08-31-2017, 03:07 AM
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What am I missing here?
I ran across this 4runner on instagram and it has the best looking front end I've seen. All I can see that he's done (besides the led lights) is clear corners/signals and a color-matched grille. Is there something else I'm missing or is this just a sexy combo? I've seen millennium silver sport models which have the color-matched grille and it looks nothing special. I also don't think clear corners are much of an improvement but I just love how the front end of this looks. What am I missing?
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08-31-2017, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by whyzee125
I ran across this 4runner on instagram and it has the best looking front end I've seen. All I can see that he's done (besides the led lights) is clear corners/signals and a color-matched grille. Is there something else I'm missing or is this just a sexy combo? I've seen millennium silver sport models which have the color-matched grille and it looks nothing special. I also don't think clear corners are much of an improvement but I just love how the front end of this looks. What am I missing?
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A wash and no front plate
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08-31-2017, 08:53 AM
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Umm it's s 4runner front end. It's clean. Clear corners. No plate.
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08-31-2017, 09:21 AM
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Fog lights on, and he has the tow-strap cover that most of us are missing
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08-31-2017, 09:47 AM
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I see LED bar under headlights, did you move TS to there? Make TS into driving/fog lights?
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08-31-2017, 10:02 AM
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08-31-2017, 10:47 AM
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Looms like bumper sagging.
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08-31-2017, 11:44 AM
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VERY few people keep their paint in that condition, and it makes a world of difference.
Most people run a front plate, and that also makes a huge difference in how clean the front end looks.
A color matched '99-02 front end with no plate and perfect paint looks INCREDIBLE- regardless of color.
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08-31-2017, 12:01 PM
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Also has clear turn signals. I personally think the led strips make it look cheap, but to each their own!
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08-31-2017, 12:08 PM
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Also has clear turn signals. I personally think the led strips make it look cheap, but to each their own!
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That LED execution, agreed. My stock turn signal lenses are clear too.
Also, if you look closely at the driver's side bumper and flare, something is off - fit-wise
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08-31-2017, 12:35 PM
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Gosh, that makes my front end look like crap. Mine is all sand blasted from spending most of its life in the PNW.
BRB. Starting a gofundme page to respray my front end.
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08-31-2017, 01:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler James Inc
VERY few people keep their paint in that condition, and it makes a world of difference.
Most people run a front plate, and that also makes a huge difference in how clean the front end looks.
A color matched '99-02 front end with no plate and perfect paint looks INCREDIBLE- regardless of color.
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Agreed. The lack of a front plate really cleans up the look.
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08-31-2017, 01:39 PM
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My stock turn signal lenses are clear too.
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Kinda. It has an internal amber lens to make it light up amber with a clear bulb. The one pictured has completely clear lenses with no internal amber lens.
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09-01-2017, 12:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler James Inc
VERY few people keep their paint in that condition, and it makes a world of difference.
Most people run a front plate, and that also makes a huge difference in how clean the front end looks.
A color matched '99-02 front end with no plate and perfect paint looks INCREDIBLE- regardless of color.
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Dang if it's really just the paint being in good shape I'm doing the color-matched grille and clear corners to mine. My paint's near flawless as insurance paid for a new bumper and repainted the whole front clip earlier this year after being backed into by a friend. THis truck looks so freaking clean!
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