My OCD hates the new Sonata.

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin) 02/03/2015 at 21:21 • Filed to: None

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I am a fan of Hyundai. I currently drive an 09 Santa Fe that has been flawless for us from new for 75k miles. The new Sonata makes me want to punch a designer.

The issue at hand is the LED's in the lower bumper compared to the headlights. The LED's are a crisp white, while the HID's have more of a yellow tint to them. The clear difference in color temperature is more than enough to make the LED's look like a pep-boys special. It drives me insane whenever I see one.

Steve in Manhattan > mkbruin, Atlas VP 02/03/2015 at 21:25

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Google Dame Edna Everage and look at her (his) glasses. All will be made clear.

Vicente Esteve > mkbruin, Atlas VP 02/03/2015 at 21:37

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I can't explain enough how much I HATE with all my might that automakers do this.

If you are going to do an HID headlamp, make it seem like an IMPROVEMENT over the damned yellow badly-brushed-tooth colored Halogen its suppose to be better than.

And the, put the most fake looking, most uncreative design of LED's JUST TO SAY IT HAS THEM.

Im sorry, I hate this.

Nibbles > mkbruin, Atlas VP 02/03/2015 at 21:59

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projector != HID

Rico > mkbruin, Atlas VP 02/03/2015 at 22:02

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Yellowish HID's (usually around 4300k) allow for the most light output. Crisp white around 5000k-6000k look more white but offer less light output.

Basically, the yellowish HID's let you see clearer and farther that's why they are usually the OEM light color.

phobos512 > mkbruin, Atlas VP 02/03/2015 at 22:09

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HIDs aren't standard. Projector beam halogens are. Which is what that's a picture of.

https://www.hyundaiusa.com/sonata/exterio…

phobos512 > Vicente Esteve 02/03/2015 at 22:10

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That's a projector Halogen, not an HID.

https://www.hyundaiusa.com/sonata/exterio…

Vicente Esteve > phobos512 02/03/2015 at 22:14

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Sorry, projector Halogen. Still, there are right ways to do projector halogens and that Hyundai isn't.

Textured Soy Protein > mkbruin, Atlas VP 02/03/2015 at 22:17

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Pretty sure those are projector headlights with regular halogen bulbs. (The Sonata only has HIDs on the Limited & Sport 2.0t, and as part of the tech package on the non-turbo Limited.)

But I do agree, blue/white LEDs with yellow halogen headlights is not a good look. My BMW 135is had the opposite problem: HID headlamps but the angel rings around them came with yellow halogen bulbs. Which I replaced with blue/white LEDs for a more cohesive look.

and 100 more > mkbruin, Atlas VP 02/04/2015 at 17:41

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Older Chrysler 200s are like this as well... bluish led strip over a healthy-piss-colored, halogen projector.