Here are my new valve stems I got from Korea. Gotta love attention to detail!

 

Here are my new valve stems as well. Gotta love attention to detail!

Where'd you purchase these if you don't mind me asking?

 

I would say eBay. Keep it up bro I've got a spicy red and love mine.

 

Ebay. K5 valve stem caps.
Brand New Chrome Long Stainless Wheel Air Tyre Tire Valve Caps for K5 | eBay

 

Here is the gear shift K5 sticker mod. You have to get it centered just right, but mine's on there good. This is a REAL nice interior touch. Its red BTW the flash makes it look a little orange. From eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/191001721363?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

Next I put on some rear chrome garnish. Simple peel and stick. I like how this looks on the Sonata and several other cars and I think Its on mine to stay.
from eBay too: Chrome Rear Point Trunk Garnish Molding Fit Kia 2011 2012 2013 Optima K5 | eBay

 

Some aluminum foot pedals are a must! The dead pedal is a simple screw in type going right into the plastic flooring, while you have to wrestle with the brake pedal to remove the old and put new in its place. The gas pedal just slides down over the top of stock and its an easy fit. I love how these feel and look, HUGE interior improvement. eBay again: At Fuel Brake Foot Rest Footrest Pedals Fit for Kia K5 | eBay

 

Oh and did I mention I picked up a rear glass spoiler from KMP Trade as well. Really like having a glass spoiler, as it adds another dimension to the car. Applies easily with 3m tape. link: Glass Wing Rear Roof Spoiler Fit Kia 2010 2011 2012 2013 Optima K5 | eBay

 

Oh and did I mention I picked up a rear glass spoiler from KMP Trade as well. Really like having a glass spoiler, as it adds another dimension to the car. Applies easily with 3m tape. link: Glass Wing Rear Roof Spoiler Fit Kia 2010 2011 2012 2013 Optima K5 | eBay

Does the glass spoiler serve a purpose besides looks?

 

Next step was badges of course. I decided to do some 3D K Badging of the hood, trunk and steering wheel. Made sure I got some authentic badges due to all the controversy on the forums. Recommend K5OS:K5 Optima Store - Kia 3.0 K Logo Emblems I decided on a black emblem on the front and a red one on the rear and boy does it look sharp! What do you folks think?

I also removed the Optima letters on the trunk as well as the model, replacing the Optima with K5 of course!!! And leaving the T-GDI emblem. Looks clean.

 

Oh look what arrived!!! Some new headlamps from over seas. Check out the pictures of my new LED headlamps with angel eyes. I've not seen anyone on the forums nor on the road have what I have now. I can hook up the angel eyes and the LED strips as DRL too. I bet that looks great! No more dreaded inner corner light either. These are clean. check out the pics and let me know what you think. They took forever to get here but I'm pretty excited!

 

Very nice showroom sir. Whet did you get the rear bulbs from? That's on my too do list

Sent from a Mobile Doohickie that's awesome.

 

Thanks. Glad you like. I got much more coming!
Oh and PM sent!

 

Ok so I finally installed my new headlights and let me say OMG, these are friggin awesome! I love these things. First off the angel lights (CFL's) around the projector lamps are bright and amazing. Inbetween there are two led strips and add great accent to the entire headlamp. Take a look! And lastly, the blinker has been pushed to the outer corner of the lamps, which is the ideal position. The lamp arent cheap but they are an amazing upgrade! Enjoy the pictures!

 

Man your car is changing too fast :shocked: :lol:
love that headlight, havent seen anything like that in an optima and it looks bright
Keep it pimping Nice Showroom by the way :thumbsup:

 

Ok guys the plastidip is off. (thanks god!) It was put on for effect to see if I would like the black panels, and I very much did, all the way down through the rocker panels. Well I had always planned to wrap in vinyl so now with the help of my buddy Brad over at b-wrapped.com I have vinyl replacing the plastidip. Not only it is gloss now, but it looks oh so good! See for yourself! This is some premium 2mm gloss black vinyl and I am very happy!

