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Old 05-01-2008, 09:38 PM
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Agree with Sloan. Leave the grill. With the skid plate, it adds just the right amount of shine.

....though some black fuzzy dice would really finish the "look"! LOL Kidding man, it looks great!
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I definitely dig the new look, although I don't think I'd like it on any color but black... and x2 on getting rid of the orange reflectors!!! Now you just need to get your projectors in
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Originally Posted by Sloan
so very true, it looks like i'll have to put this on the end of my mod list. after i get some black rims and black pearl out my emblems and grille those headlights would look pretty sweet.

if i was you though i would leave your grille alone and not paint it like someone said earlier. i think the chrome grille makes the black headlights on your black vehicle look even better
Yeah I'm going to leave the grill alone, I know my dad is going to say "hell no" when I ask him about the 20"s on 33's.. but eventually he will give in..

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Agree with Sloan. Leave the grill. With the skid plate, it adds just the right amount of shine.

....though some black fuzzy dice would really finish the "look"! LOL Kidding man, it looks great!
Haha man, I was thinking about some black fuzzy dice, I'd look like a straight up pimp then! hahaha


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I definitely dig the new look, although I don't think I'd like it on any color but black... and x2 on getting rid of the orange reflectors!!! Now you just need to get your projectors in
Yeah I think anyone who has a black 4Runner should get these, it's crazy how much better it makes it look! But yeah projectors have been on my list for a long time, eventually I'll get around to doing that!
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looking good, where are you with my reply about the stockers?
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Looks sic man!! I kinda like the orange reflectors. It accents with the truck well.
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I haven't looked at my corner lenses that hard, but is that reflector piece removable? Maybe you could pop that piece out and replace it with the reflector out of your clear lenses. That sucks that they don't off the clear lenses like they did when I bought mine.
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dude I'm so jealous, I wish I had some money to buy those because they look awesome
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Looking in to getting these. Looks great on your truck. How is the light/beam?
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Hey guys... have a question to throw at you. The clear blinkers that many of us have. Now that he's got the black corners and headlights, what can he do to darken the blinkers? If the lenses come off could the back of the light (the reflective area) be painted black? Then if we bump up to a brighter bulb would that be enough light to still be useful? That way when the blinker isn't used, they would be darker (the clear lense would lighten the black some) but when using the blinkers, be enough light so they can be seen...

Other options out there to achieve this?
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I would imagine that if you used a glossy black paint and a standard bulb it would be fine, but stay away from the flat black.
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Grill. Ditch it. Quickly.
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Originally Posted by MillerPKA
looking good, where are you with my reply about the stockers?
The stock headlights? Already have them sold..



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Looking in to getting these. Looks great on your truck. How is the light/beam?
It's different, you see the piece that covers up the bulb in the headlight is bigger compared to the OEM ones. I'll have to file it down and aim it a little and that should fix the beam problem!



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Grill. Ditch it. Quickly.
Well I kinda sold my stock grille....
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Well, don't want to hi-jack the thread but I'm going forward with the black blinkers. I wasn't going to with my clear lenses, but once I dried them out, there was dirt and some corrosion on the inside. So I took them apart to clean them.... Well, one thing lead to another... I'll post pics in my original thread about moisture in clear lenses.....

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/a...urtman-144099/

I'm going with gloss black as the one guy suggested.
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Sounds good man, let me know how it turns out!
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That looks really good man. So are those corners with the orange reflectors the black ones that came with the black headlights, or are those your stock ones?

My only suggestion for your 4Runner would be to use some chrome polish on those wheels...... maybe just once in a while, they're filthy!!!!!

Keep up the good work brotha!!
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Yeah those corners came with the headlights, haha yeah man I didn't have time to wash it so I just went ahead and took the pics with it being dirty!
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Originally Posted by Fo_SheeZy
Sounds good man, let me know how it turns out!
Check out the pics in the other thread....
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/a.../#post50819348

I think you should really do it. But make sure you follow my directions on there.

The more I looked at those pics, the more I hated them... So I took them apart, painted the edges, and used Black Silicone. Much better! No more light ring around them.








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That's pretty cool on your ride. Looks like you put a lot of work into making it clean. I bet it smells good inside too. Really, it looks tight.
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That's pretty cool on your ride. Looks like you put a lot of work into making it clean. I bet it smells good inside too. Really, it looks tight.
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you call that dirty..you must be crazy lol


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