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RXREY
I ordered and finally got my Harrier, or "Thundercloud" Grille. I saw one of these in Europe and really loved the grill and especially the Harrier "Hawk" emblem. I ordered them both separately, the grill for $265 on ebay and the emblem for about $75. I don't know if you can tell but the hawk is gold in an oval of chrome, very cool!
Now that I have them, I love them. They add to the front end lip that I've had for a while and my RX 400h really looks nice to me. Happy trails, Rey in sunny and hot...and currently in flames, L.A.
muffalones
Wow, that looks great and really unique (in the US). I would love to get one of those. Was it hard to replace the grill?
cduluk
i love the grille (i've got the same one now) and the emblem is very unique! I also like the headlight chrome trim!
RXREY
Thanks so much for the nice notes...the grille is a piece of cake to replace, it literally took about ten minutes to take off the old one and put in the new. I think it was five screws. The grille came without the emblem so since I got the emblem first, I had it in the car for when I got the grille. It snapped into the opening and there is one little screw that keeps it in and that is on the backside. Voila, it was done! It's nothing like cduluc changing the color of the wood trim!

Just go on ebay and look up " Lexus Thundercloud grille" or Harrier Grille. Then look up "Toyota Harrier Emblem". I posted the prices so that you can compare,,,reminder: My grille was $265 and the emblem was $75.

Take care and happy driving, Rey
RXREY
QUOTE (cduluk @ Aug 30 2009, 07:53 PM) *
i love the grille (i've got the same one now) and the emblem is very unique! I also like the headlight chrome trim!



Thanks cduluk, I can't wait to see what else you are going to do to your already amazing car! Rey
Kyle Petree
Very nice! Although people here in the states would see that emblem and think "What the heck is that?" It's almost like an inside joke.
RXREY
QUOTE (Kyle Petree @ Sep 2 2009, 06:57 AM) *
Very nice! Although people here in the states would see that emblem and think "What the heck is that?" It's almost like an inside joke.




I know Kyle, I have already been asked, "what cool car is this?"..."Maserati SUV?"..."What is it?..." But then the other Lexus emblems are still on the car. The front lip also makes it look like it's a different car. I like that my car stands out a little. Anyway, here in Los Angeles there are a lot of nutty people like me so it's hard to stand out too much! Rey in burning L.A.
cduluk
I stumbled on a 2008 rx400h being sold at sewell lexus online and i noticed the front emblem is different than all the others for the rx400h.
The 08 Rx400h rear lexus emblem is solid plastic with the chrome L and blue accents. But, the front emblem is just chrome, no blue.

Well, this one from sewell has the same emblem on the front grille!



I emailed sewell inquiring about the front emblem, but they are ignoring my emails. I want it! I searched lexus parts and can only find the standard chrome one.



Jim Clark
Our '08 just has the chrome, no blue. We bought it in Nov '07. Maybe they changed it later in the model year?
cduluk
I don't think so, only because the 08 from swell was produced in japan in the same month/year mine was. We've both got the same color too.

Only thing i can think of is that the one from sewell has the laser cruise control and mark levinson sound.

But, they're both hybrids! Why would that effect the front emblems?
katzjamr
have you tried an auto body shop, they have to be able to order and replace emblems during repair work, and have access to most everything, usually at a discount.
RXREY
I think of the two, the blue and the regular "L". I really like the regular "L" for the front. The blue "L" looks nice on the back. Of course, I have neither!
cduluk
Good idea about the body shop, but i've got the same program at home to look up parts.

I even looked up the emblem by the sewell car's VIN and it gave me the same emblem as the one i've got, for $30... Def not the blue accented one.

I'm stumped! lol
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