

if there was some chassis sharing id say maybe but seeing as how they technically arent related in anything other than size id say no.

 

Don't do it.

 

naahhhh.dont do it.its like putting a "type R" badge on an accord.
its just wrong!

 

nah, I wouldn't, as much as I love Crown, I am not downgrading.

 

Unless you put on a crown front, don't put the crown emblem.

 

It is more of a question of debate than all seriousness. I am as likely to walk down the street with a "L" badge gold chain as i would have a Toyota Crown emblem on my grille .
I really do think it is a really nice emblem and wish they made something similar for the LS.

 

Nah....just not right doing that

 

any one know if the Avalon is a crown?
I can't read all the Japanese in VIP but some specs look similar?

 

Dude an Avalon is front wheel drive!aint no way there identical.

 

The Avalon's front body lines look similar, that's about it.

 

140S Crown = sister car of 14 Aristo as you can tell that the Aristo chassis code is JZS147
150S Crown = MarkII/Chaser/Cresta base
170S Crown = Progres/110 series MarkII
S180 Crown = MarkX/Crown Majesta
S200 Crown = I have no idea...
I may be wrong but almost sure.

LS and Crown? No way. Celsior was always given a heirarchical class above the Crown ALL THE TIME. I'd give the Crown badge to a Camry before a LS since the name Camry is derived from the Japanese word fro Crown; "Kanmuri".

Avalon in Japan is a "Pronard" (besides the first gen) which doesnt exist anymore. It's actually a quite popular car in Japan since it is really "USDM" and "lug (damn japanese and their pronunciation)"

 

kewl, thanks for clearing that up. that front grill on the second pic looks nice, i like.

 

Are you sure on the models of the Crown? I thought that was just the chassis code for the Crown itself.

 

Thanks coco , that adds a whole new side to it.
Oh well i guess i will just have to get an emblem and make a pendent out of it with some glass chips for cubic zirconia's !