Toyota badge broken under plastic covering

[XtremeMaC]

It seems that during shipping, it is typical that cars could get shoved around and at times, they may need to be repainted. So the dealership would remove the emblem so they can repaint the car. However, not all of them know how to remove the emblem correctly so they crack.

I get that thru sea freight, things happen but maybe a select few, not typical, shouldn't be, can't be. That'd be a major costly disaster... I hope that's not the case.
However, we all know things got delayed majorly with launch editions and all were stuck at Indiana going thru who knows what..
I removed the emblem like many others and it was attached with black silicone double sided tape and 3 speed nuts . It's totally possible for someone rushing to remove the emblems by prying with too much force or by applying too much heat...

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[Andrew4Supra]

I removed the emblem like many others and it was attached with black silicone and 3 nuts..

~ So do both front and rear emblems have nuts on the backside? If so, that must be why they are pulling the front bumper to replace the emblems?

 

[XtremeMaC]

~ So do both front and rear emblems have nuts on the backside? If so, that must be why they are pulling the front bumper to replace the emblems?

I've only removed the front. Was nothing wrong with the rear.
Sorry, when I said nut, I meant a speed nut like this. I didn't remove the bumper when I was removing the emblem. After softening the adhesive tape (dunno why I said silicone, sorry. It's double sided tape) I pulled the emblem and nuts fell off. I'll edit my previous post...

 

[Andrew4Supra]

Sorry, when I said nut, I meant a speed nut like this. I didn't remove the bumper when I was removing the emblem. After softening the adhesive tape ... I pulled the emblem and nuts fell off.

~ Thanks for the clarification.

Were you able to retrieve the speed nuts from behind the bumper? Assuming you didn’t add them when reapplying the new emblem? Thanks

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