Just got a 4-Runner -- Please give me your thoughts

[Nelsonmd]

I agree but the LEDs are much brighter than the OEM bulbs (I was behind a 3rd gen equipped with some the other day) but it is more of a look mod (it does modernize the look much more so) but it is a useful one more than say 22" wheels or other useless bling mods. Plus the LEDs should last forever.

I don't know about the LED's being brighter thing. Maybe if they are high output LED's, but most of the LED lights I have seen (at least aftermarket ones) are dimmer than stocks.

Yeah, LED's should last forever, but it seems I keep hearing about people's LED burning out pretty quickly, like in the gauge and dash lighting thread oer on yotatech. It seems we have gotten alot of really cheap LED makers that just aren't up to snuff or something.

Anyway, it is always so cheap and easy to replace the bulbs in tail lights, I'll be keeping my stockers.

And those 22in wheels are a function mod; that is assuming you put low profile tires on it and they are on a vehicle with a low CoG and sporty suspension, so yo know, not a 4runner. But I suppose that isn't really what you meant was it?:roadkill:

 

[DenverKid24]

Honestly, I don't understand the fascination with replacing the tail lights. Sure, I like the smoked look a better than the stock look, but man, this seems like a real small, purely aesthetic point. And for the cost of some of these, $130 for the cheapest set? I'd rather add lights or other mods that actually make the car function better. Not to mention that the LED lights are typically dimmer than the OEM's.

Anyway, not meaning to criticize or say they don't look better, it just seems to me to be a small reward for big cost mod compared to alot of the other mods I see here. Especially odd to me since this one is so popular.

I have done this equivalent mod on my motorcycle, but it was alot cheaper, and made a bigger difference in the overall look than I think this does on a 4runner.

They look a lot different too me. Pictures I have seen make them a whole lot brighter.

But right now I am just going for look. Don't off-road much, and don't have the money to do the lifts, mods and get new beefy tires and what not right now.

So I am going for looks until summer. Tint, LED's, Clear corners, etc........