Question for grey cladding guys.....
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tkr128
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Most of the cladding parts come prepainted when they're ordered. Anyway, here are the prices from partznet:
Front fender painted cladding: $236.07 for each side
Front door painted cladding: $278.16 for each side
Rear door painted cladding: $262.87 for each side
Rear quarter painted cladding: $107.18 for each side
Front unpainted bumper: $157.18
Rear unpainted bumper extension: $124.39 for each side
Rear center bumper (not sure if it's painte silver or not: $59.58.
It'll be a whole lot cheaper to just have the exisitng cladding painted since you'll have to have the front and rear bumpers painted anyway.
I really like how your black SE looks with the cladding and I wouldn't change a thing, you have a very rare 4R.
Front fender painted cladding: $236.07 for each side
Front door painted cladding: $278.16 for each side
Rear door painted cladding: $262.87 for each side
Rear quarter painted cladding: $107.18 for each side
Front unpainted bumper: $157.18
Rear unpainted bumper extension: $124.39 for each side
Rear center bumper (not sure if it's painte silver or not: $59.58.
It'll be a whole lot cheaper to just have the exisitng cladding painted since you'll have to have the front and rear bumpers painted anyway.
I really like how your black SE looks with the cladding and I wouldn't change a thing, you have a very rare 4R.
momo.75
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I appreciate it. I was just curious about it. I do like the fact that there aren't too many grey clads out there. I have only seen one other black around town, but it is stripped down SR5 model. If i was evey in an accident, knock on wood, I would probably go ahead and switch it over to body color cladding. It would be silly to pay for it now when mine is in good shape.
sharp4runr
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There is a pic of a runner with the cladding painted to match and I like it a lot. The grey cladding is a lot more "masculine" looking as it has the kewl looking knotches cut into it.
:iagree:tkr128 said:
I've seen just one or two silver with cladding around here, too. Figure that it's rare enough that if someone steals it, then it will be easy to spot.
If I didn't have the cladding, then I would have bought another color. I think black, the dark gray, and silver look good with the cladding, though.
Sac State
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haha, my neighbor had friends over yesterday for the UNC-Duke game. I was outside washing mine and another black/grey cladded Sport parked in front of the neighbors house. They had turned their tires to black sidewall out, I like the white letters out.
It was cool to see another rig like mine. I see silver so often I started to wonder if they started selling them in silver only?
It was cool to see another rig like mine. I see silver so often I started to wonder if they started selling them in silver only?
4route
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I have the cladding and have found it to be a blessing in disguise! At first, lost of people were criticizing the cladding on the 4th gen's but I've had mine for two years now and not only does the cladding mask most scratches (from off-roading or whatever else), but it also is great if you ever decide to be stupid like me and run big enough tires that you have no choice but to chop some of the cladding off with a dremel and/or grinder! 
Can't even tell that anything was done to it, and I am certain that if they had been the painted panels, it would do a much worse job at camoflauging my work. 
Can't even tell that anything was done to it, and I am certain that if they had been the painted panels, it would do a much worse job at camoflauging my work. HuntRunner
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Funny that Toyota does not even offer it as an option anymore.....A friend of mine just bought an Avalanche and the cladding (they call it the body armor package) is an additional cost; I think he said $800.
momo.75
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4route said:I have the cladding and have found it to be a blessing in disguise! At first, lost of people were criticizing the cladding on the 4th gen's but I've had mine for two years now and not only does the cladding mask most scratches (from off-roading or whatever else), but it also is great if you ever decide to be stupid like me and run big enough tires that you have no choice but to chop some of the cladding off with a dremel and/or grinder!
Yep, you deffinately need it. i have seen your truck in some pretty rough off road shots.
Plus it adds to the military look....I love the grey cladding on my 4runner. I used to be one of those guys that would park way the hell away from everyone else to avoid the door dings etcn. Now I can park anywhere I want, no fear of door dings, sratches etc.
Plus I think it looks cool with the green painted panels.
I would go so far as to say that the lack of grey cladding would deter me from buying a new one. That, plus the lack of a green color choice.
Plus I think it looks cool with the green painted panels.
I would go so far as to say that the lack of grey cladding would deter me from buying a new one. That, plus the lack of a green color choice.
Hitman
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flange! said:
Well, the painted cladding isn't susceptible to door dings either... that's one thing that I love about the 4th generation 4Runner-- it's pretty much anti-ding in parking lots. There just isn't much surface area to get a ding--just the middle and upper portions of the doors. The rest is covered in plastic.
faster4runner04
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Lose the cladding. Personally I realy dislike the way it looks But hey, that is one man's opinion.
When you fork over the money for me to "lose the cladding" I will gladly do so. Until then I will enjoy mine.