Rebelle Rally Hyundai Santa Cruz Modifications

Jill Ciminillo embarks today on the epic off-road navigational challenge for women, the Rebelle Rally. She'll be competing with fellow journalist Kristin VanderHey Shaw from The Drive, and their rally vehicle of choice is the Hyundai Santa Cruz, which they have lovingly named Sandy. In this video, Jill walks around the Santa Cruz with the Hyundai engineer who helped her team outfit the vehicle specifically for the Rally. Learn what parts they used, why they chose them, and how you can turn your own Hyundai Santa Cruz into an off-road rally rig!
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[@Wicked_Runs]

That's the coolest looking Santa Cruz I've seen. The color combo reminded me of the Tacoma Trail Edition. Hope it serves the BruteSquad well during the rally.

[@tylersrubar6451]

Who would've thought a Santa Cruz would actually look pretty cool as a little race truck!

[@Pickuptrucktalk]

Wait till you see it wrapped!

[@chrisb9478]

Hyundai should offer a similar setup for sale, like the Subaru Wilderness models

[@jillciminillo]

Agree

[@MsSSnow]

Really nice options. Good to see how these things would look on mine. The undercarage seems to be one of the sore spots I am hearing from santa cruz owners. Plastic ... foamy type under carage that don't give off roaders confidence in protection of their under carage. Good job with that. I have the availability to put racks on top of mine but have not put bars on as of yet. I did get a net for the back but.... not the fancy set up your showing in this. Do like the utility rack set up you had put in... if I ever graduate to canoe or kayak that is more heavy for me. I am a disabled adult so I have to watch out for things that are two heavy for me to handle. Those really nice canoes and kaykas are to heavy for me. Still struggling with the side runner steps in black. That are on mine. Because I have challenges with my feet and legs. I am however re-adjusting how I get in and out of the truck based on those steps. Still going to take me a while to learn how. As is sometimes the steps scrape up the back of my calves. I know some of you with perfect control of your legs and feet wouldn't understand here. Let me just say its a new learning curve for me. Peace out. P.S. You and your sound crew were such good sports about getting drowned out by the copter. This is good stuff. Laugh about it because you did great

[@thetonygist]

I love getting into the dirt with my Santa Cruz. I know I'm not supposed to do some of the things I do with a brand new car, but who cares what other people say. I bought it so I could drive it ... not look at it in the driveway. I'm not doing any difficult trails, but I'm definitely getting places and having fun. Seeing mods like this are definitely exciting. I found the lift kit on Truxxx, but I'm not seeing anything for the SC through this Rally Innovations they keep mentioning. Is any of this actually going to be available or is it all just for this Rebelle Rally build?

[@tjj5337]

My Santa Cruz is completely stock and it’s pretty good in muddy,snowy parking lots. I saw a Subaru get stuck at Sugarbush parking lot in Vermont and my Santa Cruz had NO problem handling the parking lot at all.

[@matthewbischoff4497]

So the bed crossbars are custom made/not for general sale. But I'm having a hell of a time finding that a-frame tire mount. Thing looks sick by the way

[@Kuzican01]

Hyundai really does some cool interior and exteriors. I really like this!

[@icare7151]

Hyundai must come out with a AWD hybrid version with their 5000lb towing capacity as Ford is working on a version for the Maverick!

[@rusty383]

I have a Santa Cruz and it already pulls 5 k and out performs the the Shoe Box already! Plus a 100 k warranty and free Synthetic Oil changes. That's the Price Difference!

[@michaelwagner3952]

Can you share info about the cross bars now that it’s been almost a year?

[@Johnny_Bee]

So cool

[@sexteaz]

Can we get a link to the front bar with the tow hooks

[@jillciminillo]

Thus was custom built by Rally Innovations…

[@darkerbrother1]

They really need to make them for the public

[@JCookGrime0]

Where can I buy the tire mount?

[@robertyoung8289]

Good lord this was hard to listen to. Still gave a thumbs up because she's so damn cute.

[@Pickuptrucktalk]

Yeah, sorry, technical issues, we had to filter the crap out of it to save the content, but we thought it was still worth sharing. Thanks for watching.

[@Valkyriesix6]

I actually like the idea of having led lights on the roof rack. As for tow hooks, I would love to see something like that for the market. I find it really concerning that the SC has no front exposed tow hooks. Now I don’t plan of off-roading my SC that often, but it’s a must in emergency situations ( bought Curt tow hitch to have at least a rear tow hook).

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE IT!!!! THAT IS ONE BADASS SANTA CRUZ!!!!! I LOVE EVERYTHING!!!!

[@andressantiago5637]

What lift kit did you use?

[@ALMX5DP]

Great looking build Jill! Love that it really transforms what I feel is a vehicle that is pretty urban oriented in stock form. You guys practice taking that spare off? Seems pretty high up, hope it’s not too difficult to replace in the event of a puncture.

[@jillciminillo]

We did practice, but thankfully no flats!

[@ALMX5DP]

@@jillciminillo woo!!!

