New Stinger Owner

[Schwibbles]

Hey everyone, my name is David. I'm the proud new owner of an 18 GT in micro blue. I have been looking for cars for awhile and was mainly looking at Infiniti Q50S models because the Stingers were out of budget. I found this one last week at the top of my budget and had to see it. Two days later, I drove almost 2 hours to see the car and buy it. It's a wonderful, 1-owner car with 15,400 miles. The original owner even left a matching Hotwheels car in the glovebox.

I am excited to start upgrading my Stinger with a homelink mirror, hardwired radar detector, a rebadge, and fixing the minor hatch rattle.
The mirror upgrade, hatch rattle, and rebadge seem pretty straight-forward, but if anyone has any suggestions for hardwiring my Valentine 1, that would be greatly appreciated. I currently plan on piggy-backing off of a fused (and accessory-switched) circuit in the fuse box below the steering wheel to keep everything simple and safe.
I just need help to find the best way to get the wire up through the dash underneath the A-pillar. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be really helpful.

Anyway, I hope to learn a lot while I'm here and can't wait to get started!

 

[MerlintheMad]

Matching Hot Wheels, love it. No chance of me getting one, with a Silky Silver (I have collected all four colors to date, though, and I keep a few in my hatch in case I see a Stinger parked; and then I can slip one under the windshield wiper). Welcome to the forum.

 

[AtomicGTL]

Matching Hot Wheels, love it. No chance of me getting one, with a Silky Silver (I have collected all four colors to date, though, and I keep a few in my hatch in case I see a Stinger parked; and then I can slip one under the windshield wiper). Welcome to the forum.

Hoping to bump into you someday with a blue one under my windshield wiper.

Also welcome fellow blue stinger

 

[Rodtheviking]

Nice V70R. I came from a 06 S60R M66, nice upgrade.

Welcome.

 

[Kia Stinger]

Hey everyone, my name is David. I'm the proud new owner of an 18 GT in micro blue. I have been looking for cars for awhile and was mainly looking at Infiniti Q50S models because the Stingers were out of budget. I found this one last week at the top of my budget and had to see it. Two days later, I drove almost 2 hours to see the car and buy it. It's a wonderful, 1-owner car with 15,400 miles. The original owner even left a matching Hotwheels car in the glovebox.

I am excited to start upgrading my Stinger with a homelink mirror, hardwired radar detector, a rebadge, and fixing the minor hatch rattle.
The mirror upgrade, hatch rattle, and rebadge seem pretty straight-forward, but if anyone has any suggestions for hardwiring my Valentine 1, that would be greatly appreciated. I currently plan on piggy-backing off of a fused (and accessory-switched) circuit in the fuse box below the steering wheel to keep everything simple and safe.
I just need help to find the best way to get the wire up through the dash underneath the A-pillar. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be really helpful.

Anyway, I hope to learn a lot while I'm here and can't wait to get started!

Welcome aboard! And thank you for signing up. I’m glad you found us! And congratulations on your new Stinger. That’s cool of the previous owner to leave the matching Hot Wheels Stinger. Check out the forum store and vendor section for all sorts of mods and upgrades. What did the Stinger replace for you?

 

[RedCal]

Welcome to the hive!

 

[Harshman]

Welcome!

 

[777David]

Welcome and congrats!

 

[Shawn @ K8 Stinger Store]

Hey Schwibbles,

Welcome to the Stinger Forum and congrats on your new Kia!

Your new Micro Blue GT looks fantastic and its pretty sweet to see they left you a Hot Wheels car.

If you are looking at installing any aftermarket or OEM parts in the future, you should check us out.

We have one of the largest selections of Kia Stinger products in the world on our website www.K8StingerStore.com.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need a discount on your order!

Enjoy the new ride,

Daniel @ the K8 Stinger Store​

 

[Schwibbles]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I can already tell this is going to be a great forum experience and the Stinger community is awesome.

Nice V70R. I came from a 06 S60R M66, nice upgrade.

Welcome.

Thanks! Mine is an 04 M66. It's beginning to take a dive now that it's at 235,000 miles and I don't want to have to replace the clutch in another few thousand miles.
It's going to be a sad day when that goes, but I'm loving the Stinger already. I'll be honest, the first day I had the Stinger I already started missing my manual in the R. That's going to be a tough adjustment for me.

Welcome aboard! And thank you for signing up. I’m glad you found us! And congratulations on your new Stinger. That’s cool of the previous owner to leave the matching Hot Wheels Stinger. Check out the forum store and vendor section for all sorts of mods and upgrades. What did the Stinger replace for you?

Thank you!
It's eventually going to replace my 04 Volvo V70R M66 that's in one of the pictures but I'm going to keep that around for a little while since I'm buying a house and will be moving in in a few weeks. It's a better car for hauling around furniture and other stuff.
I'll definitely check out the forum store; love to support forums when I can.

Hey Schwibbles,
Welcome to the Stinger Forum and congrats on your new Kia!
Your new Micro Blue GT looks fantastic and its pretty sweet to see they left you a Hot Wheels car.​

Thank you! I already placed an order for a few small things before I joined the forum and it should be here Friday. I'll definitely be back for more in the future.

 

[Shawn @ K8 Stinger Store]

Thank you! I already placed an order for a few small things before I joined the forum and it should be here Friday. I'll definitely be back for more in the future.

Awesome, thank you so much for placing an order with us! Glad to hear we were able to help you out. Cheers!