i had my 3rd Gen 4Runner (my profile photo) done at earl shieb with a mix of flat black paint and bed liner that they warrantied for 3-5 years? It was done around 2004-05 Sold the car in 09 to someone in Dallas. with over sized tires and wheels and a few performance upgrades i believe I was around avg 17 mpg. the wind did contact the truck different. it absorbed it a little. which made it slower sometimes but with regular paint it would reflect and push my car. so it felt pretty stable in various conditions.
i was super ocd with waxing my paint from my previous maroon 3rd Gen SR5 4Runner that the 3rd Gen Limited with bed liner mix was the easiest to maintain. For close to a 10 year old car at the time, people always thought it was brand new and i rarely washed it, just heavy armour all over the wheels and trim. the car was also parked in front row valets of a lot of night clubs/hotels next to 50-60k cars. In my head i was like i hope no one sees the interior. carpets always covered in snow/mud, club flyers, and montana spray paint. still sold the car at 226k. great truck.
one day at keystone resort we got about 3 feet of snow on an overnight storm. i woke up early rushed for a few runs before work, but then realized i was the only person in the parking lot and even the bus system was down until later. I thought it was funny that I actually needed to use the 4 wheel drive 2 min to work and thought about how great the runs were gna be. and they were. fresh pow lines on the groomers and i wouldnt have made it without this beast. never seen the parking lot entirely white but my truck. chrome rims held up amazing too over about 7-8 years i had them.
i was super ocd with waxing my paint from my previous maroon 3rd Gen SR5 4Runner that the 3rd Gen Limited with bed liner mix was the easiest to maintain. For close to a 10 year old car at the time, people always thought it was brand new and i rarely washed it, just heavy armour all over the wheels and trim. the car was also parked in front row valets of a lot of night clubs/hotels next to 50-60k cars. In my head i was like i hope no one sees the interior. carpets always covered in snow/mud, club flyers, and montana spray paint. still sold the car at 226k. great truck.
one day at keystone resort we got about 3 feet of snow on an overnight storm. i woke up early rushed for a few runs before work, but then realized i was the only person in the parking lot and even the bus system was down until later. I thought it was funny that I actually needed to use the 4 wheel drive 2 min to work and thought about how great the runs were gna be. and they were. fresh pow lines on the groomers and i wouldnt have made it without this beast. never seen the parking lot entirely white but my truck. chrome rims held up amazing too over about 7-8 years i had them.