Can I replace the Toyota symbols on my LB with Lexus ones? - Page 2 - Toyota Yaris Forums

yaristotle · 05-10-2009, 09:46 PM

Maybe I will really confuse people and have the Lexus symbol and replace the Yaris badge with "Yugo"

jambo101 · 05-10-2009, 10:30 PM

Why not just buy a Lexus and put Yaris badges on it.

evil genius · 05-11-2009, 04:22 AM

If you really want to do it, you should. Like I posted earlier, I did it. Some people liked it and some thought it was stupid. Everyone will have their opinion but in the end, your opinion is the only one that matters.

It looks pretty good with the lexus emblems. whatever you decide to do, good luck with your yaris.

*kimona* · 05-11-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

It's no different than any of the other rebadges done here IMO. If you are rebadging it then you are calling it something it never actually was therefore it's not really any different than Netz, Vitz, Belta, Vios badges...

I'd have to disagree. I can understand rebadging the Yaris with the proper Japanese nameplates... especially since Toyota America decided to import two entirely different cars (Vitz and Belta) and put the Yaris nameplate on both of them. Very strange, indeed. Plus, some enthusiasts like to personalize their cars, and if putting obscure nameplates or the emblems from other models somehow makes them happy, then great.

nsmitchell · 05-11-2009, 04:42 PM

Hey, The Mercedes Smart car is fitting. They own Smart.

Kal-El · 05-12-2009, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by nsmitchell

Hey, The Mercedes Smart car is fitting. They own Smart.

True, but just like the thing in question, Toyota/Lexus is the same company too.

Many people have swapped out Lexus badges for Toyota ones which I think is -much more acceptable (especially since up until recently, markets outside of the US sold Lexus cars as Toyota's). Putting a Lexus badge on a Yaris is just asking for trouble.

coheed · 10-09-2009, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by evil genius

Yes, you can. I replaced front and back emblems, removed toyota and replaced it with lexus. I also replaced the wheel center caps.

Can I ask what model you got the rear badge off of? I just want to do the back cause I have a netz badge up front and Im just gonna take off the other badges.

And cars, just like tattoo's and art, are expressions of one's self. So some people like the stuff and some people think its the stupidest thing in the world so...

BluYrs · 10-09-2009, 06:57 AM

Let's look at from a different angle...

Also, the LX570 is not a LandCruiser, the GX470 is not a LandCruiser, the ES350 is not a Camry, the SC430 is not a Soarer and the IS is not an Altezza.

Anyhow, the badge swap has to be either for a laugh (a bone stock 1,0 Yaris for example) or done on a tasteful top of the line model. Preferrably the first :)

jambo101 · 10-09-2009, 04:08 PM

I sure hope its not to trick the babes into thinking you are richer than you actually are because if thats the case you going to end up with one dumb babe.

TRDMarty · 10-09-2009, 04:14 PM

AHHH come on and realy make a statement.
Put on a Subaru badge, it's oval as well !!!

JustlikeSuki · 10-09-2009, 04:30 PM

Go badge-less!!!! IMO, it's very tacky to badge a car as something it's not. Don't put STi on your WRX, Don't put M3 on your 325i. You bought, if you're on here I'll assume you love it; so why make it something it's not? Lexus was created to appease the american consumer and until more recently, a Lexus was just a Toyota in Japan. If you want a Lexus go buy a damn HS The Focus of the luxury world. <--- That is the correct way to spell luxury, BTW.

JustlikeSuki · 10-09-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TRDMarty

AHHH come on and realy make a statement.
Put on a Subaru badge, it's oval as well !!!

^^^^ Toyota owns 20% of Subaru (Fuji Heavy Industires), so that make as much sense as a Lexus badge.

JumpmanYaris · 10-09-2009, 05:02 PM

mikenacarato · 10-09-2009, 05:45 PM

you can...but you shouldn't. but its just my opinion.

AdeJong 03 · 10-09-2009, 09:38 PM

sigh. not much in the world looks stupider than an emblem upgrade. i understand acura to honda or lexus to toyota but not the other way around. toyota OWNS lexus and honda OWNS acura, not the other way around

by the way. the smart car IS a mercedes so thats not a mistake

AdeJong 03 · 10-09-2009, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BluYrs

Let's look at from a different angle...

