My Santa Fe so far this winter....

Originally posted by Spawn 12336
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It's not riced out, just customized. And the lights are only on at shows. With all of the generic looking Santa Fe's out there, I wanted something that stands out from the rest. [/body]

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Maybe not riced out, but it's not exactly "flowing". Looks like someone opened up the 3M sticky-tape accessory catalog and said "one of everything, please". No restraint! Big fender flares to accommodate those, um, stock wheels/tires? Big tough off-road-like bash bars and stuff for something that never goes off road? And I can't fathom a Santa Fe as a "show car" in the first place.

There's "different", and "standing out", and then there's the bad kind of "different" and "standing out". I'm just not feeling what you've done to your wagon.

PS been a member on the Santa Fe Forum since we got our wagon in late '03. Seen most of the modded rides there, they look just as cartoonish. The Santa Fe is pretty distinctive lines-wise, tough to improve on them though that doesn't stop people from tossing out good money trying.

Right, I didn't attack you, but you felt the need. You offered your opinion, and I accepted that. I even thanked you for it. That being said, save it.

1. If I really opened up “the catalogue", I'd have all of the chrome mirrors, bumper garnishes, grill garnishes, and hood scoops.
2. Read a few posts up, the stock rims and tires are used for winter rims. As for the "big fender flares", they are the stock flares, less than 1 cm wide, stick out no farther than the bumper, and show more continuity in the lines from the bumper to the cladding on the doors, rather than the flat space above the wheel well.
3. Read the same post and I actually say that it would be ridiculous to make it look off-road when it was not designed for it. If I wanted the bush bar, I would have bought that POS Hyundai offers for spent the $300 for a Westin. But again, that would be ridiculous.

As for you not being able to "fathom" a Santa Fe as a show car, that's your own small-minded view. So far it has been well received at the meets, and on the various boards I'm on.

Suffice it to say, as stated in your other posts, you like things stock. My question would be why post up on a board or boards whose primary focus is modifying/customizing your vehicles? As I said, you are entitled to your opinion; you voiced it, moving on.

WytchDctr, Here's a shot of the summer rims, 17" Brushed aluminum Panther's with OEM Hyundai logo. They look beefier than the stock 16". Thinking about bigger rims as well, just limited to 20's and trying to find some that aren't too "bling".

She's also parked outside so I am leary of spending a bunch on rims. Gotta buy a house with a garage.

The colour is Moonlit Blue, shows up black on a cloudy day, but almost a really bright navy blue when the sun hits it. Tibbychick and 01importshark made a few comments about it at Hyundai Sunday last year. I was thinking about possibly getting the tails changed to the body colour, but then I have to do the heads as well, maybe later this summer if I don't like the black. The chrome is just there for accents to break up the blue and black plastic.:nervous: