so i am new to this and i have had my 4runner for 2 years and its bone stock besides new tires, and i am thinkin bout painting my rims and or bumpers black and i just want some opinions or pictures of any like this , maybe other mods that would make it look better or mods for performance that make a big difference

Have any pictures so we can see what you're working with?

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You need a snorkel.

Nice looking truck, I like that it's already upgraded to 5-star wheels. I'd get some new springs for the rear (OME 906's probably), paint or powdercoat the wheels a gunmetal color, and do preventative maintenance stuff. Stock 4Runners look damn nice if they sit level and have good tires on them.

Rofl!

does the gunmetal color look good on this color 4runners and the rear springs , whats the price on those look like and hows the installation?

I would personally get some bedliner, rust paint, or POR15 and spend a day hitting the entire underside and tow hitch, or from the picture, the gas tank skid.

A darker, gunmetal color rim would look nice on this ride.

i was actually just about to hit it with some spray bedliner this week , think i should do the whole underneath?

maybe match the tint on the front two windows to the back two?

also, I agree a gunmetal color would make a good accent color. I also second the maintenance suggestion if it's not up to date. Your runner looks good as is to me. I did bedline my bumpers though and I do think yours would look good doing the same.

can you put up pictures of your runner with the bumpers bedlined, and do you think that would look better or do the bumpers the same as im doing the rims?

looks great the way it is; maybe fix the rear sag but it looks great.

Ignore the missing filler pieces and the fact that it isn't aligned perfectly(fender bender) and I'm very happy with it. I think im going on about a year with the rustolieum rattle can bedliner and it still looks like the day I did it. Good Stuff.

I do think your bumpers would look good a gunmetal color if the rims were. However, getting a good finish out of a rattle can be challenging, and I choose to do bedliner becuase it hides imperfections pretty well. I do think the gunmetal rims/bumper combo would look tasteful. In the end its your call. If I were you I think I would bedline the bumpers and fenders and do the rims gunmetal. It would make the rims kind of POP.

how hard is it to change out the springs in the rear?also how much would it be ? and i like your bumpers with the bedliner on it might have to do that here soon , how much should i buy ? im gonna do the bottom of my car and both bumpers ?

budget ~$200 for rear springs. a floor jack and your stock issue bottle jack and about an hour and a half for the first time. rear springs are cake.(by the way im 20 and not the most mechanically inclined) just unbolt lower shock mounts and loosen the top if you need to. frame on jack stands rear end on a floor jack. jack down the side your working on with the bottle jack and the springs practically fall out. do the other side. reverse the process for install.

now the bedliner. you may get varying opinions but here it goes. I used about 4 cans of bedliner and like two cans of primer. did coats till i was out of paint. I think I ended up with 3 coats on the front and back. Proper prep and dry times are the key. There are lots of threads on all that though so I wont go into detail.