 

Ok guys the plastidip is off. (thanks god!) It was put on for effect to see if I would like the black panels, and I very much did, all the way down through the rocker panels. Well I had always planned to wrap in vinyl so now with the help of my buddy Brad over at b-wrapped.com I have vinyl replacing the plastidip. Not only it is gloss now, but it looks oh so good! See for yourself! This is some premium 2mm gloss black vinyl and I am very happy!
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Nice!

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Well thanks to folks like you and others, I have good advise to work from. And a long list of mods to do!
Well here are some fished pictures of the SX bumper on my EX-T with the brake LED lights, rear lip diffuser, black bumper protector with silver K5 lettering, and color matched red splash guards. Took some time but looks great!

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The turbo EX has the same rear bumper/diffuser as the non turbo EX yes? I saw your link in another post where you said the guy color matches yes? The $148.99 is the "painted" price? Also how is it mounted? Have to remove the bumper? Looks really good.

Dave

 

Car Looking Good Bro! much better than plasti dip :thumbsup:

 

Looks good! I wonder how'd it look if you did the 2 front quarter panels also...

 

Alright. for my next mod I decided the Door Reflector LED mod is a must. My gf's suv has lit reflectors and its very nice. Don't know why they didn't just include it in the optimas. $15 oversight in my opinion. So using the info here on the forums http://www.optimaforums.com/forum/64-diy-appearance-body-modifications/19226-door-reflector-led-mod-let-there-light.html I did the same stuff. Took me a while as I fed my wire I ran to the door switch through the door jam properly and safely. Boy was that time consuming and tough. Probably an hour for that door alone! Here are the pics, I think the link explains all the rest of the details. Small cost, med time, high payoff!

 

Here are a couple more pictures of my new gas cap. a couple people messaged me so here are the pictures. The gas cap is made of a tough gloss black plastic. The middle circle is a chrome plastic insert that is secured by 3m tape. Also in my package was a gloss black plastic insert in case I didn't care for the chrome. Love it thought. These kits are available from a variety of vendors and even on eBay. Simply two bolts to remove the OEM and replace with the new. That's its, easy 5 minutes.

 

Alright a quick couple more items done to my Optima. Here are the K5 inserts. I ordered these from Alibaba.com but I've also seen them on eBay from time to time. I love em! (there's like 11 of them!)

 

I also decided to throw on, well peel and stick on, some W-Guard Door Guard Windstrip DU-100 I ordered. You can get this from Exledusa.com or directly from Korea as well (about same price w/ shipping.) On box did all 4 doors with a bit left over. Had to clean really well but other than that, its peel and stick. Door closes just fine, no additional sounds by adding it, although I don't really think it makes anything any quieter, imo. Here's some pics.

 

Alright fellas, I just completed several mods this past week. Phew I have been busy but it has been fun, at least that is what I keep telling myself! Here is implementation of the Auto Folding Mirror Module from here K5 Optima Store - Auto Folding Mirror Module with directions from found lower on the linked page above. Pretty easy actually if you follow both of the videos. Enjoy!

 

