Toyota Stalking, er...um, SPOTTING with Charlie™ (T4R Edition)!

@ColoradoTJ

1989 with 64K original miles; In the same family since new (Current owner's mom is the original owner)!


September 25th, 2021:

Englishtown, New Jersey

 

The guy's mom bought it new, so I highly doubt he's selling it...

 

It's an oddly optioned truck; It has an automatic transmission, but the A/C was installed at the dealer...

 

Found one eerily similar to that 3rd Gen I found in Jersey; The key differences are that this one has off-road lights, is registered in Delaware, and doesn't have a dent in the left rear door...


September 27th, 2021:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

October 2nd, 2021:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

October 2nd, 2021:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

2015 T4R with Tundra Rock Warrior wheels (Looks pretty good); Don't what trim level it is...

It has a sunroof, and the Carfax labels it as both an SR5 and a Trail, so I'm guessing it's an SR5 Premium...?


October 5th, 2021:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

Given that it’s not running the original wheels it’s hard to tell, but I believe the Trail has no side badging while the SR5 does. Of course, it could also be a debadged SR5. All the other major differences between the Trail and SR5 that I can think of aren’t visible in that photo. Either premium version can have a moonroof.

 

You have the vin?

 

I swear I've seen T4R Trail Editions with the "TRAIL" emblem on the C-pillar...?

 

I'll PM that to you...

 

Maybe a different year? I’m going off the photo of the Trail in this brochure from 2015:

https://cdn.dealereprocess.org/cdn/brochures/toyota/2015-4runner.pdf

 

You can enter vin in this

https://www.toyota.com/owners/my-vehicle/vehicle-specification

 

Thanks to @Mastiffsrule, we have determined that this rig is a Trail Premium!

 

For anyone wanting future reference 5th Gen 4runners 2014-2016 were trail or trail premium with silver bumper valances and a hood scoop. In 2016 they switched the name over to trd off road and off road premium to align with the Tacoma and Tundra. These models saw the introduction of trd off road badges on the C pillar. The 2014-2016 trail edition did not have any C pillar badging. In Canada we only get the premium model, not the base trail/trd off road.

a quick way to tell this is the premium (USA model) is the blinker lights in the side view mirrors. The non premium models didn’t get these in the USA.

2021 Toyota introduced the trail special edition which is not the same as the trail edition was 2016 and down.

 

Both the valence and the scoop are obviously visible in the Trail photo from the link I posted, boy did I ever bugger that away!

 

@Mastiffsrule

On another note, how did they get 6-lug Rock Warrior wheels?!?!

 

I owned a 2016 trail here in Canada from 2016-2020, got familiar with them. Best vehicle I’ve ever owned, biggest complaint was 4.0L with 5 speed. Can’t wait for the 2023 redesign.

 

I see ads on Kijiji with knockoff trd wheels all the time. Guessing this is the case but not certain

 

I’ve always liked 4runners myself, eh?