A sort of silly, but serious question on badges

It even has the requisite "truck nutz".

This guy ticks all the boxes.

 

Sweet, me too..

 

Retro cool.

 

Figure out what exactly is on your truck that was a result of the Toyota Racing Development program, then decide about the badging.

 

Yep, one must be careful. You can go from unique to walmart in a hurry.




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that decal looks rather large for a door badge, id say skip it

 

Don't do it, very poser.

Pours another drink, go on....

I agree.

 

But are they Genuine TRD nuts? 5 hp each if they are.

 

I took ALL of mine off.......EVERYONE

 

De-badged almost everything but couldn't make up my mind about the TRD OR decal, so went with the OEM blinker option. Best of both worlds!

 

Man I am so happy I started this thread! So many great posts. I think for now I am keeping it as is (Truck only has 300 miles on it so far) I do tend to go for the "less is more" look, but stock looking is probably where I'll stay for a while.

 

That's what erbody says to start with, then it's like a snowball rolling down a hill.

 

Personally i put those badges on, i pulled the stock ones off to de chrome, put those ones on because i thought they looked neat and were rare at the time, within 2 years the clearcoat on them completely peeled off and they faded pretty quickly. i yanked them and now just have a clean door. now opinion on waiting, paint fades and the longer a badge is on your car the darker the shadow will be when you pull it off.

 

This is some excellent real world experience, I appreciate that input. I hope your doors look okay now

 

they look fine, can barely tell unless you really look

 

But it's got electrolytes.

 

I'm in favor of (nearly) nekkid. I removed the side stickers, and the extra-paid black that was on the tailgate. But for some reason, I still like the Tacoma (black) on Luna's doors.

I also de-badged my Sonoma, and the wife's 3, X3, and Highlander.

For me, nekkid makes polishing and sealing paint so much easier. And it's so much smoooother to run a continuous panel with your bare hand and. . . . BRB

 

The original 5th generation TE 4Runner had no badges.