Hyundai Tiburon Spares

Hyundai Tiburon spares are available from our Lenasia South yard for both SA generations — the RD (1996-2001) and GK (2002-2008), sold locally as the Hyundai Coupe. Delta V6 engines, Beta 2.0 units, 5-speed manual gearboxes, pop-up headlight mechanisms (RD), GK body-kit panels and cosmetic interior trim that dealers no longer stock are our most-requested Tiburon lines. The Tiburon community in SA is tight-knit — if you need it, ask us before assuming it is unavailable.

The Hyundai Tiburon — sold in South Africa simply as the Hyundai Coupe — is a 2+2 sports coupe that ran across two distinct generations between 1996 and 2008. The first-generation RD with its pop-up headlights kicked off Hyundai's serious push into the sporty end of the passenger-car market, and the second-generation GK that arrived in 2002 brought sharper wedge styling and, for the first time, a genuine V6 option. Both generations have aged into modifier and enthusiast territory, which keeps parts demand steady even though new sales ended over fifteen years ago.

The engines are split clearly across the two generations. The RD ran the Beta family — G4GR 1.8 and G4GM 2.0 four-cylinders — paired with a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed automatic. The GK kept the Beta 2.0 as the entry powertrain (now in G4GC twin-cam form) and added the G6BA 2.7 Delta V6, which is the engine that turned the Coupe from a styling exercise into a properly fast car. The Delta V6 cars are increasingly collectible, and clean used Delta engines, ECUs and 5-speed manual gearboxes are the parts we are asked for most.

At Hyundai Spares SA the Tiburon sits in the enthusiast-niche category alongside the Veloster. We do not see daily volumes, but the Tiburon community in South Africa is tight-knit and tends to come to us for the parts no dealer will help with — the pop-up headlight motors and housings on RD cars, the Delta V6's intake plenum and EGR system, body-kit panels on the GK, and the cosmetic interior trim that is otherwise impossible to replace.