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Harm in blacking out front toyota emblem?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Col4bin, Sep 23, 2019.

  1. Sep 23, 2019 at 2:09 PM
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    Col4bin

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    Id love to black out the front toyota emblem, but curious if it would impact the radar system, etc. thoughts?
     
  2. Sep 23, 2019 at 2:19 PM
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    nivragni24

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    Depends how thick u gonna spray on it.
    I switched to pro grill and some garnish are just too thick and i get radar malfunction.
     
  3. Sep 23, 2019 at 2:43 PM
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    Was thinking vinyl overlay
     
  4. Sep 23, 2019 at 2:44 PM
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    Use masking tape as test and see if it gets affected. Or plastic dip.
     
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  5. Sep 23, 2019 at 2:50 PM
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    A little paint shouldn't make any difference. It's radar after all, and already transmits through the painted plastic logo. But, like others have said, probably best to check with tape or plasti-dip
     
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    Maybe some black vinyl wrap?
     
  7. Sep 24, 2019 at 9:27 AM
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    I had put some vinyl overlays on the original 2018 OR emblem, didn't do anything to the radar. Now I'm actually blocking 1/5th of it with a bull bar. Still hasn't affected the performance. I feel like the software weeds out anything erroneous readings that are too close anyways.
     
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