Hello from Texas

Texas250 said:

Just bought a 2022 Kia seltos nightfall edition. 1.6 turbo awd and had the dealer through in all weather mats, so far I love it.
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Nice. Very different front and grill to our Oz ones. See yours has the new Logo design too.

I am a big fan of their new logo, while this is going to be our family car I still have my super duty and wrangler for hard offroad stuff, but the seltos will see it’s fair share of beaches, fire roads, and gravel. It’s going on a 1300 mile trip at the end of the week already.

Texas250 said:

I am a big fan of their new logo, while this is going to be our family car I still have my super duty and wrangler for hard offroad stuff, but the seltos will see it’s fair share of beaches, fire roads, and gravel. It’s going on a 1300 mile trip at the end of the week already.

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Congrats mate! I just put a deposit down on a 2022 EX in Steel Grey. Just waiting for it to arrive in port. Hope you’re enjoying the ride. Safe travel.

&martymcfly I’m hoping you get your 2022 sooner rather than later, I bought the last on the lot and they have been slow to show up lately due to the Chinese chips that are back ordered due to covid. I’m sure you will love yours just as much as me!

The chip shortage is not due to covid according to my dealership in Canada.They said the tech industry is expanding sooo fast they they are buying them up.They said it's approx. a 3 month wait for alot of their models including the Seltos,They usually have well over a hundred on thir lot at any given time but now they have about 20.The same with other lots- no inventory.

I was very close to buying a new bronco but the dealer told me it would be 6 months before they could get one due to the chip shortage, but they said China cannot make the chips fast enough due to being behind from covid, but I suspect we will never know the actual truth.

65 cases of Covid in China today.Chip shortage because of covid??????? They are told to say that because they don't know any better.

While I’m not arguing what the truth is at all, I think it is a way to drive up prices of used vehicles right now, because they are very inflated currently.

Very true!

The nightfall has some nice attributes! I will have to wait to see it in person before I determine if I like them better than my SX. I’m hoping I don’t! Hahaha!

I will say it’s a shame that they didn’t do the LED headlights etc for the nightfall.

I believe it should be easy enough to change to led headlights as I like them much better but I drove through the night and in some fog on Saturday night and the lights do seem bright enough

Halogen bulbs are better in the fog.Less glare to them.That is one drawback to led's.

I have swapped halogen fog lights for a more amber colored LED with good results and that might be the direction I take when I swap the fog lights, as for the headlights I will stick with the standard blueish white LEDs

Texas250 said:

I have swapped halogen fog lights for a more amber colored LED with good results and that might be the direction I take when I swap the fog lights, as for the headlights I will stick with the standard blueish white LEDs

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Yeah, your car looks great! I like the Mars orange with the nightfall package. That sounds like a winning plan for switching out the lights.

I know it would be hard for me to drive another car with halogen after having LED in my prior lease car, and now my SX. I find it odd that every new car isn’t full LED these days..

I bought these bulbs which are available in Canada.They are a little bit pricey but are very good and have a life time warranty.They are the only bulb on the market that will fit our projector lens.Give them a look.

videoguy009 said:

I bought these bulbs which are available in Canada.They are a little bit pricey but are very good and have a life time warranty.They are the only bulb on the market that will fit our projector lens.Give them a look.

9012 PROJEKTOR - ODX

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They are currently having problems with their server so keep trying.

videoguy009 said:

They are currently having problems with their server so keep trying.

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Thanks, I’ll check them out when the site is working. Were they easy to fit??

The passenger side was easy.You can do it from under the hood.The drivers side is a little difficult.You have to pull back the liner in the wheel well after removing the fasteners.Then you have to reach up to the bulb with your hand and turn it to unlock it like the other one.You will see the bulb when you pull back the liner.Make sure you tuck the wire with the plugin and the driver back in the opening and put the dust cap on.It's not that hard if you take your time.