Black front Emblem

[kscarrol]

I ordered two for this exact reason!

 

[Bluegill]

I stood at my workbench and peeled the back of my black front emblem overlay and walked 3 feet over to my truck and managed to drop the overlay on the garage floor, sticky-side-up but of course got dirt on the sticky side. But I'm a special kind of moron.

 

[serbiansizzle]

I think I may reorder another one and go with the matte with gloss logo. Not sure why but the gloss on matte bugs me. Seems a little out of place.

Maybe I am just looking for excuses to spend more money on the truck.

 

[ilumo]

I think I may reorder another one and go with the matte with gloss logo. Not sure why but the gloss on matte bugs me. Seems a little out of place.

Maybe I am just looking for excuses to spend more money on the truck.

Agreed with your thoughts. The less gloss the better. And only having the “L” with the gloss for me was preferable. That said it still looks better than stock imo.

 

[Patrickg6191]

Upturn has a great installation video. I just installed one on my Luxury and love it. Please see pics here.

 

[thoff25]

Is there any chance this messes up the original emblem if you ever need to remove? Thinking the adhesive or something.

 

[Patrickg6191]

Is there any chance this messes up the original emblem if you ever need to remove? Thinking the adhesive or something.

I don't think so, the emblem is coated with resin.

 

[thoff25]

I don't think so, the emblem is coated with resin.

I also heard that logo may somehow be a sensor? I don’t know how that could be true.

 

[TmoEng]

I also heard that logo may somehow be a sensor? I don’t know how that could be true.

It's common to hide the front radar antenna behind the logo. Pretty sure the GX does this.
3rd gen Tacomas did this, but the 5th gen 4Runner did not. Hence the afterthought-looking black square in the middle of the grill.

 

[RIDEaCANYON]

The sensor is definitely behind the emblem and before purchasing I read countless Tacoma forums with folks putting similar decals over theirs without any issues for years. (Taco Sticker Forum Example)

Installed ours about a month ago and zero issues with matte/gloss sticker from Upturn. Getting ready to let the thing drive us from HOU to the Asheville NC tomorrow so I'll report back if it rams into the perpetual traffic in Baton Rouge on I-10.

 

[Patrickg6191]

The sensor is definitely behind the emblem and before purchasing I read countless Tacoma forums with folks putting similar decals over theirs without any issues for years. (Taco Sticker Forum Example)

Installed ours about a month ago and zero issues with matte/gloss sticker from Upturn. Getting ready to let the thing drive us from HOU to the Asheville NC tomorrow so I'll report back if it rams into the perpetual traffic in Baton Rouge on I-10.

Same here. I haven't seen any difference with any security, etc. features since I have installed it. Everything works the same.

 

[DaveK]

I really hate you guys. Every time I come here I seem to spend money

 

[munkeeboi]

but at least you are the one spending the least on gas!

 

[DaveK]

but at least you are the one spending the least on gas!

Funny you say.... I just finished another tank of gas (yesterday) and "drove like a normal person" all week and still got 406 out of the tank. And that was NOT overfilling it and filling back up at exactly 0 on the counter.

 

[DaveK]

The meter says I am at 22.7MPG

 

[DaveK]

My gauge is getting smarter too.

 

[thoff25]

Im at 12.7 since upgrading my wheels to 275/60/20 on ATs lol. Thanks for everyone in here. I’m gonna leave the vinyl overlay on for now.

 

[longisland323]

I bought the Matte/Gloss sticker and applied it - IMO looks way better on the earth than silver. Also bought the blacked out emblems from Roseville Lexus on eBay for $200. Huge aesthetic upgrade.

 

[Garauld]

I bought and installed the matte/gloss front emblem sticker too. It cleans up the front nicely!

 

[RIDEaCANYON]

The sensor is definitely behind the emblem and before purchasing I read countless Tacoma forums with folks putting similar decals over theirs without any issues for years. (Taco Sticker Forum Example)

Installed ours about a month ago and zero issues with matte/gloss sticker from Upturn. Getting ready to let the thing drive us from HOU to the Asheville NC tomorrow so I'll report back if it rams into the perpetual traffic in Baton Rouge on I-10.

Absolutely zero issues with radar from Texas to NC and back. Go forth and black out those emblems!