Good Item, but a Couple Minor Quality Issues

I bought these based on the good reviews and as a lower-cost alternative to buying OEM replacements from Hyundai. OEM replacements go for approximately $260 each, so at $135 for the pair, these are a bargain but of course one must expect that the quality will probably not be up to OEM standards. Overall these appear to be very good quality units especially for the price. They are visually indistinguishable from the OEM units and the fit in the car is excellent. Everything lines up where it's supposed to be. The bulbs are already all included which is a nice bonus. I ran into two issues: the socket for the running light/turn signal bulb is not quite right. It's an extremely tight fit with the plug from the car's wiring harness. The plug fits very smoothly with the OEM socket but extremely tight with the socket on these units. In fact it was so tight I was not getting a good electrical connection, causing the turn signal and running light bulbs to not work properly. The easy workaround for this problem however was to remove the bulb sockets that came with these units and to simply re-use the old bulb sockets from my OEM lights which fit the new housings perfectly. No biggie. Not ideal, but not worth returning these units for. The second issue was really weird: on only the left side light, there was some kind of manufacturing or assembly error. The reflector was installed into the housing in such a way that the parking light bulb could not be removed from the housing because the hole in the reflector and the hole in the back of the housing were misaligned. The right side housing did not have this issue, the bulb went in and out no problem. In order to fix this I had to break the turn signal bulb with a pick in order to remove the socket from the housing, then spend some time with a Dremel grinding a bit of the reflector away so the bulb would fit. Again, not ideal, but not worth returning the item for. But something to be aware of as not everyone may have the skills/equipment for this kind of modification. The adjustment process was nice and smooth - the factory service manual gives the adjustment specs if you have it. Only the low beams are adjustable. There are adjusting screws for the high beams but they are dummies - they spin but don't actually adjust anything. The OEM high beams aren't adjustable either so that's how it's supposed to be. All in all these seem like decent quality items and you will be amazed at the difference in how well you can see if you have been driving with oxidized/fogged lenses. The low beam projector lens gives a nice sharp cutoff with upward angle to the right just like it's supposed to. The housings seem to be made of quality materials and the fit is excellent. It's a good buy for the price, just be aware there's a possibility you may have to make some slight modifications, which is the sad state of aftermarket parts generally these days.

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