paynemw

I have a 2000 4runner SR5... someone dented my hood so i had to pick up a new one and bought a limited hood w/ scoop.... when it came they didn't include the mesh for the scoop so where can i pick one up cheap. I still need to paint the hood. Also before I get it painted I wanted to get the satoshi grille mod together (not painted) so i can get the chrome painted... where would you guys suggest getting the parts at convenience... im doing training with the army so time is of the essence heres what I've got so far

Elton

www.trdparts4u.com

4runner4boards

where did you buy your hood from? and how much? ive been dying to get the hood with the sport scoop for a long time!

paynemw

coupe of suggestions first.... do everything within your power to find a junkyard hood for a number of reasons.... MUCH cheaper... faster, and then you can find the grill from a 96-98 and start your satoshi grille mod too.... but when i bought the hood from TRDparts4u and carpartswholesale.com i had to buy numerous parts.... well i bought two and did some mods myself to make things work because i was tired of dealing with the customer service line.... but i bought the hood from carpartswholesale shipped for 160 but thats with military discount and a week and half of waiting....then once it got here, i realized it was missing the molding to the scoop hole.... so i ordered the whole package from trdparts4u and they only shipped the molding leaving out the mesh... so i'm using the leftover mesh from my satoshi grille mod to make everything look right.. but i also cut off the back of the molding to make it a halfway functional hood scoop

4runner4boards

ok ok...yeah ive been diggin in all the grave yards around here (car bone yards) and no hoods...so im thinking im gonna have to go through a parts place like yours...so when you got the hood, it didnt even come with any of the mounting bolts n nuts or what? the freakin sucks! what did you learn will your experience putting the sports hood on? thanks for the reply!

bgmac

Well, if its any conciliation..it does look good!

paynemw

ok here's what i learned... .try really hard to find any kind of used hood off the internet (here, ebay, craigslist, etc.) then i'm guessing look at carpartswholesale.com for the actual hood... and at the same time order the scoop molding #18 from TRDparts4u...but realize that i cut the hole in the back of the hood scoop molding so it actually has a hole.... then i'm going ot put mesh in the back... so thats the way i'd go... the good thing about the hood is all you do is remove your hood...and put the new one right now.... i didn't put the insulation on it because it would have taken forever to do....and i sometimes get impatient. also.... the windshield wiper fluid things fit right into the hood.... so the only thing you need to worry about are paint and doing the hood scoop molding, but remember it is relatively expensive... i would have waited but i was already half in by the time i realized it wasn't cost effective AT ALL.... i've spent $250 thus far minus paint....so i'm quite disappointed....but oh well, thanks

pattycakes77

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