What did you do to your Kia Stinger today?

[Deviate]

Swapped out my White Line endlinks for Godspeed ones.
Did this to correct the position of the Swaybars was able to choose my preferred length instead of just something generic for the car

What lengths did you go with I looked at those

 

[socalvn]

What lengths did you go with I looked at those

Fronts 280-310mm Installed almost at 280mm or 11"
Rears 180-210mm Cut Down 1" each end. Or installed about 6" length

 

[LordKOTL]

It's pretty easy considering you can remove the trim from the doors, the only one I didn't want to attempt to remove was the trim by the rear windshield because I broke 1 tab on the passenger side and had to 3M that down, but there's enough of a gap to free style that or if you can remove them safely and wrap them better that way. If your doing a vinyl wrap it will be much easier compared to the 3M film cause its thinner material (I did wrap one in black but ended up just going for the 3M PPF cause I wanted to keep the smokey look)

I would highly recommend a really good sharp xacto knife or some blade that can cut the film, and make sure you buy the right amount as well, I got a 6" x 96" roll and this was enough to do all of them and some leftover, but not enough to do a redo if its really bad. Also make sure when you wrap it you wrap it towards the back around the edge/curve so that its not just the front that's covered.

Heres some photos of it up close, as you can tell its not good, but for the most part, people I've driven they haven't bat an eye on it unless I told them specifically to look at it and because my stupid xacto knife I cut with wasn't sharp enough I had to use like mini scissors from a pedicure set to cut the film (the bad ones are the rear trim pieces that I didn't remove from the car)

worse case scenario you probably can remove the trim pieces and take it to a professional wrap shop and get it done, I dont seeing this costing a lot honestly.

For the trim removal, do you just carefully pry it up? My Google-fu is lacking today and I can't find a how-to or a write up.

 

[Alphazone]

For the trim removal, do you just carefully pry it up? My Google-fu is lacking today and I can't find a how-to or a write up.

pretty much, for both doors start in the middle at the B pillars and work your way towards the end slowly and or if you have a plastic trim tool thing slide it down slowly and it'll pop out. The trim thats on the trunk you start at the point end and move upwards but thats all I can say since I didn't remove that piece.

theres some experience in the Trim looks like crap thread all about the trim and what other people have done as well.

 

[LordKOTL]

pretty much, for both doors start in the middle at the B pillars and work your way towards the end slowly and or if you have a plastic trim tool thing slide it down slowly and it'll pop out. The trim thats on the trunk you start at the point end and move upwards but thats all I can say since I didn't remove that piece.

theres some experience in the Trim looks like crap thread all about the trim and what other people have done as well.

Thanks!

 

[Deviate]

Fronts 280-310mm Installed almost at 280mm or 11"
Rears 180-210mm Cut Down 1" each end. Or installed about 6" length

Much appreciated!!

 

[ldp82]

put the eibach rear bar on within 1000 miles from new. it was an improvement. However I felt some front end float or vagueness at turn in. Just put the front bar on. excited for my ride home tonight. I hope traffic isn't too bad and I can feel it out.

 

[Snicklefritz]

put the eibach rear bar on within 1000 miles from new. it was an improvement. However I felt some front end float or vagueness at turn in. Just put the front bar on. excited for my ride home tonight. I hope traffic isn't too bad and I can feel it out.

I rode for a year plus on just the rear bar and experienced the uncertainty in the steering and adapted, happy with the buttoned down feel in the rear bar. when I did the front bar it surprised me how the steering feedback is great at all speeds in curves. no more 'float' as you put it. it was a more dramatic improvement than the rear bar in my estimation.

 

[ldp82]

I rode for a year plus on just the rear bar and experienced the uncertainty in the steering and adapted, happy with the buttoned down feel in the rear bar. when I did the front bar it surprised me how the steering feedback is great at all speeds in curves. no more 'float' as you put it. it was a more dramatic improvement than the rear bar in my estimation.

I am a believer. Car rides fine with eibach sways set soft front and rear. car feels much more planted, the float is gone. another big + is I can pull away from intersections much harder. Before the body roll would unweight a tire and allow for a little wheel spin, nothing crazy or even drifty just a squeak. this was however enough to cause stability control to cut power. The reduction in roll allows more power to be applied while accelerating and turning.

 

[namja]

Did my biannual/annual drive down to Southern California, which btw I only ran into G70s. Not once did I see another Stinger until I got to the Lozic HQ in Temecula, CA.

At the Lozic HQ....

Made my way to Lozic USA HQ last week to retune my ECU from 1.25 bar, and TCU retune to add Power By Mode and change the downshifting harshness (among many other revisions). Ambient temperature in Temecula, CA was ~100F. Would've wanted to retune for e30/wmi but I don't see myself doing that any time soon, nor do I regularly fill up with e85.

