2008 sr5

[SuperGonz]

I just purchased a 2008 SR5 with 46K miles for $23k in May. I thought it was a decent deal. I had a 2000 Tacoma but needed something that could hull my work gear and the kiddos around. I had 129K on the Taco and it still looked and ran well, so I wanted to stick with Toyota.

So far, these are the things I've done to it in the short time have owned it:

-Dipped the door handles, grille, and hatchback.
-Debadged it, except for the Toyota emblems on the front & back
-Added an after-marker spoiler
-Painted the wheels black
-Tinted the front two windows 35%
-Took out the stock CD player and installed a Pioneer FH-X700BT CD receiver so I would have BlueTooth capabilities
-Put in some Wet Okole seat covers (honestly, the toughest thing I've done so far. Those are a ***** to get in)
-Had to get floor mats, so I found some factory ones on line.

I'm pretty much done with the outside. Thinking my next project is to upgrade the interior lights to LED. I would like to switch out the orange dashboard lights with white ones, but it's hard to find time to do something that involved with kids, and have it be ready for work on Monday.

Overall, I'm happy with the way it turned out. It's pretty fun customizing your ride.

 

[preacher35]

I just purchased a 2008 SR5 with 46K miles for $23k in May. I thought it was a decent deal. I had a 2000 Tacoma but needed something that could hull my work gear and the kiddos around. I had 129K on the Taco and it still looked and ran well, so I wanted to stick with Toyota.

So far, these are the things I've done to it in the short time have owned it:

-Dipped the door handles, grille, and hatchback.
-Debadged it, except for the Toyota emblems on the front & back
-Added an after-marker spoiler
-Painted the wheels black
-Tinted the front two windows 35%
-Took out the stock CD player and installed a Pioneer FH-X700BT CD receiver so I would have BlueTooth capabilities
-Put in some Wet Okole seat covers (honestly, the toughest thing I've done so far. Those are a ***** to get in)
-Had to get floor mats, so I found some factory ones on line.

I'm pretty much done with the outside. Thinking my next project is to upgrade the interior lights to LED. I would like to switch out the orange dashboard lights with white ones, but it's hard to find time to do something that involved with kids, and have it be ready for work on Monday.

Overall, I'm happy with the way it turned out. It's pretty fun customizing your ride.

Yes, it's pretty damned fun customizing your ride. Welcome to the forum! There are lots of cool things that you can do to your Runner. Another mod to consider, besides swapping out all of your interior lighting to LED, is to get your gauge cluster and HVAC/info center panel swapped to colored LED's as well! I had mine switched to a combination of blue and white (I was sick of OEM yellow/amber). However, there are other colors and combinations that you can choose from: red, green, etc. Hands down my favorite mod, along with my HID's. Anyway, browse through the 4th gen forum for more cool ideas!

 

[SuperGonz]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the orange interior lights. I think the violet/red combination that Volkswagon used in the late 90s in their Jettas/Passatts looked really cool.

Any new mods will have to wait until the wifey cools down. She's not too thrilled about me "joining some Toyota subculture," haha.