Alright fellas, I just completed several mods this past week. Phew I have been busy but it has been fun, at least that is what I keep telling myself! Here is implementation of the Auto Folding Mirror Module from here K5 Optima Store - Auto Folding Mirror Module with directions from found lower on the linked page above. Pretty easy actually if you follow both of the videos. Enjoy!
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Next up was the Katzkin Custom Leather Headrest Covers. My car is a two-tone interior so I called David K5 Optima Store - Kia Optima - Katzkin Custom Leather Headrest Covers and he hooked me up with the right product that matched my interior perfectly. The look OEM with a the K5 embroidered beautifully. I had to take these to an auto upholster shop In Indy (Kent Auto Upholstery) and Kevin charged me $25 bucks total to install these covers for me. There was no way I could do these by myself. They look amazing! Enjoy.
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So for my next mod I added stickers! Yep that's right stickers. Everyone knows they make your car go fast. haha
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With all the mods I thought it was time to add some accent colors with dress up bolts from K5 Optima Store - Engine Bay Dress Up Bolts. Simple mod to pull the 10mm black bolts and replace with these. Here are a few pics but I got em all over, look close!
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Next up was some more performance parts under the hood. I picked up a polished Injen intake from here: K5 Optima Store - Kia Optima/ Hyundai Sonata Injen Intake Systems, a brushed metal charge pipe and synapse blow off value from here: 2011+ T-GDi Charge Pipe - Nameless Performance and set up for the evening removing major factory components and replacing them. The charge pipe was an easy swap, the accompanying blow off value was easy to integrate into the factory solenoid as well, but the Injen intake, what a pain in the rear!!!! There are lots of other threads about reaching a couple clamps way down low to remove the darn thing and then putting the new one in and tightening clamps again. That was probably half my job right there. But engine compartment looks great, everything works, no spare parts left over and got that turbo sucking sound when I step on the gas now. Have a look!
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For my next trick its really a multi - part mod. I went out an got an SX bumper and had it color matched to my car as you probably saw in previous posts. So with that "extra" bumper sitting around I went ahead and hooked up some Camily rear LED bumper lights. The K5 Optima Store sells them in addition to several other places. Get the Camily ones though. K5 Optima Store - Kia Optima Rear LED Bumper Lights I also took the time to mount a Rear Bumper Lip Diffuser I had purchased from overseas. I got it color matched as well. The Lx/EX models need some help with bumper lips and the issue is all the after market stuff uses the small indentation the SX bumper covers have to hold or bolt on. So that part of my reason for swapping out my LX/EX bumper for a SX version. Here's some pictures of what I did.

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WOW Jason, you are seriously moving so fast! I love what you've done with your build man. Congrats on getting so much done in such a little amount f time. You're now ready for ROTM!!! :grin:

Thank you so much for all of your business and support.

 

Next up was the Katzkin Custom Leather Headrest Covers. My car is a two-tone interior so I called David K5 Optima Store - Kia Optima - Katzkin Custom Leather Headrest Covers and he hooked me up with the right product that matched my interior perfectly. The look OEM with a the K5 embroidered beautifully. I had to take these to an auto upholster shop In Indy (Kent Auto Upholstery) and Kevin charged me $25 bucks total to install these covers for me. There was no way I could do these by myself. They look amazing! Enjoy.

 

One thing I've noticed in the cars is the foot wells are dark, always. My SUV has nice lit foot wells so I set out to accomplish that on my Optima. I purchased some bright 3-led strips off eBay for next to nothing. And using this DIY http://www.optimaforums.com/forum/22-optima-diy/14280-footwells-installation-help.html I hooked them up so they come on when the door is opened and dim to off like the dome light. I am quite happy. It took a while as I had to operate upside down and in tight spots.

 

Last post for tonight. Led Scuff plates. These items really pop and is something I think everyone should do. I ordered these from Concept 3 and they took 3 months to get here (not kidding), but when they did, I popped them in. Using this DIY here http://www.optimaforums.com/forum/64-diy-appearance-body-modifications/8840-installing-illuminated-door-sills-ex-lx-optimas.html I was able to knock this out in under an hour and here are the pictures to prove it! What do you think?

 

Next mod.... a throttle body spacer with gaskets! Here's what I got. I had to remove a handful of things under the hood to get to it, but its up front so its not too bad, just take your time. Also my son says we can now buy NOS (since the throttle body is tapped for injectors) Im content using one of the ports for vacuum to run my blow off valve. What do you guys think? Have you put one in and if so, what are you using one of the ports for?

 

Too much stuff to look at!! Good job on the new mods bro!! my favorite part was the Stickers! lol :lol: i like the foot lights the most