Did some 1998 4Runners come with TRD Off Road stickers?

Hi everyone. I’m usually in the Tacoma section and don’t know that much about them. But I’ve decided to look at a 1998 4Runner to buy. It’s very well taken care of. The owner has TRD Off Road stickers on both sides of the rear fenders like you’d see on a Tacoma. I don’t recall older 4Runner ever having TRD but then I’ve never had one from 1998. I really don’t remember.

Is this just decoration the owner thought would look good or was there 4Runners with TRD from the factory?

Thanks in advance.

 

Someone else will have to confirm but I'm fairly positive they did not come with the TRD OR stickers like the 1st gen Tacomas had. They did come with the optional rear locker though on some models. I'm betting the owner or previous owner put the stickers on at some point.

 

4 runners didn't get TRD Off-road stickers until the 6th generation. But I see people put the taco ones on older runners all the time

 

See sticker on back panel.

 

yeah that's not factory, that was added on by someone

 

Thanks guys.

 

Not a bad thing, unless the seller is trying to use that as a selling point. If it has the rear locker then it is pretty much a TRD OR package anyway, or at least the part of it that matters most.

 

4runner didn't have the Off Road til 2017. It was called the Trail Edition from 2010-2016

 

No 6th gen 4Runner yet, it's still 5th gen

 

The 98 pickups came in TRD packages

 

1998 Tacomas did yea, but not 4runners

 

nope the 5th gen was the 1st

 

Must've been a thing back then. PO did this on our 2000 4runner. I knew this was not factory though because it's an SR5.

 

The electronic locking rear differential was an available option on 1996 to 2002 4WD Toyota 4Runners. But as others in this thread said there was no TRD Off Road package available until 2017.