Plans To "Rice" vs "Nice"

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Hey everyone!

I wanna start modding my car (deciding on which catback to pick up early summer)... it's been a year... going to start with some cosmetics! I do have a few questions though!

1 - My 2020 Stinger has "Kia" on the front bumper, steering wheel, and wheel center caps. I want to replace them with something like this...
wheel caps: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...215143900867_COVER_1024x1024.jpg?v=1584909410
steering wheel: https://www.stinger-performance.com/store/image/cache/catalog/Overlays/KSW-500x500.jpg
front bumper: https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-nwr...753/20180215_094635__79014.1532672253.jpg?c=2

I am on this webpage in the forum banner "KDMWAREHOUSE" but I do not see these designs. I'm fine going for an alternative for the front bumper, steering wheel, and wheel center caps as long as they are all matching. For example if this overlay https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...ering-wheel-emblem_1024x1024.jpg?v=1598883964 could be put on everything that could work too.

2 - My rear bumper has "Stinger" in the top center and "GT" on the middle right. Both are white/silver (OEM) from the factory. Would it be better to remove them and replace them with blacked out versions of identical emblems or is there a solid way to perhaps plastidip/spray them? I am considering taking off "GT" and leaving "Stinger" on the top center but I would like the "Stinger" to be black.

Thank you all!

 

[MerlintheMad]

Double black badges to match a gloss black "Stinger" on the hatch lid would make better design consistency sense. If you retain chrome in the other badges, keep the chrome "Stinger" script in the back. Personally, the red "K" does not work for me.

 

[ChaneRZ]

I don’t dig the k looking like a Lexus. That is just me though.

 

[DoctorStiches]

I say think twice buy once and measure throughout lol

 

[RedCal]

Hey everyone!

I wanna start modding my car (deciding on which catback to pick up early summer)... it's been a year... going to start with some cosmetics! I do have a few questions though!

1 - My 2020 Stinger has "Kia" on the front bumper, steering wheel, and wheel center caps. I want to replace them with something like this...
wheel caps: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...215143900867_COVER_1024x1024.jpg?v=1584909410
steering wheel: https://www.stinger-performance.com/store/image/cache/catalog/Overlays/KSW-500x500.jpg
front bumper: https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-nwr...753/20180215_094635__79014.1532672253.jpg?c=2

I am on this webpage in the forum banner "KDMWAREHOUSE" but I do not see these designs. I'm fine going for an alternative for the front bumper, steering wheel, and wheel center caps as long as they are all matching. For example if this overlay https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...ering-wheel-emblem_1024x1024.jpg?v=1598883964 could be put on everything that could work too.

2 - My rear bumper has "Stinger" in the top center and "GT" on the middle right. Both are white/silver (OEM) from the factory. Would it be better to remove them and replace them with blacked out versions of identical emblems or is there a solid way to perhaps plastidip/spray them? I am considering taking off "GT" and leaving "Stinger" on the top center but I would like the "Stinger" to be black.

Thank you all!

Do you want the "K" on the wheels... I just carbon'd mine out on my summers, and did a red wrap on my winters

Changing badges

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Winter Rim Setups

Oof, had my snow wheels/tires mounted and balanced without even considering that. Guess I'll find out this weekend if I'll have to have them balanced again when I go to put them on the car. Keep a close lookout at the silver spot on the brakes. The red spots cleared fine, but there are some...

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Did the front and rear badges (see sig pic) I would replace them... they are not expensive

Kia 3.0 KLexus Emblem Set for all Kia vehicles (Black Carbon w/Chrome)

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[WRXtoStingerGT]

1 - Thank you everyone for the replies!

2 - I only chose the red/black K combo or silver/chrome "L/K" since they seem to match all around. My car is white so I don't want to do anything that will look too off.

3 - I prefer overlays than actual emblems since you can just put the overlays over the badge and not risk messing anything up. It's also cheaper and easier!

4 - How does one "carbon" or "red smoke" their wheel cap like that? Looks really interesting...

5 - Are there any other custom overlays that can be matched with the wheel center caps, steering wheel, and front emblem? I don't want new badges. I just want overlays that fit.

6 - I know "blacking" out with plastidip or vinyl the rear "Stinger" and "GT" might be a tad tacky but I really want something that is contracting the color of my white exterior.

 

[Aarvix]

Title is confusing, so I'll chime on on how to "rice"

1. cut the exhaust off after the first cat.

