SURF RUNNER
Senior Member
SOLD for $385!
GRAY 001
OEM Sport Hood
1D2 Thunder Cloud Metallic
VIN# JT3GN86R420255634
Vehicle: 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER
Plant: TAHARA, JAPAN
Engine: 3.4 V6
Style: SR5 2WD 4DR SUV
This Sport hood looks almost as nice as SILVER 001 that I sold for $395. The price for this hood is $385. I've seen very few of these Gray hoods for sale anywhere. The Sport hoods only came in Gray one year... 2002.
The green Sport hood I picked up in Houston sold in 15 minutes. The black Sport hood I sold for $345 sold in less than a day. Other Sport hoods I have sold took a week or two. If you want a Thunder Cloud Gray OEM Sport hood don't wait. These are very rare and Toyota isn't making any more of them.
The "points" near the windshield and the front corners are in perfect condition - not bent. This hood was removed from a 2002 4Runner and placed in the back of my 4Runner on a furniture pad. When I unloaded it from my 4Runner I placed the "points" on buff pads so they wouldn't touch the tile floor.
The underside is in excellent condition. Everything is there including the heat shield, underside attachments for the scoop insert, a legible VIN #, TOYOTA stamped in the steel, two factory instructional stickers, and the clips for the washer fluid line. All 11 plastic/rubber discs that hold the heat shield are there.
I realize that this price is not exactly cheap, but please keep these things in mind when you are evaluating this purchase:
- You can buy a cheaply made aftermarket hood for $150, add the Toyota scoop insert and other extras for $150, and then paint match and blend into the fenders and you would be well over $500 with a reputable paint shop, plus you wouldn't have an OEM hood.
- I bought my Stellar Blue Sport hood from Long Beach, CA for $300, paid fellow forum member Brent $150 to box, crate and transport the hood to be shipped, then I paid Greyhound $141 to ship it, and finally I paid a guy $50 to buff out most of the paint imperfections. I'm in mine for over $600 and I still think that it was worth it.
- This hood makes perfect sense for a highly detail-oriented 4Runner owner who will install this hood and transform his 4Runner into a more aggressive vehicle. For someone less particular this hood might not be worth the price.
After the green hood sold I had about 3 buyers who wanted to buy it. Obviously the time to buy these is when they are still for sale. If your 4Runner has factory paint in one of the six colors the Sport hood was offered in you should probably go ahead and get it when you find one for sale in your color. So far the Sport hoods I have sold have been perfect color matches when bolted in. Painting and color-matching these hoods (and blending the paint into the fenders) with another color is not cheap.
If your 4Runner is not one of these six colors it probably doesn't really matter which color you buy since it will be repainted anyway. You could always paint it flat black until you are ready to spend the money to have it color-matched. If you paint it flat black it would probably look sharp to color match the scoop insert to your factory paint. Most people can paint the scoop insert at home.
1999: Black, Imperial Jade Mica
2000: Black, Imperial Jade Mica, Millennium Silver
2001: Black, Imperial Jade Mica, Millennium Silver
2002: Black, Thunder Cloud, Sunfire Red, Stellar Blue
For a local buyer in Bryan-College Station $385 Cash is fine. For everyone else PayPal is easier. For PayPal payments add on 3% to the total to cover PayPal fees or send as a gift so that I receive $385. I can drive one hour in any direction from B-CS to meet someone. I am in Houston on some Saturdays, so if I am going to be in Houston anyway I can bring this hood with me and meet you there.
Thanks,
Greg
979-574-2070
Please call or text me to purchase (24 hours - I'm single and I don't care) - I have a full-time job and am not always on this forum. The first person who contacts me on my cell and pays gets the hood. I may not answer your PM if I'm not on the computer, but I always have my cell phone with me.
OEM Sport Hoods sold to date:
SILVER 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/186775-fs-3rd-gen-oem-millennium-silver-highlander-sport-edition-scooped-hood-b-cs-texas.html
SILVER 002 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/187936-fs-cheaper-3rd-gen-oem-silver-002-sport-hood-w-scoop%3B-will-ship-central-tx.html
GREEN 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/187699-someone-going-buy-green-sport-hood-if-i-get-one-tomorrow-central-texas.html
GREEN 002 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/191434-fs-two-3rd-gen-sport-hoods-texas.html
BLACK 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/190449-fs-3rd-gen-oem-black-001-sport-hood-w-scoop-central-tx.html
BLUE 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/190712-fs-deeply-discounted-3rd-gen-oem-blue-001-sport-hood-w-scoop-cincinnati-ohio-area.html
GRAY 001
OEM Sport Hood
1D2 Thunder Cloud Metallic
VIN# JT3GN86R420255634
Vehicle: 2002 TOYOTA 4RUNNER
Plant: TAHARA, JAPAN
Engine: 3.4 V6
Style: SR5 2WD 4DR SUV
This Sport hood looks almost as nice as SILVER 001 that I sold for $395. The price for this hood is $385. I've seen very few of these Gray hoods for sale anywhere. The Sport hoods only came in Gray one year... 2002.