Also, the LX570 is not a LandCruiser, the GX470 is not a LandCruiser, the ES350 is not a Camry, the SC430 is not a Soarer and the IS is not an Altezza.

Anyhow, the badge swap has to be either for a laugh (a bone stock 1,0 Yaris for example) or done on a tasteful top of the line model. Preferrably the first :)

the old ones are.

im specifically referring to the sc300/400, lx470, and is300 (is200 in japan)

xtremesniper · 10-11-2009, 05:36 PM

I once saw a Honda minivan with a bunch of TRD badges on it...

*tomato* · 10-11-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by evil genius

If you really want to do it, you should. Like I posted earlier, I did it. Some people liked it and some thought it was stupid. Everyone will have their opinion but in the end, your opinion is the only one that matters.

It looks pretty good with the lexus emblems. whatever you decide to do, good luck with your yaris.

+1

I don't understand the negative comments. If someone wants to rebadge, or even paint cow spots on their Yaris, why not? It's their car, and they can mod it however they see fit.

Myself, I like the Toyota logo on my Yaris, and I have no plan to get rid of it any time soon, but I think the OP's idea is kind of funny!

05-11-2009, 04:42 PM	#23
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10-09-2009, 06:57 AM	#26
BluYrs ヴィッツドライバー View User's Garage Drives: 2006 3d 1.0 Linea Sol Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 433	Let's look at from a different angle... Also, the LX570 is not a LandCruiser, the GX470 is not a LandCruiser, the ES350 is not a Camry, the SC430 is not a Soarer and the IS is not an Altezza. Anyhow, the badge swap has to be either for a laugh (a bone stock 1,0 Yaris for example) or done on a tasteful top of the line model. Preferrably the first :) __________________ The blue one

10-09-2009, 09:38 PM	#33
AdeJong 03 "Stealth Runner" View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Yaris-S Sedan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: LA, CA Posts: 510	sigh. not much in the world looks stupider than an emblem upgrade. i understand acura to honda or lexus to toyota but not the other way around. toyota OWNS lexus and honda OWNS acura, not the other way around by the way. the smart car IS a mercedes so thats not a mistake __________________ 09 S Sedan Mod Session 1.0/Semi Running Log [Bride, TRD, WORK, TEIN, PG] FS- Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.1 with tires 16x7! and TRD Springs

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05-10-2009, 09:46 PM	#19
yaristotle Drives: Yaris Blue HB 5 speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: indiana Posts: 13	Maybe I will really confuse people and have the Lexus symbol and replace the Yaris badge with "Yugo"

05-10-2009, 10:30 PM	#20
jambo101 Drives: yaris 08 sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 1,286	Why not just buy a Lexus and put Yaris badges on it.

05-11-2009, 04:22 AM	#21
evil genius Drives: 09 Yaris S 3dr Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: HI Posts: 71	If you really want to do it, you should. Like I posted earlier, I did it. Some people liked it and some thought it was stupid. Everyone will have their opinion but in the end, your opinion is the only one that matters. It looks pretty good with the lexus emblems. whatever you decide to do, good luck with your yaris.

10-09-2009, 04:08 PM	#27
jambo101 Drives: yaris 08 sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 1,286	I sure hope its not to trick the babes into thinking you are richer than you actually are because if thats the case you going to end up with one dumb babe.

10-09-2009, 04:14 PM	#28
TRDMarty Drives: Polar White 2008, 3Dr HB TRD ' Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corona CA Posts: 403	AHHH come on and realy make a statement. Put on a Subaru badge, it's oval as well !!!

10-09-2009, 04:30 PM	#29
JustlikeSuki HELOKTY Drives: 07 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 21	Go badge-less!!!! IMO, it's very tacky to badge a car as something it's not. Don't put STi on your WRX, Don't put M3 on your 325i. You bought, if you're on here I'll assume you love it; so why make it something it's not? Lexus was created to appease the american consumer and until more recently, a Lexus was just a Toyota in Japan. If you want a Lexus go buy a damn HS The Focus of the luxury world. <--- That is the correct way to spell luxury, BTW.

10-09-2009, 05:45 PM	#32
mikenacarato SIPNDEW View User's Garage Drives: 15 STI Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,281	you can...but you shouldn't. but its just my opinion.

10-11-2009, 05:36 PM	#35
xtremesniper Drives: 2009 Yaris HB RS Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 74	I once saw a Honda minivan with a bunch of TRD badges on it...