Kia Stinger - Australia discussions (pre-release)

[jburns]

It's nice to meet Doris! Thank you for the introduction! I forget, what did she replace?

His wife.

 

[Skyguy]

His wife.

Mistress!

 

[Tazztattoo]

these pages from the new / December edition of Wheels (Australia) Magazine.

Kia really does need to work on their communications processes.

According to the advertisement capped price servicing is out to 105,000kms

and the back page vehicle specs section states the different variants with different fuel consumption numbers?

 

[Ozstung]

His wife.

boom boom ,beat me to the punchline he now sleeps in the garage.

 

[Larry Denen]

That's better than sleeping with the fish!

 

[John H]

Just heading over to the dealer to pick up this baby!

 

[James]

View attachment 1068 Just heading over to the dealer to pick up this baby!

Looks good mate, enjoy

 

[sticks]

check this out. look at the charts & video's

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/JUNB-L-Exhaust-System-GT-Ver-for-KIA-2018-2019-2020-STINGER-3-3L-Turbo/122804893359?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=1c6282ae87e7465bafb8c756e67584aa&pid=100675&rk=1&rkt=15&sd=122804893359&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Ab6308c63-cb4b-11e7-82c8-74dbd18044f9%7Cparentrq%3Ac821a78e15f0ab6b423ff9d9fffd46c0%7Ciid%3A1

 

[James]

check this out. look at the charts & video's

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/JUNB-L-Exhaust-System-GT-Ver-for-KIA-2018-2019-2020-STINGER-3-3L-Turbo/122804893359?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=1c6282ae87e7465bafb8c756e67584aa&pid=100675&rk=1&rkt=15&sd=122804893359&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Ab6308c63-cb4b-11e7-82c8-74dbd18044f9%7Cparentrq%3Ac821a78e15f0ab6b423ff9d9fffd46c0%7Ciid%3A1

it sounds terrible...it sounds like someone put a bloody trumpet in the exhaust system

 

[richard]

Told ya you get before the weekend mate. Enjoy John

 

[sticks]

I hope we get to hear the Australian version before we buy. My dealer is going to fit one to the demo when exhausts arrive he has ordered 6 of them. The power increase is more than our version.

 

[richard]

Must agree if sound like that will cancel my order.

 

[John H]

Told ya you get before the weekend mate. Enjoy John

You were spot on Richard. What a machine!

 

[richard]

Just looking at the Australian Kia website and it now list accessories for the stinger but there is no bimodal exhaust listed. That’s strange.

 

[richard]

just watch a YouTube review of the stinger by The StraightPipes. They show the orange stinger with a Borala exhaust and it sounds fantastic. They also have the West Coast customs blue stinger and that sound average.

 

[SDZ007]

I got my stinger today.... Well.... Probably won't have my licence for long that's for sure. I re badged the stinger all good except for the front badge needs one of the pins removed to fit.

hi mate .. when you removed the rear kia badge did it have holes.. I'm planning on changing the kia to the stinger script badge

 

[SDZ007]

and how did you go about removing the kia badges? fishing line?

what's the best way to alight the stinger script at the back

 

[Chillgoon]

For those all in Australia, I saw some comments earlier but has anything been confirmed regarding what fuel we should be running. I read that its been engineered for 91, but does that mean it wont run as well with the 98 vortex (which is all I have put in it to date)?

 

[Ozstung]

For those all in Australia, I saw some comments earlier but has anything been confirmed regarding what fuel we should be running. I read that its been engineered for 91, but does that mean it wont run as well with the 98 vortex (which is all I have put in it to date)?

Going back through the forum on a few occasions this question has been raised. You might want to back pedal through. My take was that the engine has been designed to use 91 and basically anything else was judged to be a waste. Someone also added a video from youtube by john cadogan who appears to be some authority check it out.

 

[Tazztattoo]

For those all in Australia, I saw some comments earlier but has anything been confirmed regarding what fuel we should be running. I read that its been engineered for 91, but does that mean it wont run as well with the 98 vortex (which is all I have put in it to date)?

There is no performance issue running higher Octane 95 or 98 but at the same time there is no meaningful performance benefit. Save your money for something else you can actually appreciate.

Pick up our original thread on the subject here:

https://stingerforum.org/threads/kia-stinger-australia-discussions-pre-release.168/page-50#post-7434