The green Sport hood I picked up in Houston sold in 15 minutes. The black Sport hood I sold for $345 sold in less than a day. Other Sport hoods I have sold took a week or two. If you want a Thunder Cloud Gray OEM Sport hood don't wait. These are very rare and Toyota isn't making any more of them.
The "points" near the windshield and the front corners are in perfect condition - not bent. This hood was removed from a 2002 4Runner and placed in the back of my 4Runner on a furniture pad. When I unloaded it from my 4Runner I placed the "points" on buff pads so they wouldn't touch the tile floor.
The underside is in excellent condition. Everything is there including the heat shield, underside attachments for the scoop insert, a legible VIN #, TOYOTA stamped in the steel, two factory instructional stickers, and the clips for the washer fluid line. All 11 plastic/rubber discs that hold the heat shield are there.
I realize that this price is not exactly cheap, but please keep these things in mind when you are evaluating this purchase:
- You can buy a cheaply made aftermarket hood for $150, add the Toyota scoop insert and other extras for $150, and then paint match and blend into the fenders and you would be well over $500 with a reputable paint shop, plus you wouldn't have an OEM hood.
- I bought my Stellar Blue Sport hood from Long Beach, CA for $300, paid fellow forum member Brent $150 to box, crate and transport the hood to be shipped, then I paid Greyhound $141 to ship it, and finally I paid a guy $50 to buff out most of the paint imperfections. I'm in mine for over $600 and I still think that it was worth it.
- This hood makes perfect sense for a highly detail-oriented 4Runner owner who will install this hood and transform his 4Runner into a more aggressive vehicle. For someone less particular this hood might not be worth the price.
After the green hood sold I had about 3 buyers who wanted to buy it. Obviously the time to buy these is when they are still for sale. If your 4Runner has factory paint in one of the six colors the Sport hood was offered in you should probably go ahead and get it when you find one for sale in your color. So far the Sport hoods I have sold have been perfect color matches when bolted in. Painting and color-matching these hoods (and blending the paint into the fenders) with another color is not cheap.
If your 4Runner is not one of these six colors it probably doesn't really matter which color you buy since it will be repainted anyway. You could always paint it flat black until you are ready to spend the money to have it color-matched. If you paint it flat black it would probably look sharp to color match the scoop insert to your factory paint. Most people can paint the scoop insert at home.
1999: Black, Imperial Jade Mica
2000: Black, Imperial Jade Mica, Millennium Silver
2001: Black, Imperial Jade Mica, Millennium Silver
2002: Black, Thunder Cloud, Sunfire Red, Stellar Blue
For a local buyer in Bryan-College Station $385 Cash is fine. For everyone else PayPal is easier. For PayPal payments add on 3% to the total to cover PayPal fees or send as a gift so that I receive $385. I can drive one hour in any direction from B-CS to meet someone. I am in Houston on some Saturdays, so if I am going to be in Houston anyway I can bring this hood with me and meet you there.
Thanks,
Greg
979-574-2070
Please call or text me to purchase (24 hours - I'm single and I don't care) - I have a full-time job and am not always on this forum. The first person who contacts me on my cell and pays gets the hood. I may not answer your PM if I'm not on the computer, but I always have my cell phone with me.
OEM Sport Hoods sold to date:
SILVER 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/186775-fs-3rd-gen-oem-millennium-silver-highlander-sport-edition-scooped-hood-b-cs-texas.html
SILVER 002 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/187936-fs-cheaper-3rd-gen-oem-silver-002-sport-hood-w-scoop%3B-will-ship-central-tx.html
GREEN 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/187699-someone-going-buy-green-sport-hood-if-i-get-one-tomorrow-central-texas.html
GREEN 002 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/191434-fs-two-3rd-gen-sport-hoods-texas.html
BLACK 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/190449-fs-3rd-gen-oem-black-001-sport-hood-w-scoop-central-tx.html
BLUE 001 http://www.toyota-4runner.org/sale-t4r-items/190712-fs-deeply-discounted-3rd-gen-oem-blue-001-sport-hood-w-scoop-cincinnati-ohio-area.html
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