[@nickclashez]

That’s far from what I would call a build lol just a few accessories

[@johnbehneman1546]

I LOVE MY MOTORSPORTS FAMILY!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!!

[@jimbianca9560]

Great truck! Can you tell me if you lifted it and how high? Also what is your tire size?? Thanks 😃

[@Pickuptrucktalk]

She’s off the grid. Going to be a bit until she can get back to you.

[@jimbianca9560]

@@Pickuptrucktalk Thanks

[@jimbianca9560]

@Brian McKay Can you please tell me the tire size? Hard for me to hear, thanks👍

[@jillciminillo]

Lifted 1 inch by Truxxx … 30-inch tires

[@jillciminillo]

@@jimbianca9560 about 30 inches with 17 inch rims

[@billloomis7611]

Who sells the lower bar by the skid plate? Great video despite the sound.

[@1976axerhand]

It will be nice to see how well the dct transmission holds up?

[@jillciminillo]

Perfectly fine. 8 days, 10 hours per day in extreme heat and no issues.

[@1976axerhand]

@@jillciminillo ty. I just saw that Hyundai has a recall of over 53 k of them, lucky me my 23 night edition is not on the nhtsb recall list.

[@jillciminillo]

@@1976axerhand recall covers 53k vehicles total … including Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Kona N, Elantra N, Veloster N. Not sure how many of those are specific to Santa Cruz.

[@makan1568]

@@1976axerhandso night edition doesn’t have problem with double clutch? I’m in Canada and we don’t have non turbocharged SC in offer. I don’t know what to think about 280 HP version.

[@1976axerhand]

@@makan1568 yes they do. on the facebook forums they have been at least 8 other owners of the night editions and they had the dct fault, i was one of them. mine also had the coolant issue and the right front wheel bearing was starting to fail at 3000 miles, so i got rid of it. just because it is not in the recall list does not mean it's safe.

[@floridadashcam]

The plastic around the wheel well is NOT aftermarket. It's totally factory.

[@dainja2]

Where are the bed racks from?

[@Pickuptrucktalk]

One-off concept bed rack developed by Hyundai. Not available for sale currently.

[@jillciminillo]

Rally Innovations did the raised rack holding the tire. It was custom for this truck.

[@phillipbellgreen592]

Swaybar disconnects!?

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! TOTALLY AWSOME VIDEO!!!! A MUST WATCH!!!!

[@peiguy1982]

A competitor to the Honda Ridgeline HPF, both plastic fender flare editions for looking mean going to the mall. Glad this video was taken in its natural environment.

[@sand0p0sse]

The spare could be held with a large wing but for faster removal..

[@welbyroberto6581]

It turned out that other Japanese automakers ( including Ford and GM) already came out with similar size pickups in Asia. We are slow

[@jayphive2468]

Sexy Santa Cruz! I’ll be copying some of this on mine 😊

[@carlcofr]

Wow she is tiny next to that little truck

[@makan1568]

Jesus so many whiners in the comment section 😂 Thank you for your video! It’s a beautiful car especially with stickers on the rally. Who did it if you don’t mind to ask? Thank you again

[@johnbehneman1546]

SUGGESTION: SEMA 2023!!!!

[@johnbehneman1546]

SUGGESTION: FOUR WHEELER MAGAZINE

[@bshi07]

So

[@johnbehneman1546]

SUGGESTION: HOT WHEELS

[@7106jazz]

Why show it and brag about some of this accesories if is not available.

[@RobVanDam1591]

Is it me or is she really small for the car/truck

[@trethehunter]

It won't last offload

[@user-kl9wn9ll3s]

Audio is horrible. But review is not bad.

[@Dazhimself]

The sound offended my ears..

[@uttamgala7186]

Polishing a turd! Nevertheless, always good to see Jill killing it.

[@thetruth5864]

pipe down cave man

[@mohaelyaddase1]

Why don’t they just take this damn video down and do another one? This is so stupid and annoying to listen to!! Had to stop a couple minutes into it smfh 🤦🏾🤦🏾

[@Pickuptrucktalk]

Because, obviously, we couldn’t do a new one. One time deal.

[@transit770]

Audio was terrible

[@Mason-to9fv]

can we get american 🇺🇸 real trucks contents. like 2023 HD 2500 at4. 😂😂

[@floridadashcam]

The Santa Cruz is built in Alabama.

[@nicolasrioual8206]

The sound of the video isn’t good

[@darkscience1466]

You know the engineer? Ask him about the 53k+ recall announced today due to the transmission system failure leading to loss of driver control. I would get that checked out before you go doing more Rally racing...Ooof.

[@ttoddh1]

Just redo the video. Not many people saw it. Not like you can't go and same spot same equipment. Don't put out junk you don't put a burnt steak on the customer's plate and say it was the heatwave outside. Just take down the video make a better one and come back.

[@Pickuptrucktalk]

Can't. This was a one-time opportunity.

[@WilliamCurry-bh3dk]

copter really ANNOYING

[@dennisd4452]

The wheels look like they came from the early 80’s. Really incredibly ugly. The design is -10 out off 100. People with no artistic skills and eye should have nothing to do with the aftermarket.