What did you do to your Kia Stinger today?

[moinmoin]

drive me nuts..

Nothing to worry, it's the perspective: the left side of the wheel is also shown larger than the right side - the spokes seem to be of different length. All is good.

 

[xot1]

Looks great especially with that CF steering wheel...well done sir

Thanks I got few more coming

That crooked/offset red stripe would drive me nuts..

It looks crooked but that is the angle of the picture. It is dead center. I agree that it may not be the taste of all.

Nothing to worry, it's the perspective: the left side of the wheel is also shown larger than the right side - the spokes seem to be of different length. All is good.

Exactly.

 

[leecm]

I’ve had mine in 18 months & no problems, I used SS mesh that I bought off eBay, from memory it was 10 mesh, you could source similar locally.
4/10/50/100 Mesh 304 Nonmagnetic Stainless Steel Woven Wire Filter Sheet 25x30cm | eBay
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How did you mount it? Sorry if this has already been answered.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

How did you mount it? Sorry if this has already been answered.

See page 383 & my post #7649

 

[NYdito]

Installed carbon fiber hood for myself and another local stinger owners. Tested out new struts from @ImportSharkMike works perfect no need for hood prop now. Going to get more pictures tomorrow.

Lightweight Hood Struts, importshark.com

 

[xot1]

Looks mean
Can we see the engine side of the hood?

 

[NYdito]

Looks mean
Can we see the engine side of the hood?

Tomorrow

 

[MerlintheMad]

Tomorrow

Yes, please. I am curious about where water would end up below.

 

[SafetyPilotCal]

Changed the oil and filter for the first time today. Why there is a "porthole" in the underbody aero for the oil filter but not the drain plug is beyond me, but okay. Then again the owners manual says to take it to the dealer for oil changes..

 

[NYdito]

Yes, please. I am curious about where water would end up below.

I few people have it local and we had snow, rain still no problems. It does not hit the intakes if that’s what you are worried about.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I few people have it local and we had snow, rain still no problems. It does not hit the intakes if that’s what you are worried about.

I'm concerned about the entire engineroom. Why admit water in there at all? It seems like a dunce-worthy thing to do. A while ago I suggested a design for real hood heat transfer vents: where the low point has a capture tray below it, with a hose that carriers all water down below the engine and lets it out above the ground. That way no water touches any part of the engine.

 

[NYdito]

I'm concerned about the entire engineroom. Why admit water in there at all? It seems like a dunce-worthy thing to do. A while ago I suggested a design for real hood heat transfer vents: where the low point has a capture tray below it, with a hose that carriers all water down below the engine and lets it out above the ground. That way no water touches any part of the engine.

There is a few that over that not this one and don’t really need it since I know it’s not effecting my engine

 

[xot1]

I'm concerned about the entire engineroom. Why admit water in there at all? It seems like a dunce-worthy thing to do. A while ago I suggested a design for real hood heat transfer vents: where the low point has a capture tray below it, with a hose that carriers all water down below the engine and lets it out above the ground. That way no water touches any part of the engine.

That is exactly what many people do here.

 

[xot1]

Today I swapped the gear knob.

 

[MerlintheMad]

That is exactly what many people do here.

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Looking that arrangement over closer this time, I see that the rain catch boxes are suspended below the vent openings. This detail I had missed before. Still, although some heated air transfer would occur, it seems that the escape area is very limited.

I was visualizing more of a shroud over each vent, standing "proud" above the hood, with the full length of the vent exposed to the underside of that shroud. The rear-facing end of the shroud would be open. Any water running down the hood into the shroud opening would be collected by a basin directly under the opening. And the hose would angle away to the corners of the engineroom below the windshield, and drop down from that point to approximately even with the under panels. The whole purpose of leaving the vent exposed to the engineroom would be to allow maximum heated air to escape.

All of this is a conceit, of course: so that you could point to actual functioning hood vents. But the existing arrangement in your pictures already obtains that much satisfaction as a mod.

 

[xot1]

Looking that arrangement over closer this time, I see that the rain catch boxes are suspended below the vent openings. This detail I had missed before. Still, although some heated air transfer would occur, it seems that the escape area is very limited.

I was visualizing more of a shroud over each vent, standing "proud" above the hood, with the full length of the vent exposed to the underside of that shroud. The rear-facing end of the shroud would be open. Any water running down the hood into the shroud opening would be collected by a basin directly under the opening. And the hose would angle away to the corners of the engineroom below the windshield, and drop down from that point to approximately even with the under panels. The whole purpose of leaving the vent exposed to the engineroom would be to allow maximum heated air escape.

All of this is a conceit, of course: so that you could point to actual functioning hood vents. But the existing arrangement in your pictures already obtains that much satisfaction as a mod.

They add/remove the water collectors using magnets according to the weather.

 

[MerlintheMad]

They add/remove the water collectors using magnets according to the weather.

Clever. I am impressed. I wondered how those were fastened with what look like "rivets" to the underside of the hood, without them showing up top. Now, all is revealed. Very slick. Now I'd be interested in swapping out my OE faux "vents" for real ones (with holes, lots of holes). But to do this, some body shop would have to remove all the metal under the OE "vents". Do your Korean friends export these magnetized boxes? And who makes that particular set of aftermarket real hood vents?

 

[Soca Boy]

Today I swapped the gear knob.

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Wow, that looks sweet. You did few updates to your Stinger this year.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

dba slotted rotors & dba pads fitted this afternoon.

 

[xot1]

Clever. I am impressed. I wondered how those were fastened with what look like "rivets" to the underside of the hood, without them showing up top. Now, all is revealed. Very slick. Now I'd be interested in swapping out my OE faux "vents" for real ones (with holes, lots of holes). But to do this, some body shop would have to remove all the metal under the OE "vents". Do your Korean friends export these magnetized boxes? And who makes that particular set of aftermarket real hood vents?

Some pics for you.
I don't know if they export, it is nothing fancy to make. The company that makes/installs them is called Rotek.