Well... im back just as quickly with a new question; How do you get the alternator out of the engine bay. It seems pretty evident where the bolts are, but how do you physically access it to pull it out and replace it ?

Also, how do you relieve the tension on the tensioner pulley?

assuming its the 4cyl. its not too hard. all work is done from the pass side above the car. the alt is the tensioner. its on a sliding lever. just losen up the holding nut and crank the bolt on the other end till its loose. you may need to loosen the lower alt bolt before hand to move it freely. once you get the belt off remove the plug and the power wire from the back. youll have to do it blind since its hard to see with your arm in their. once those are free remove the clip holding the power steering line thats attached to the strut tower. remove as many harness plugs and lines as you can from the hole youve been using to get your arms down at it. remove the lever lock nut from the alt and the lower bolt and it will be free. pull it up from the hole youve been using. you may have to twist and turn it abit to get it out. the more stuff you removed earlier will pay up now. takes me about 15min now.

Well .. just finished all this goodness, and it was not as bad as we initially thought. For anyone else who comes across this A few points to note

- If you take off the passenger side wheel, and remove the plastic shroud behind it, you will be looking directly at the alternator

- On my v6 model, their were only a few wires in the way that just needed to be moved

- The alternator is a relatively small one. I say this because i've done the same on my Camaro (which was on top of the engine, easily visible, hence no question about how to get it out) and the alternator was a mammoth. Having someone hold it in place from the bottom while you thread the bolts up top is helpful

- Tensioner pulley - If you have the cash, put up $70 and replace this at the same time. My new tensioner pulley had a square hole that perfectly fit a socket wrench without socket, however the OEM pulley did not have such a device. The oem pulley may require some special tool, or atleast a little ingenuity to relieve the tension. We were able to bypass this step by simply cutting the serpentine belt with some medical shears since it was going to be replaced anyway.

- Aside from 2 bolts to the engine block, their are 2 connectors in the back of the alternator that need to be disconnected. One is a clip on connector, the other a small nut inside of a weather pack connector.

- The point.. try it yourself if you are even slightly mechanically inclined. Your Hyundai dealer will want $460 to do this with a $170 part .