Josh K's '02 XD

[Josh K]

Here are the mods:

Appearance:

KDM Foglights
KDM Sidemarkers
Yellow Turn Signals/Markers
City Lights
Smoked Tail Lights
17" 5Zigen FN01R-C Wheels (35 offset)
215/45 Hankook Ventus Tires
Rolled Rear Fenders
Black Rear Bumper Insert
20% Tint
Debadged
Elantra XD Rear Emblem
Short Antenna w/ "Holiday Jack" Antenna Ball
"Tricked" Grill

Interior:

Red LED Interior Illumination
KDM Ticket Holder
KDM 4 Way Flasher
Alpine CDM-98somethingorother (w/ Aux input for iPod) (pics coming soon)
iPod Dashboard Mount
Auxillary "Hot" Power Outlet in Center Console
Tiburon Pedal Set
Street Glow Red Under Dash Neon (pics coming soon)

Suspension:

H&R Springs
KYB Struts
19.2mm Sway Bar
Mussa Strut Bar
Hawk Performance Brake Pads

Engine:

AEM Cold Air Intake
El Cheapo eBay Ground Wire Kit
Throttle Body Bypass
Bored Throttle Body
Compact Divisions Ported Intake Manifold
Compact Divisions Phenolic Spacer
Hood Spacers

Misc:

Mercedes Dual Note Horns

Future Mods:

HotShot Header
Lightweight Pulley Set
Cat Back Exhaust (Make/Style still TBD)
OEM Heated Seats

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[SuperGLS]

You're car is beautiful. Of course, I'm bias towards white XD's, ha. Those are my most favorite wheels available as well. Suggestions - either want the headlights white to match, or get the Chrome ones and get a spoiler. Keep up the good work out there in California.

[tharptroy]

im digging that, but my question is: what are you going to do about the grill? I hate chrome, and I hate mesh, so that vittually leaves me grill-less.
sweet xd btw

[ruahighlander]

Looks damn good, I especially like the blacked out tail lights. :thumbsup:

[sed]

no no no no

take my new route and use fiberglass, plastic, jb weld, and bondo and make yourself a badass mofo grizille fo shizzile

shawn :)

[Josh K]

Tricked is doing the grill for me. The chrome will be painted body color, and the mesh will be black, so it won't look as "mesh-y." (More like ilanpro's black mesh grill)

I also try to get rid of as much chrome as possible

[playboyz28]

Car looks great!

Where did you get your KYB struts from? How much and whats the drop , in inches

Jason

[carbonman]

Very CLEAN

Deja Vu - Keep Up the good work ;)

[Onelove5683]

f r e s h !

[Josh K]

Car looks great!

Where did you get your KYB struts from? How much and whats the drop , in inches

Jason

Drop is about 1.5"

I got the struts from my buddy's shop in Glendale, CA.

[watson80]

Very nice clean car!!

[HatchetMan]

Nice, can't wait to see the grill on it. How do those Mercedes horns sound/fit? Engine bay pics would be nice too. Keep up the good work!

[Josh K]

The mercedes horns are loud! They're the same exact horns that are in my benz, but for some reason they sound a lot louder on the hyundai. Fittment is fine, they're both attatched using the stock horn mount bolt and you just need to wire a jumper to power both horns. I'll try and get a sound clip this weekend and post it.

As for engie bay pics - I will take them when I clean out the engine bay. It's so dirty that it would be pretty embarrasing to post pics of it now. lol

[Steve]

The bronze FN01R-C's look amazing!! I'm trying to decide between matte black and bronze wheels, I was leaning towards black, but now I can really see how great bronze looks.

[watson80]

Yeah I like the bronze wheels too. They are really sweet!

[RonnieSan]

Nice choice of wheels. I was planning on getting those, but they didn't have them in our size when I bought my wheels so I bought some that look just like them. Mine are Maxxim Oxygenes. I wish I had the quality of the 5ziggens though. What size tire is that?

[Jlivan]

Nice car, I am not too keen on the rims. It throws the clean look of the car....did you think of maybe black rims to tie it in with the lights?

[carbonman]

The rims are unique, I like black rims (have em now) but I think he should keep em

[2GTS]

Keep the bronze wheels, it looks great just the way it is.

[Josh K]

Yeah, I like the bronze on white. It goes nicely with the tan interior and since the front headlights look kind of like a Skyline's I was kind of just going with that look. :0)

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

[Fixer]

Josh...BBQ Sunday @ the park On Colima and Azusa.....



and I think its time for a 5 lug swap... :D

[dragonfighter60]

Where'd you get them tail lights? Those are sweeeeet. :D

[jameswing]

Can I see a pic of the interior, especally the ticket holder? I saw these for sale but don't know where they mount.

BTW nice looking car

[SuperGLS]

Where'd you get them tail lights? Those are sweeeeet. :D

They are the stock taillights that have been tinted with a product call NiteShades. Check online for retailers.

Can I see a pic of the interior, especally the ticket holder? I saw these for sale but don't know where they mount.

The ticket holder mounts in the blank spots next to the hazard switch on your dash. (If someone doesn't beat me to it I'll take a pic later when I go out to my car, I'm lazy, I know).

[Josh K]

Bumping the thread because I just got my grill back and installed it! Check out the pics and let me know what you think! :0)

[Steve]

Nice grill, looks great on the car.

[SWortham]

The grill looks good... very clean and not out of place at all. Nice improvement. :)

What are your impressions of the KYB GR-2's? Do they work well with your springs or do they feel too soft?

[SuperGLS]

Agreed. Looks good.

[sammy21c]

That was the best looking gls.

[Josh K]

Well here's an update - I'm showing my benz at HIN LA and I used a Porter Cable/Meguiar's Dual Action Polisher to completely polish it in preparation for the show. After this was done, it occurred to me that whoever owned this XD before me didn't take very good care of it. My Benz I bought brand new so I've taken care of it very well, but I felt bad that my poor XD had been neglected for so long (swirls and scratches EVERYWHERE). So yesterday I washed, clayed, completely polished, buffed, and waxed the car. As I had just done the same to the Benz I'm feeling sore as hell today, but I'm VERY happy with how much better the XD looks; so happy in fact, that I had to snap some new shots of it (and to show off my cool "Elantra XD" badge).

Lemme know what you all think!

[ilanpro]

Looks awesome man.

[GTSTISL]

thats awesome, cant wait to see some pics of a newly clayed XD. BTW, i just took a first look at ur benz and damn!! thats a kick *** ride.

[mrhoaf]

thats awesome, cant wait to see some pics of a newly clayed XD.

psst.... the pics are already up... on the first page.....

[SuperGLS]

Did I ever mention that white XD's look better than any other color, haha.

Looks nice, maybe I should at least wash mine.

Nice new signature too.

[Josh K]

bump for citylights. Check out my DIY!

[dillion3384]

Hey on your grill how did you get the plastic so smoothe? I just took off that factory crap and there are all kinds of ridges from were the original one was.

[Josh K]

Tricked made the grill for me. I assume that it took a lot of detailed and tedious dremeling to get it perfectly flat so that the mesh could be attached.

[stussy2870]

Beautiful Car...I had a White Mustang LX 5.0 a while back- it was very similar and i LOVED that car...so im diggin yours.

[03SilverBullet]

Beautiful Car...I had a White Mustang LX 5.0 a while back- it was very similar and i LOVED that car...so im diggin yours.
I agree, his car is really sharp.. 2 thumbs up man!!