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    Are oem hid projector replacements frowned upon?

    That makes sense in the context of a halogen reflector to hid/led projector retrofit but I don’t understand why that would be an issue with a housing already designed for hid use. Perhaps I am wrong but when I think of issues regarding outer lens refraction what comes to mind is upwards light...
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    Are oem hid projector replacements frowned upon?

    My car has an oem hid system but since it has started to age the output has diminished a lot. New bulbs helped a little but I think the projector bowl itself has started to lose its reflectivity. I was thinking about swapping it out with either a bolt-on replacement HID unit reusing my D3S...
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    2015 Sonata Limited W/ OEM HID has no auto leveling?

    I should clarify. In the Korea spec the oem drls function by using leds to backlight a panel. I have the bumper drls I just would like to put something in the headlamp as well. The 5630 SMD boards are rated for 500lms which from what I understand is the correct brightness for legal daytime...
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    2015 Sonata Limited W/ OEM HID has no auto leveling?

    I am planning on opening up the lamps to do so but I’m not just going to do that and then slap them back together. I have numerous type of adhesive and butyl glue as well a clean room set up for this purpose. I’m going to use a board of 5630 SMDs to backlight the panel that lights up on the...
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    Looking to add led fog lamps to my 2015 Sonata

    For whatever reason Hyundai decided that here in the US we don’t need fog lights. I live right by a river and we get a ton of fog here. Thankfully there is still a spot to mount a fog light. I’m looking for a bumper cut and mount style fog light pod that will actually have a usable fog light...
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    2015 Sonata Limited W/ OEM HID has no auto leveling?

    I was looking at adding the OEM Korea spec daytime running lights to my US spec sonata. Naturally in order to do so I ordered a single spare oem headlamp in order to make sure this would be possible. After opening the headlamp I noticed that what I thought as the auto leveling motor is...
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