by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 05/24/2017 at 18:16
by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 05/24/2017 at 18:16
Tags: Hyundai Accent
STARS: 0
New parts time for my 2009 Hyundai Accent! Well, I already have a replacement Drivers’ Side Headlight for my car as of a month ago that I haven’t installed yet while waiting for the weather to warm up (my old light has a crack and is leaking water in a bit).
HOWEVER, my latest sweet sweet KDM F***in tight yo upgrade has arrived! :D
BAM!
Replacement KDM, brand new Drivers’ side sunvisor all the way from South Korea
because my old visor wouldn’t stay down in the angle I would need it to block sun
, so every time the sun was in front of me, I was driving blind. Ran me about $35 Canadian which isn’t bad.
Why not get a cheaper one locally, you ask? Well, the dealership wanted an insane price for one, the few local junkyards (weirdly) wouldn’t return any of my emails or calls or wanted the same price I could pay to get this one new, and the only ‘local’ pick and pull yard is an hour and a half away, so I just bit the bullet and bought a new one online.
It is amusing, now that it is installed, to look up and see Korean writing above my head, haha. This new one works perfectly...other than the clip side rattling a bit over bumps on rare occasions. I’d rather be able to see and not rear-end or hit someone or something and have to deal with a little rattle though than drive blind into the sun!
Authentic!
As an amusing anecdote, Korean-market parts are better quality than ours in North America in some ways, for example...on my OEM Canadian visor, the screws are visible (it’s designed that way!), but on the Korean visor, the screws are hidden under a little snap-on cover - neat little detail!
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
05/24/2017 at 19:26, STARS: 1
Nice sun-visor-sungida.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
05/24/2017 at 19:30, STARS: 0
Thanks! :P
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
05/24/2017 at 19:37, STARS: 0
I wonder what there though process is for “We should definitely put the screw cover on the domestic ones, but the Canadians won’t care!”
Just odd, you’d think they just make small things like that the same every where.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
05/24/2017 at 19:41, STARS: 0
I don’t mind the exposed screws on the original visor, to be honest, but I also find it a weird decision! Just one of those little interesting details, I guess!
The US Accents also had exposed screws, but this gen of Accent was sold in some European countries as well....would be interesting to see if they had the exposed screws there as well!