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Did toyota make a hoop scoop hood in natural white?
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masphx,
As far as I know the scooped hood was an option from 1999-2002 on the SR5, but never on the Base or the Limited.
The scooped hood was standard on the Highlander/Sport Package/Sport Edition from 1999-2002. The 2002 model is the only one out of the 4 that has Sport Edition badges. The Highlander/Sport Package/Sport Edition was only available in a select colors. Every 4Runner with this package was only painted in one of these 6 colors:
1999: Black, Imperial Jade Mica
2000: Black, Imperial Jade Mica, Millennium Silver
2001: Black, Imperial Jade Mica, Millennium Silver
2002: Black, Thundercloud, Sunfire Red, Stellar Blue
Black: 4 years (popular color choice)
Imperial Jade Mica: 3 years (very popular color choice)
Millennium Silver: 2 years (extremely popular color choice)
Thundercloud: 1 year (fairly popular color choice)
Sunfire Red: 1 year (not nearly as widespread as the colors above)
Stellar Blue: 1 year (rare color)
Most of the OEM sport hoods you will find on craigslist or in salvage yards will be black, green, or silver. My guess is that 80% of all sport hoods came from the factory in one of these 3 colors. I can tell you that black and green are slightly more common than silver. The assumption would be that there are more Black hoods than Imperial Jade Mica just because Black was available for all 4 years, but that would be wrong if the sport package was painted in Imperial Jade Mica much more often that the Black from 1999-2001. From having done a ton of searches (on HollanderParts.com and Car-Parts.com) over the past year I would guess than it fairly evenly split between Black and Green as far as OEM scooped hoods produced.
As far as I know any SR5 could have a sport hood as an option, but I could be wrong (Does anyone know for sure?). The reason it is difficult to tell is because the Sport Package started as an upgrade to the SR5 and only the 2002 Sport Editions are badged.
I assume that if you could order a SR5 in natural white you could have also have ordered a scooped hood.
I can tell you that from personal experience any color other than black, green or silver is somewhat rare. I looked for a year before I found an OEM Stellar Blue sport hood from a wrecked 2002 Sport Edition in Long Beach, California.
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Surf Runner, you have a gorgeous 4Runner. I love that color.
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ToyotaBrah,
Thanks! I think that it will look a lot better with the scooped hood. I see that you are from KC. My brother lives in the Overland Park area and I am usually up there for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Last year I went to Rich Industries Imports (Winchester Ave) in Kansas City, MO and they had a Thundercloud or Silver sport hood on a 4Runner that had just been wrecked. It also had a supercharger on it (in a salvage yard!). Anyway, I went there a few weeks ago over Thanksgiving and both were gone. That 4Runner looked like it had been picked clean by vultures.
2002 Sport Edition