I did the same thing approximately a year ago. I purchased the rims on CL, and cheap, without center caps. I wasn't going to pay the price for original center caps so I ordered reproduction caps off ebay. Over a year later, they are holding up just fine. The only way to tell they aren't...
Base models don't come with painted door handles, so they come black from the factory. The side mirrors are the same way - they are black rather than color coded to the rest of the rig.
They are certainly more advantageous than factory lights alone, but not nearly as much as the light bar. Personally, I use my Hella's more as fog lights/DRLs.
When your land/home is miles down a dirt road with lots of critters crossing the road at night and during the morning, these bars serve a purpose and go beyond aesthetics and trends.
I recently met up with 01KY4R (Greg) in Covington to pick up a spare Sequoia rim. 'Appreciate him picking up the rim from another T4R member for me.
Yesterday I tackled the steering issue: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/164396-diagnose-repair-steering-play-rattle.html . Two tack...