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I noticed that the appearance of the Limited models on the Toyota.com website had changed. The silver section in the middle of the bumper is gone and the vehicles have a solid color except for the running boards and roof rack.

I called Toyota Customer Care to find out if this change was either a mistake on the part of the website or whether the 03 models were now coming out with solid colored front and back ends. They confirmed that there is now an appearance option to remove the silver highlights front & rear and replace them with color matched panels.

This is an option on new vehicles. I don't know if you can get the dealer to replace ones on already sold vehicles.

I think this is GREAT news. I never liked the silver parts in the front & rear and was going to have the dealer paint mine when I get my 4Runner. Now that Toyota has seen the light and decided to offer this makes it even easier.

I think a solid colored vehicle is MUCH sharper than one with chrome and silver in odd places. If you want to see what one looks like just go to the Toyota website and select "Build Your Own " and pick a Limited to build.

http://www.toyota.com/toyotaConfigApp/index.jsp