2. Apply as many anime stickers as possible.

3. Wrap random parts in fake carbon fiber. Bonus points if the weave is crooked.

4. Underglow lights.

5. Install a Honda type R badge somewhere.

 

[DoctorStiches]

Title is confusing, so I'll chime on on how to "rice"

1. cut the exhaust off after the first cat.

2. Apply as many anime stickers as possible.

3. Wrap random parts in fake carbon fiber. Bonus points if the weave is crooked.

4. Underglow lights.

5. Install a Honda type R badge somewhere.

 

[RedCal]

4 - How does one "carbon" or "red smoke" their wheel cap like that? Looks really interesting...

Super easy! Buy some 3M (or other brand) vinyl wrap from Amazon (I considered gloss black as well)
You don't need much if doing just the centre caps basically four 4x4in squares
Centre the square on the centre cap and warm it with a hairdryer or heat gun, press out from middle out, work into the gap and trim the excess... the thinner vinyl will cut with a sharp fingernail, but an exacto knife is preferred. I can send you a close up pic if you want
You can do it with the wheels on or off the car

 

[RedCal]

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Needs more hello kitty

 

[Aarvix]

Zero Two is an exception obviously.

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Zero Two is an exception obviously.

What is that?

Super easy! Buy some 3M (or other brand) vinyl wrap from Amazon (I considered gloss black as well)
You don't need much if doing just the centre caps basically four 4x4in squares
Centre the square on the centre cap and warm it with a hairdryer or heat gun, press out from middle out, work into the gap and trim the excess... the thinner vinyl will cut with a sharp fingernail, but an exacto knife is preferred. I can send you a close up pic if you want
You can do it with the wheels on or off the car

Haha thank you friend!

Title is confusing, so I'll chime on on how to "rice"

1. cut the exhaust off after the first cat.

2. Apply as many anime stickers as possible.

3. Wrap random parts in fake carbon fiber. Bonus points if the weave is crooked.

4. Underglow lights.

5. Install a Honda type R badge somewhere.

LMFAO!

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Is that the girl from Naruto? I forget her name but she teams up with him and Saske.

 

[DoctorStiches]

Zero Two is an exception obviously.

I like yah already
@WRXtoStingerGT look for Darling in the Franxx and while your at it RE:Zero and .... hmmm honorable mention Cowboy Bebop

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

I like yah already
@WRXtoStingerGT look for Darling in the Franxx and while your at it RE:Zero and .... hmmm honorable mention Cowboy Bebop

OH IT'S ANIME!

Lmfao I'm so dumb!

Yeah I never really got into that stuff... although I do remember watching some Naruto and Dragon Ball Z when I was younger...

 

[MerlintheMad]

Anime is a product from H. E. double hockey sticks. It has turned my niece's brains to mush. It is also the gateway for luring impressionable minds into porn.

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Anime is a product from H. E. double hockey sticks. It has turned my niece's brains to mush. It is also the gateway for luring impressionable minds into porn.

Agreed.

Social media, anime, and "internet culture" unfortunately are very poisonous and dangerous. I avoid that stuff like a plague... although ironically I am on car forums... but I don't have a FB, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, SnapChat, etc...

 

[DoctorStiches]

Hate to say it but merlin is right.... strait to the porn :^b

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Hate to say it but merlin is right.... strait to the porn :^b

unfortunately that's how the masses are controlled and brain washed... constant backwards stimulation from porn, social media, adhd inducing applications like Snapchat and TikTok, and the list goes on... attention spans are dying while social anxiety and depression are rising... but it makes sense and it's smart since that is what fuels mindless spending, addiction to consumerism, and blindly believing something just because YouTube, CNN, and FaceBook repeat something over and over and over lmfao

I'll leave it at that...

I've never been a fan of stickers on cars btw (at least at a personal taste - doesn't bother me if others do it though lmfao)

 

[Aarvix]

I mean, there's plenty of wholesome anime without gratuitous fanservice, but if you prefer the pr0n, who am I to judge. Rule 34 exists for a reason.

This thread is off the rails, so I'll add another requirement to "rice" your stinger:


7: A giant wing; preferably attached to your trunk lid with mis-matched wood screws.

 

[RedCal]

I mean, there's plenty of wholesome anime without gratuitous fanservice, but if you prefer the pr0n, who am I to judge. Rule 34 exists for a reason.

This thread is off the rails, so I'll add another requirement to "rice" your stinger:


7: A giant wing; preferably attached to your trunk lid with mis-matched wood screws.

Needs at least 50% drywall screws