blake918 Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I searched and had very little luck, so I was looking for a little more info on the emblem removal process especially for the emblem in the tail light. Does anyone know if there is an indentation in the tail light for the emblem located in it? By the way this is on a '94. I found in one post these steps: 1) Get a hairdyer and heat up the glue under the emblems 2) Get some dental floss or similar and work from one end of the emblem to the other. It looks like there is some adheasive on the back of the gold emblems that I bought; does this need to be heated also? Are their any pins or place holders on the emblems, or do I need to mark their places some kind of way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggyncsu Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 i heard that there is an indentation....the emblem is set into the tail-light.....i was gonna rip mine off...but found out i shouldn't....dunno why they couldnt have originally placed it on the upper trunk area.....i mean..how hard is that ;) as for the other Q's i have no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 no pins or place holders.just heat them and remove them with floss.the tail light one is tricky and i heard of people breaking there light trying to get it off so im not too sure about that one. as for why they didnt put it on the trunk lid is simple.every year they had to change a little something to make it look different then the year before so guess what the 95 got?yes the emblem on the trunk lid.also changed the tail lights and some other stuff but for the most part they do it because nobody wants there new lexus to look the same as the year before or older. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 sorry bbsal there are pins in every one of the emblems and there is an indent for the es 300 on the light also it is a real pain to get out without breaking the lens as i have removed all of mine on my 94 already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 really????i have read here before about this topic and never heard of pins holding the emblem in on the trunk and hood?i thought thats why you had to heat them and remove with floss?my mistake i might of misread someones post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 no problem there are pins as wel as the 3m tape the pins also have little locking pins that are held into the metal of the trunk try not to break them or push them in the shet metal as to get lost in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 good to know!after removing the emblems wont that leave behind holes in the trunk lid from the emblems?just curiouis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 yah it leaves holes if you don't replace with gold ones or original that is why i had the body shop fill in my holes on the trunk lid and hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 cool now i understand!looks like im leaving my emblems alone!lol ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake918 Posted September 12, 2003 Author Share Posted September 12, 2003 I feel like a horse's pa-toot for asking this , but how do you break the tail light with dental floss and a little heat from a hair-dryer? Also, the kit I bought is for a 95 or 96, so where can I go to get them to gold plate the emblem in the tailight, or would Lexus just sell me the "ES300?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 you would have to go to a plater and have them do it right on the car to get the taillight one done problem is the solution makes the red paint around the es 300 come off for some reason as it happened to mine the floss is for the regualr emblems on thepaint the tail one is epoxyed into the light and has to be pryed off and it doesn't easily mine bole into peices as i took it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake918 Posted September 12, 2003 Author Share Posted September 12, 2003 One last question...do I need to heat up the glue on my new gold emblems before I put them on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 dont'need to heat tehm up just clean the surface with rubbing alcahol and make sure you wax the gold ones first or they will pit real nice and you have to keep doing this also see if the gold ones are clear coated if not buy a can and give them atleast 3 good coats and it will protect your investment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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