"You would get a lot of badge"

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 08/16/2018 at 09:13 • Filed to: None

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“I think we got away with that one”

Ash78, voting early and often > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 09:18

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I remember around 1993-4 when everyone’s moms opted for the extra cash for the “gold package” for all the gold badging for their ES300.

It was much nicer than the ES250 that they almost bought a couple years earlier, but didn’t quite trust the Lexus name yet...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 09:20

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looks good actually

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Ash78, voting early and often 08/16/2018 at 09:24

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it wasnt just lexus though my friends family had the “gold package” on all the toyotas they owned, their sienna, their Rav4 and their camry all had the gold badge package

CalzoneGolem > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 09:29

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It looks good ... now paint the wheels to match.

Sovande > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 09:30

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Ma kes a huge difference. That car is great. I am not a fan of the black on black on black on black on black look so anything to break it up a little should help.

Unless you like all that black and then you should keep it that way.

Ash78, voting early and often > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 08/16/2018 at 09:30

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Yep...I just didn’t remember ever seeing it before the ES300. Of course, gold was still somewhat in fashion back then, so I can’t explain the later iterations. :D

Probenja > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 09:31

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I like how behind the Lexus logo there is the mold for the original altezza  badge.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Probenja 08/16/2018 at 09:45

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I was wondering if people would pick up on that.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sovande 08/16/2018 at 09:46

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Yeah black on black on black on black is pretty awful. I’m glad the wheels are a bronzy gunmetal.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Ash78, voting early and often 08/16/2018 at 10:21

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The RSX TYPE-S that my cousin just night had Gold Acura bashes. On a grey car too. Not a good look 

MonkeePuzzle > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 11:01

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colour is a good addition.

might I suggest several light coats of spray paint. you got some big drips on there. Light coats also makes the colour more vibrant as the thicker coat loses some of the pizzazz in the liquidity of it

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > MonkeePuzzle 08/16/2018 at 11:05

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Those drips were there from the previous crappy black paint job I didn’t bother to sand down. I’m going to get a new badge eventually. I did 4 light coats and two heavier ones.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 11:08

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top gear reference?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire 08/16/2018 at 11:33

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Nailed it

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Ash78, voting early and often 08/16/2018 at 12:22

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The “Gold Package” was on everything in that era:

IIRC the Dodge Spirit/Plymouth Acclaim started doing it in 1992.

Sam > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 08/16/2018 at 14:13

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My parents actually passed on a really nice 2000-something Avalon, exclusively due to it having the gold package. My mom despised the badges. They got a less-nice one without said package. Then got rid of it when the janky, overbearing traction control nearly killed them a couple times.

NojustNo > Ash78, voting early and often 08/16/2018 at 15:46

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Yup $500 for g old badging on the mid-late ninties camry.

MM54 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/16/2018 at 17:42

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Much better!