 

[Ohiocruiser]

Drove my 18 gt in sport mode for the whole day, and 120 miles. Usually it's always in comfort mode. What a car kia came out with. After almost 3 years and 100k+ miles on odometer I still like it the day I got it. She's a keeper.

 

[stonecoulter]

So I've been modding my 22 GT2 over the past 1.5 years and figured it was time to take it out to Summit Point for a HPDE and see what it would do. Here's some of the things i noticed -

• After the first session my tires jumped from 35psi to 43psi, had to let air out after that and every other session
• I was able to hit 130+mph on their main straight, then the pucker factor would kick in because i had to scrub off around 100mph to make it around a tight turn 1. Thankfully the brakes never faded.
• It was difficult being smooth because Sport mode ramps up the accelerator feel and also 20psi boost kicks in. My instructor suggested switching from Sport to Comfort for the accelerator mapping and that helped a lot.
• I was paddle shifting and would only use gears 3,4,5. Approaching red line in 5th after 130mph.
• Car was very predictable/neutral in the corners near the limit of traction
• After the first session a guy came over and asked what i'd done to the car, he said he has a V8 Camaro and i was pulling away from him on the straights
• I burned thru a lot of gas and had to fill up mid-day, my average mpg was 6.2

At the end of the day my instructor told me that the car is running great, don't need to do anything but me on the other hand could benefit from some more seat time. True that, and soon.

 

[Scorpion24]

So I've been modding my 22 GT2 over the past 1.5 years and figured it was time to take it out to Summit Point for a HPDE and see what it would do. Here's some of the things i noticed -

At the end of the day my instructor told me that the car is running great, don't need to do anything but me on the other hand could benefit from some more seat time. True that, and soon.

Pretty cool man. I’ve yet to track my car but reading this makes me want to. I would need better break pads though. Mine aren’t meant for track.

 

[NS_Stinger]

So I've been modding my 22 GT2 over the past 1.5 years and figured it was time to take it out to Summit Point for a HPDE and see what it would do. Here's some of the things i noticed -

• After the first session my tires jumped from 35psi to 43psi, had to let air out after that and every other session
• I was able to hit 130+mph on their main straight, then the pucker factor would kick in because i had to scrub off around 100mph to make it around a tight turn 1. Thankfully the brakes never faded.
• It was difficult being smooth because Sport mode ramps up the accelerator feel and also 20psi boost kicks in. My instructor suggested switching from Sport to Comfort for the accelerator mapping and that helped a lot.
• I was paddle shifting and would only use gears 3,4,5. Approaching red line in 5th after 130mph.
• Car was very predictable/neutral in the corners near the limit of traction
• After the first session a guy came over and asked what i'd done to the car, he said he has a V8 Camaro and i was pulling away from him on the straights
• I burned thru a lot of gas and had to fill up mid-day, my average mpg was 6.2

At the end of the day my instructor told me that the car is running great, don't need to do anything but me on the other hand could benefit from some more seat time. True that, and soon.

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Awesome! What brake pads, rotors and brake fluid did you use?

 

[stonecoulter]

Awesome! What brake pads, rotors and brake fluid did you use?

I went with EBC yellow stuff pads and Motul RBF600 fluid, rotors are stock.

 

[Transmetal]

Pretty cool man. I’ve yet to track my car but reading this makes me want to. I would need better break pads though. Mine aren’t meant for track.

I was thinking the same thing. Although I'd probably want a new set of tires for the track, along with new pads.

 

[Ric 'Ochet]

Swapped the silver paddle shifters for CF ones…feel soooo niceeeee….

 

[B1ackAlloy]

So finally did the brake upgrade after the front rotors were shot. Switched over to Girodisc 2 piece, Concept 3 SS lines, Motul BF, and Counterspace Garage pads.

In regards to the Counterspace Garage pads they are laser cut specific to the stinger. I do not think anyone has used them on this forum so I will be the guinea pig. Life on the pad is suppose to exceed anything on the market for the stinger. In addition dust is suppose to be pretty minimal.

First reaction is the bite of these pads feel fantastic. Absolutely zero squeal during the brake in process and there is no clunking sound what so ever. Seems like the more you brake the better they get. Still early so I will try and update down the road.

The weight savings with the Girodisc rotors is noticeable right off the bat and that alone will be worth it.

If anyone is interested in the CSG pads just shoot them a DM on IG or send an email over to them. I provided pics below of the pad model below.

 

[Shrike]

I replaced my air filters and cabin air filter, with a little help from the resident mechanic.

 

[LordKOTL]

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KITTAH!

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