What did you do to your Kia Stinger today?

[jmf_tracy]

Someone actually made a fairly in-depth video of it already. It includes install, interior, and exterior portions. It's nearly 20 minutes long. I'm surprised they haven't seen it already, it was pretty popular earlier in the year.

yeah, there are a lot of other videos already with the ARK exhaust.

 

[Kamauxx]

yeah, there are a lot of other videos already with the ARK exhaust.

I edited my post and put the videos in it for them to see/hear.

As always folks, best to use head phones when listening to exhaust videos. They completely change the sound.

 

[TwistedOrca]

Looked at how dirty "Betsy" is, pointless to wash with all the forecasted rain. Will focus on the interior...today.

 

[AV8R]

Took her for a spin on some back roads on this lovely autumn day. View attachment 14714

Now thats a calendar shot!

 

[Bryan3.3]

Thanks for the photos. Who sells them again?

I purchased from @ImportSharkMike

 

[TwistedOrca]

Just bling

Weight difference, im hoping?

 

[TwistedOrca]

What did I do with my Kia Stinger today? Added some tint and took a road trip to North Carolina for some spirited driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway and surrounding areas near Asheville.

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Nice, be up in Cade's Cove n Parkway soon.

 

[Johnni]

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It can be an overlay or remove OEM if you wanted. The fit would be no different due to how thin the OEM one is. There are no gaps around it, fits well.

Where you got that from...I plan to replace my current badge say Stinger because it had little gap and it bother me every time I look at it. NVM I just saw your respond its from Import Shark and will order one for me.

 

[Crisis]

More "what I did with my Stinger" rather than "what I did to my Stinger".

Winter arrived here overnight in the form of a couple inches of wind-driven snow over recently frozen rain that had fallen most of yesterday. Needless to say, the streets were something of a sh*tshow. The drive home radio report stared with "this weather sucks" and then proceeded to list a litany of traffic troubles all over the city. No real problem for me because I'd put on my winter tires a couple of weeks ago and was ready. The Nokians worked great and I had no issues getting around.

The fun part arrived at the end of the day. I took a detour on my drive home and stopped by the empty parking lot of our local hockey arena. I put it into Sport mode, turned off the traction control and just did donuts for a couple of minutes. It was a blast. I've often said that my only complaint about my Stinger is that it won't accommodate my juvenile desire to do smokey burnouts. Well, today I channelled my inner 16 year old and had a riot. I'd never turned donuts in an AWD car before and it was very entertaining seeing all the snow flying up from the front tires.

I'll go back to be responsible tomorrow, but it was a lot of fun out there today.

 

[MerlintheMad]

More "what I did with my Stinger" rather than "what I did to my Stinger".

No. That was what you did "to" your Stinger; you treated her like a VW Beetle, the best vehicle for doing donuts in the snow ever invented. I can't picture myself doing what you described in my Stinger.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Here is what I did "to" my Stinger this afternoon: showed her a LAFerrari, just inside the showroom. Do we feel inferior? Not a bit. The LAFerrari had no price tag showing. Didn't need to; it's ridiculous, like comparing alien lifeforms to a Stinger. The car is almost impossibly gorgeous, and even the other Ferraris in the showroom were outclassed. It is its own class. The "mortal" Ferraris were listing a quarter million to a third of a million. Heh. My Stinger goes fast enough. And by comparison, it's almost free!

 

[AV8R]

Here is what I did "to" my Stinger this afternoon: showed her a LAFerrari, just inside the showroom. Do we feel inferior? Not a bit. The LAFerrari had no price tag showing. Didn't need to; it's ridiculous, like comparing alien lifeforms to a Stinger. The car is almost impossibly gorgeous, and even the other Ferraris in the showroom were outclassed. It is its own class. The "mortal" Ferraris were listing a quarter million to a third of a million. Heh. My Stinger goes fast enough. And by comparison, it's almost free!
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If u cross a ferrari and a stinger you get a finger...lol

 

[Ozstung]

Personally I find the Spreek spoiler a bit too aggressive for my taste (It looks good but I don't know if I could pull it off) so I went for a recently added alternative design of the Spreek spoiler called "version 2". (I am waiting for delivery ATM)

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Version 1 (left) vs version 2 (right)
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Hi Xot1 where did you purchase the spoiler from please?

 

[xot1]

Hi Xot1 where did you purchase the spoiler from please?

It was through a grouped purchase but I think it was ordered to Spreek directly, but currently there are crazy delivery delays (over 1month...).

 

[Luc]

Dynamatted the entire trunk including taking out the battery and dynamat underneath it.
took about 3~4 hours.
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Looking good! Did you get it to mask out the sound a a stock or non-stock exhaust? What are your impressions of your results? Thanks!

 

[jmf_tracy]

Looking good! Did you get it to mask out the sound a a stock or non-stock exhaust? What are your impressions of your results? Thanks!

it helps quite a bit, but does not completely mask out the sound. IMO it is worth the time & money spent.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Powder coated by tips yo....

 

[Get Stung]

was that costly? Like the look!

 

[nhcowboy28]

was that costly? Like the look!

Local industrial powder coating shop near my home. $40. Like I assume it was per tip or for each welded piece. Nope. $40 for both. I gave the owner a very generous tip.

 

[Get Stung]

That's worth a look into, thx for the info. I'd be all over that.