So i'm almost done with her just fineshed blacking out the last bit of chrome and she looks good to me! next is to work on saving the money for the supercharger!

 

Looks good dude - I pretty much did the same thing on my '99 minus blacking out the corner lenses.

I would look into the chromed out turn signal bulbs (they appear to be silver/chrome when not turned on, but turn orange when lit) so you can clear those out completely. You can sort of see what I'm talking about here.

You might also think about painting your emblems black, or buying a set of the Black Pearl emblems directly from Toyota (not cheap). I bought a set for mine and I think they were worth every penny. Plasti-dip is pretty big right now it seems - you can supposedly spray it directly on the emblems (still on the Runner) and then just peel it off of whatever you don't want it on. I cannot endorse those claims though.

In my opinion, these are still the best looking SUV's on the road today - with the 5th gen Runner right behind it.

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Yeah i thought about that i kinda like the dark grey emblems. but i did those myself. scuffing paid adhisive promoter and whatever paint you want and, your set. i think next is the running boards and the the bumpers in rhino lyning but not sure if i want to do that yet. but i do see your point on the emblems i think if im bored tomorrow that might just happen lol. but i think i may put a twist on just the black. the bulbs you are talking about i know i want them, we stopped selling them at my store a few years ago and i could so use them right about now lol.

 

I just checked yours out and i think the paint on mine and yours is about the same lol very nice. mine just happens to be dirty today, d&^% rain.

 

I didn't even notice that they were gray - in that case, I'm sure they look even better in person.

In most of those pics, it has brand new paint on it from the dealership. It got keyed when parked in the university lot and I had my insurance cover the new paint job.

Definitely two good lookin' rigs, though!

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Doesn't get much blacker then this... hehehe

 

Is this what the kids would call a "murdered out" look?

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I've always hated that phrase, but yeah I think you're right.

 

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Where did u get the headlights from I really like those. And are those projectors?

 

psraff, yes it does

 

Ok I will ask u then where did u get ur headlights from?

 

bi xenon projectors from ebay (including harness), ebay $40 xentec 5k hid kit (d2s bulbs). Housings are OEM painted black. You can get better projectors and harness from The Retrofit Source as well as better quality bulbs and ballasts (morimoto) or go with all OEM parts for your retro for best results. You need the clean 2000+ lights to begin with though.

 

always wondered what the corner lenses would look like tinted, as I tint sprayed my turns and thought they turned out well, but I know not to do the taillights. . the po po's tend to not like that, lol

 

I did my tail lights with one coat of paint just to take some of the red away looks great. Has a dark ruby tone to them but I also masked off the turn signal and the reverse light area. And put brighter bulbs in them so if they came out to dark the brighter lights would help.

 

Why do people tint their lenses? Defeats the whole purpose of a light - makes no sense.

 

I only did turns to blend them w/ the bumper and light shows through perfectly in daylight and night. . but headlights and tails I never tint since its self defeating

Also having fun trying to find the black housing Corner lamps by themselves since I like my OE headlamp assymblies

 

how is the light output on the corner lights? so you just sprayed them with the tint stuff?

 

Damn man that's beautiful

 

Yeah that thing is a nice. Still.haven't done my head lights like this but want to. I've got an updated as my profile pic. It's been lifted, bigger tires and custom grill.