For anyone wondering what seems to be the only black design K3 C-Pillar plate you can order looks like, here it is. Just installed it today and in my opinion has a really drastic change for the look of the car for such a small cosmetic piece. Can't say it was cheap though. Purchased on Amazon for around $110 AUD. I will be changing the Weathershield covers to ones that come with the C-Pillar piece to make it look more flush.

 

Actually I did find a very limited edition carbon fiber one that was quite extreme. I ordered a set, but never got the chance to fit them on yet because it requires removing the quarter panel potion of the weather shield. Plus I was too lazy to paint them gloss black as I don't want any carbon on the car. But it looks like the seller might have sold out as it's no longer listed:

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Found an empty street and did a quick shoot

 

Man, I love your car's look. It is intimidating. LOL

 

Love how there always seems to be a purple hue coming off that color...nice!

 

It's been polished by HDR. Lol.

 

Herr der Ringe sounds good lol

 

Repainted the former V8 wheels to a glossy graphite. I think they add a bit more clarity to the wheel/body border.

I also ended up getting the Flow Design rear diffuser. It's a bit less aggressive but looks more integrated IMO.

 

would you be able to tell or provide a link of where to look for the round tips? thanks Arith

 

Looking good!

Ok Arith I have to say it:

You change your exhaust tips more often then I change my underwear...LOL!!!

JK...I never change my underwear!!!

 

Looking good!

Ok Arith I have to say it:

You change your exhaust tips more often then I change my underwear...LOL!!!

JK...I never change my underwear!!!

Lol! Funny you should mention that because I just swapped to the quad tips this morning as the oval tips were a bit too disproportionate.

 

 

Arith, what are the dimensions of the quad tips? Part number maybe?

Thanks!

 

Well it will depend on what system you're fitting them to. I fit them to the Xforce so it's 2.5" inlet and 3" per tip. So 6" max across each side. If you're fitting them to the stock pipes it's a 2.25" inlet.

 

I recently purchased a KIA Cerato GT 2022, was wondering if the xforce valved cat-back exhaust would fit on my car? (SELLID- ESKC19VKCS)

Just wanting to do some basic mods that wont kill the warranty on the car.

 

Is that the facelift year? If it is, it will fit as the cars are pretty much identical mechanically. We have quite a few face lift owners here in Australia with the Xforce.

 

Went back to the oval tips. Gives the rear a bit more depth.

 

Been raining heavily these past few weeks which in turn have created ginormous potholes. Thought it would be a bit safe swapping back to the 18s until road works patch up the holes.

 

what wheels are these and what is the size?

 

OK! I just read the 14 pages of conversation!
Because of you Arith I bought the spoiler the window outline the diffuser lol your xforce video makes me love my car even more, which I modified pretty much like your setup but with the air design front

 

 

im waiting now for receive diffuser and spoiler

 

Looks great! I wanted the Air Design front too but I was too cheap. Lol. Good luck with the remaining components!

 

thank you! and since the time have you modified it a little ?and do you have the link for the cap of the start button? never found one like this

 

do you have the link for the cap of the start button? never found one like this

Here you go. Just any cover that's 3cm should do should you desire another design:

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Damn I just receive the diffuser and just open the box and see this..
im crazy or its normal to pay 400$CAN and get something looks use


even the screws and bolts are ugly, it was not mentioned on their site that it came from a shed from the Second World War
this look so cheap for the price

 

Damn I just receive the diffuser and just open the box and see this..
im crazy or its normal to pay 400$CAN and get something looks use


even the screws and bolts are ugly, it was not mentioned on their site that it came from a shed from the Second World War
this look so cheap for the price

It looks like someone etched the lettering with a soldering iron.

 

is it normal?

 

Arith - can you provide your Xforce exhaust's part number for your GT sedan? Did the tailpipes fit perfectly, or did you have to extend them?

I'm guessing the 2019-2022 sedan GT and Forte5 GT do not share the same exhaust (just like the 2011-2018 sedans and Forte5s don't share exhausts.

Since the 2019-up Forte5 isn't available in the US I can't verify the exhausts on the Forte GTs and Forte5 GTs are different.

THANKS!

 

Part Number ESKC19VKCS (ESKC19VKCS - XFORCE AUSTRALIA)

The Xforce exhaust is adjustable at most of the joints. This allows freedom of how far out you want the tips, as well as extending the tip length for both the sedan and hatch versions.
When Xforce originally released the exhaust there was a bit of a mixup because they did all their measurements and testing on the sedan, which has a longer rear bumper than the hatch (equivalent to the Forte5). So all the hatch owners had to cut a bit of pipe to shorten the pipe that extends out to the tip.
So they released a 1.1 version where you could extend the piping of the tip as well. This lets you adjust to the different lengths of the exhaust tips.


As you can see here, the top stock exhaust is for the hatch (Forte5) while the sedan version is at the bottom.

In version 1.1, the piping after the bend can be adjusted to fit both versions

In the original version the pipe length after the bend was a fixed, single piece, which made it too long for the hatch owners. Version 1.1 fixes that by making the pipe length adjustable.

Like the other components, the exhaust tip itself is also a clamp on so that you can adjust how much poke it has from the bumper. Most people like it to have a lot of poke while I preferred a more subtle approach.

Since the tips were adjustable and replaceable, I got a bit obsessed and replaced the tips with alternate styles. Lol.

 

Send them the same pics you posted here & tell them you paid for brand new.

You didn't buy used,refurbished, returned or demonstrations parts.

Those are scratched up/used not brand new for the money you paid for.

 

Thanks for the "tip" Arith...

 

nice pics! I wanna mean the dash carpet

 

finally I went to get my car at the storage!! can you send me a photo for the trunk springs
I tried whatever configuration but it's not great

 

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Have you emptied both catch cans at the same time. If which had more in it

 

Somewhere in all these pages Arith mentioned this...he said the catch can between the PCV and intake has the oil while the catch can in the breather didn't have any oil to drain.

 

Thanks for the replies

 

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The other strut bars are @ $149

 

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The other strut bars are @ $149

Hehe. The others are made domestically. Ultra Racing is in Singapore or Malaysia so it's cheaper for Australia