John M
It's just a Hyundai...
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2008
- Messages
- 125
- Reaction score
- 89
- Points
- 28
- Location
- Milledgeville, GA
- Genesis Model Year
- 2013
- Genesis Model Type
- Equus (2011-2016)
I'm not really a new member here (made the account 13 years ago) and the Equus isn't new to the family but it is now mine. My grandfather traded his LS 460 for a CPO 2013 Equus Signature back in 2015 at my suggestion. He loved the car far more than the Lexuses he had since 2001. He passed away a couple of years ago and I was finally able to buy the car from his estate. It has been parked for 2+ years and I'm slowly bringing it back to life. It turned 30,000 miles today! I celebrated by changing the cabin air filter.
The air suspension works fine but the cruise module may be dead. I'll play the "find a used one on ebay" game soon enough to get that working again. In the meantime I can live with the VSM OFF light illuminated. I switched the trunk illumination to plug & play replacement LED pieces which I think worked out better than just swapping the bulbs.
Since it was parked for so long it needed new tires and I wasn't digging the stock chromies so now it rides on new 2021 Genesis G80 wheels with stock-sized BF Goodrich Comp-2 AS Plus tires. My second choice would be the turbine style 2014 Equus stock wheels but these were brand new at a price I couldn't pass up. Anyone reading this who wants to try newer stock wheels should note that Hyundai changed the suspension geometry so you'll need 15mm (I'd go 20mm if doing it again) adapters with a 67.1mm hub bore to make them fit. Anything less and they'll hit the shocks. I got 'em for $40 a pair on Amazon. Oh, and I did paint the brake calipers because the new wheels are so open. Red is too much for a luxury car but black or silver would blend in too much so bronze it is.
I've promised myself to not do any performance mods - that's what the Sonata is for. I did remove the magnetic "flapper" inside the airbox and pop in a K&N, mostly because it was time for an air filter anyway.
I think it's silly that upgrading the navigation maps is a dealer-only thing. I'm an IT guy and I think I can follow the instructions properly! "Insert the second disc and come back in 20 minutes" isn't exactly rocket science. I know 2018 is the newest map data available but that'll be better than even older information. They get new map data every year and are just too lazy to format it like our system needs -- planned obsolescence ?
Next up is window tint!
The air suspension works fine but the cruise module may be dead. I'll play the "find a used one on ebay" game soon enough to get that working again. In the meantime I can live with the VSM OFF light illuminated. I switched the trunk illumination to plug & play replacement LED pieces which I think worked out better than just swapping the bulbs.
Since it was parked for so long it needed new tires and I wasn't digging the stock chromies so now it rides on new 2021 Genesis G80 wheels with stock-sized BF Goodrich Comp-2 AS Plus tires. My second choice would be the turbine style 2014 Equus stock wheels but these were brand new at a price I couldn't pass up. Anyone reading this who wants to try newer stock wheels should note that Hyundai changed the suspension geometry so you'll need 15mm (I'd go 20mm if doing it again) adapters with a 67.1mm hub bore to make them fit. Anything less and they'll hit the shocks. I got 'em for $40 a pair on Amazon. Oh, and I did paint the brake calipers because the new wheels are so open. Red is too much for a luxury car but black or silver would blend in too much so bronze it is.
I've promised myself to not do any performance mods - that's what the Sonata is for. I did remove the magnetic "flapper" inside the airbox and pop in a K&N, mostly because it was time for an air filter anyway.
I think it's silly that upgrading the navigation maps is a dealer-only thing. I'm an IT guy and I think I can follow the instructions properly! "Insert the second disc and come back in 20 minutes" isn't exactly rocket science. I know 2018 is the newest map data available but that'll be better than even older information. They get new map data every year and are just too lazy to format it like our system needs -- planned obsolescence ?
Next up is window tint!
