Seeking How To Illuminated Kia badge

[Brooklyn_Ocho]

Has anyone in here installed an illuminated Kia Emblem badge (the new style) in the front on their Stinger? If so where did you get it from and what was the process?

 

[7Andrei7]

I find it super funny that you want to do that while others immediately replace the kia badge with all sorts of silly Korean badges.
Maybe produce one from a translucent matte material and pack it full of diffused LEDs? I think it would need to be bulkier than the current one.

 

[DoctorStiches]

I am not a fan of lit up logos on cars but hey if you do it you can sell it im sure!!!!

 

[Brooklyn_Ocho]

I find it super funny that you want to do that while others immediately replace the kia badge with all sorts of silly Korean badges.
Maybe produce one from a translucent matte material and pack it full of diffused LEDs? I think it would need to be bulkier than the current one.

Yea, I just happen to come across it on the internet somewhere but yea I’m not gonna do it after all. Aint that serious to me really.

 

[Brooklyn_Ocho]

I am not a fan of lit up logos on cars but hey if you do it you can sell it im sure!!!!

Yea I feel ya…I just seen it and thought it looked cool and wondered if others have installed it…but not something I’m going to do

 

[Ah GetFd]

Has anyone in here installed an illuminated Kia Emblem badge (the new style) in the front on their Stinger? If so where did you get it from and what was the process?

You probably need to study your road code to see if it is legal to add lights to your vehicle.

Here you are not permitted to have a red led or light at the front of the vehicle because red depicts the rear of a vehicle. Similarly you cannot have a white LED or light at the rear as that is to indicate the front of the vehicle approaching or the rear (in reverse) traveling toward you as in reverse lights.

You are not permitted to have Blue LEDS or lights anywhere as that depicts an emergency vehicle.

You are not permitted to add more headlights.

You are only permitted to have daytime running lights as fitted to the vehicle as part of the manufacturers code. You are not permitted to have white or any other colour fog lights on unless it is foggy or hazardous conditions.

These are all offences.

So why bother.

 

[Transmetal]

You probably need to study your road code to see if it is legal to add lights to your vehicle.

Here you are not permitted to have a red led or light at the front of the vehicle because red depicts the rear of a vehicle. Similarly you cannot have a white LED or light at the rear as that is to indicate the front of the vehicle approaching or the rear (in reverse) traveling toward you as in reverse lights.

You are not permitted to have Blue LEDS or lights anywhere as that depicts an emergency vehicle.

You are not permitted to add more headlights.

You are only permitted to have daytime running lights as fitted to the vehicle as part of the manufacturers code. You are not permitted to have white or any other colour fog lights on unless it is foggy or hazardous conditions.

These are all offences.

So why bother.

Depends on where he lives. In the US there's plenty of places that are lax on the rules, some places aren't. Some states (FL or TX) probably allow blackout tint, while here in MN, 50% is legal. Anybody that gets tint rarely gets 50% cuz it doesn't even look tinted. I went with 40% cuz my car is dark colored with black interior. I mainly just wanted some sun blockage. Just enough so I don't get attention from cops. I had tinted tail lights on multiple cars and never had an issue but dark tint they'll get you for.

Heck, I have the Korean sequential tails on my car, which are technically illegal. Had plenty of cops behind me. Even had cops say they like my turn signals. Just depends

 

[Thomby]

Sequential turn signals aren't outright illegal, the regs are just written in a goofy way that didn't anticipate them and prevents a lot of cars from bringing them here. The minimum illuminated area applies to the first thing that lights up, rather than the combined sequence, so a car that might meet the standard with three lights lit won't when just the first one lights.

The Corvette got around this by briefly lighting them all, then going sequential. And I think the Mustang just has big enough individual lights that the first one meets the minimum.

 

[Transmetal]

Sequential turn signals aren't outright illegal, the regs are just written in a goofy way that didn't anticipate them and prevents a lot of cars from bringing them here. The minimum illuminated area applies to the first thing that lights up, rather than the combined sequence, so a car that might meet the standard with three lights lit won't when just the first one lights.

The Corvette got around this by briefly lighting them all, then going sequential. And I think the Mustang just has big enough individual lights that the first one meets the minimum.

I'm saying the way the Stinger ones light up don't light up like the way ones on a mustang or C8 would. Which is probably why the 2022 in the US didn't just come with them from the jump. They probably didn't align with rules. So that's why I said they are probably "technically illegal".