2022 Hyundai Palisade Blacked Out. Worth It?

You may know that Cararac.com is all about the technical equipment of cars. We love engines, transmissions, suspensions, etc. And we don't care much about tuning and changing the way our car looks. Because you are sitting inside your car and you only feel how it goes. You don't see how it looks when you are driving. And this is the deciding factor for us.

But we know that the majority of car owners will still care a lot about how their car looks. So today is one of the unusual articles about Hyundai Palisade and one of the most popular types of tuning. You can black out any car, but with a Hyundai Palisade, this seems to be a natural decision. Today, we'll decide whether it's actually worth your time and money.

We'll be speaking about the following:

1. What do you need to do to black out your Hyundai Palisade?
2. How much money will it cost?
3. Is it worth the time and money you invest in the process?
4. Why don't we recommend critical changes in the way your car looks?

Let's get started!

Hyundai Palisade blacked out - what should you do?

Actually, there are no rules that could limit or determine the way you should black out your car to complete this process. Someone will just buy new rims and make a window tint to black out his or her Palisade. But we think it's not enough. If you start doing that, better write down the list of things you should change. We are warning you - the budget should be considered!

First of all, you should have a black Palisade. Although, we've seen a couple of white Palisades that had been blacked out. And the results were really cool. We don't know if it works well with other colors, though. But the best choice for being blacked out is still a black vehicle.

Your Palisade may go through these changes:

1. New rims. Black rims are the first thing you should consider. You may choose one of the two ways: to buy new black rims or to paint your rims black. If you buy new ones, make sure that there are no silver or chrome parts on them, just black.
2. Window tint. Apparently, you will not have your work finished until you use the window tint. Choose the tint that looks black as night, but be careful and make sure it's not illegal in your state.
3. Chrome parts. The Palisade has a lot of chrome parts like a Hyundai logo, some inserts in the front part and on the trunk door. You should repaint those parts or just buy new and paint them if you consider turning back to chrome parts in the future.
4. Front bumper and grille. A Palisade will have a grey insert in the front bumper. It should also be repainted or wrapped. Then, the chrome grille is probably the most complicated thing to turn black. Repainting is the best option here.
5. Taillights. You can use special paint and black out the tail lights on your Palisade. They are originally red, so after being blacked out they will not stand out that much of the final design.

Pay attention to all other parts. One of the mistakes we've seen was the license plate frame. It can be black, but usually, these frames have some words, phone numbers, etc. on them. You can paint it black to get rid of those white phrases and figures. Then, many people forget about the chrome frame around the side windows in your car. It should also be blacked out.

The only thing that will remain original is the front optics. You shouldn't tint the headlights, it's illegal in most places. Also, the fog lights and daylights shouldn't be tinted, too. All other parts you may change. And this may seem like a simple task, but you will have to do a lot of work to complete the process.

What are the main problems?

We suppose that the hardest task will be to paint the grille and also to deal with the chrome parts. The most appropriate strategy is to buy new decoration parts and paint them black. Then you will have the chance to keep the original chrome parts and to install them back if you feel like that. If you destroy the chrome decoration and paint the parts black, there is no way you can get it all back.

Also, we think that one of the biggest problems is the budget of your Palisade being blacked out. When you have the idea of making your Hyundai SUV entirely black, you can't even guess how much it will cost you. And sometimes the budgets are so surprising that you would have given up the idea if you had known this before. So, let's talk about the prices.

Ho much is to black out the Palisade?

If you want your car to be blacked out, you should save up some money. First of all, you will need to pay for labor because you will need to have some parts of your car painted. You are not supposed to paint them in your garage using a cheap can of spray paint because the results in this case will be just awful.

You will want to go to a special service that paints cars and car parts in a professional camera with good equipment. And the labor costs will sometimes be the most significant. Although you will pay a lot for labor, you can't count it all up before you start. And this is one of the worst things we should tell you now.

So, here's what we know for sure about the prices:

1. Rims. Originally, different trims of the Palisade have the 18-, 19-, 20-, and 21-inch rims. These rims are quite big and they are not cheap at all. We would say that good black rims will cost you about $1000, and yes, this is the cheapest option that we would recommend you buy.
2. Paint job. Painting all those thin and tiny chrome parts is not cheap at all. You will not need a lot of paint, but the labor will cost a lot because it includes taking apart some parts of your Hyundai, painting them, and then reassembling these parts.
3. Window tint. We would say that the cheapest option if we are talking about good specialists and materials, will be around $500. This is the minimal price you will pay for tinting windows on your Palisade.
4. Taillight tint. You can do it by yourself, but we don't recommend it. If you do something wrong, you will need to buy new taillights that are extremely expensive. So, you will need to pay at least $150 per lens to tint them.
5. Also, some tiny parts that you are expected to black out to achieve success in your project will cost you some money. And sometimes, these tiny parts take a lot of money from your budget.

We would say it's never possible to predict the precise budget of your project when you start. The blacked-out Hyundai Palisade may eventually cost you much more than you expect now. Well, the minimal price that we now can think of is around $2800-3000. Are you ready to invest that much to have a totally black vehicle?

We don't say that it isn't worth the investment, but we have some more wonderful ideas of where you can invest your 3 grands. But still, if you have some money to spare and you really love how those totally black Palisades look, you can choose to invest in this. One tip - always count your budget before you start with the next step.

Why won't we black out our Hyundai Palisade?

Well, no one of our editors and writers actually drives Palisade. So, maybe, when we get one, we will also think about blacking out this car. But now, as we drive our Fords and Chevys with quite traditional design features, we aren't ready to invest our money in this.

And we have a simple explanation for you:

• this will not make your car look much better than it looks now - the Palisade is a beautiful new vehicle that is very up-to-date and cool-looking;
• you will not be able to get back to the original design without paying again, and this is one of the factors that we don't like;
• you will lose the price of your Hyundai SUV on the market - it will immediately become cheaper because of some changes in design;
• you will not get any pleasure when driving because you literally don't see the exterior of your car when you drive, you see the interior;
• it's too expensive to just show off or something, so we are apparently out of this.

As you see, you have some things to think about. Be careful with making your final decision and consider all advantages and disadvantages of changing the way your Hyundai looks.

Final words

We love new Hyundais and we adore the way they look. These are not the cars for someone who wants to show off at all. These vehicles are made for families who want to drive comfortably and not to stand out a lot on the road. But if you are ready to spend thousands of dollars, you can black out your Hyundai Palisade and make it look pretty cool. The question is: are you ready to invest that much?