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I bought my SXL September of 2014 with 17.5k, one previous owned. She’s a daily driver and now she’s up around 111k. I wanted to wait till my warranty was up before I started modding. I have a big wishlist ready to go. My oem hid went out so I purchased some Osram D1S bulbs and CREE fogs for the **** of it. I went through K5OS of course and will continue to do so for my future mods. Well here’s some pictures of my girl now.
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I can’t seem to get my pics to work. I click the button to insert pic, select the pic and that’s it. The ‘ok’ button disappears. I messaged an admin but haven’t heard back. I’m also trying to do it from my phone I guess I should try from my computer
 
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I don't use Tapatalk much (I'm assuming that's what you're using) because it seems to be buggy for me when posting pictures. You could use Imgur for your picture hosting, then use that to share pictures over to this forum.
 
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Yes those are CREE bulbs from K5OS.

Next on the list is a lot! Planning on making a substantial order in the beginning of aug. I’ll be posting my mods as they’re installed.

It’s going to be a few weeks because some scumbag decided to break in and vandalize my car. Messed up a lot of the interior and some exterior. Repairs will be about a month, mostly because they need to source my new interior.

Once I get her back I’ll be adding the mods. Hopefully I’ll have my order in and ready to be installed.

To be continued...
 
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Yes those are CREE bulbs from K5OS.
Awesome!! :10:

Next on the list is a lot! Planning on making a substantial order in the beginning of aug. I’ll be posting my mods as they’re installed.

It’s going to be a few weeks because some scumbag decided to break in and vandalize my car. Messed up a lot of the interior and some exterior. Repairs will be about a month, mostly because they need to source my new interior.

Once I get her back I’ll be adding the mods. Hopefully I’ll have my order in and ready to be installed.

To be continued...
Sweet, sounds good, look forward to seeing what you do next.

Oh man that sucks, I hate hearing things like this. I wish people wouldn't mess with others vehicles. :angry:
 
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So I’ve made a recent purchase with K5OS and I’m currently still waiting to get my car back from the shop after it was vandalized. The silver lining in this situation is my interior is basically brand new so that’s not too bad. I just want her back so I can get my parts installed. Here’s what I have waiting to get installed.

DT-S Exhaust system from Ark Performance
Ark Performance DT-P Coilovers
Ultra Racing Performance Front Strut Tower Bar
HKS BOV Kit for Kia & Hyundai Vehicles
HKS M45XL Spark Plugs
ADD W1 V3.3 - Baffled Dual Inlet Oil Catch Can
Niche Wheels M183-Staccato 20x9 Matte Black +35mm Offset
CP-E QKspl 3" Cast Bellmouth Downpipe (Back ordered)

David was great helping with this order. Everything came in super quick and packed great. I’m just dying to get this stuff on and get some pics up for you guys.

I think next on the list is definitely the lap3 chip, intake and throttle body spacer. Plus a lot more.

I’ll get pics up ASAP after the installs.

Thanks for reading.
 
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So I’ve made a recent purchase with K5OS and I’m currently still waiting to get my car back from the shop after it was vandalized.
That sucks! What did they do to it?

Edit: n/m, I didn't go far enough back on the thread. Can't wait to see all the mods and your new and improved interior! :)
 
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You bet your ass I’ll be getting pics up. I have to get these on quick because all these parts are sitting in my kitchen and living room, my wife wants to kill me lol. I really don’t feel like lugging them into the basement just to bring them up again. So once I get her back (hopefully this week) I’ll be getting all the installs done by the beginning of next week. I’m pumped!

Though I did have a question David, am I screwing my self over with the ark exhaust with is 2.5” diameter? Is the cpe exhaust 3” to match with the downpipe? Also what are my midpipe options? If you want to email the answers to me or answer them on here I’m good with either or.

Thanks in advance.
 
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You bet your ass I’ll be getting pics up. I have to get these on quick because all these parts are sitting in my kitchen and living room, my wife wants to kill me lol. I really don’t feel like lugging them into the basement just to bring them up again. So once I get her back (hopefully this week) I’ll be getting all the installs done by the beginning of next week. I’m pumped!

Though I did have a question David, am I screwing my self over with the ark exhaust with is 2.5” diameter? Is the cpe exhaust 3” to match with the downpipe? Also what are my midpipe options? If you want to email the answers to me or answer them on here I’m good with either or.
Thanks in advance.
Hey Nick. Cant wait to see the new wheels on. The ideal fitment for a 13 model is +35 but if the +40 is a touch too tucked for you, you can always buy 5mm spacers easily enough. As for the downpipe, if you haven't bought it it, I'd skip on the CPE. Its a bitch to install and without a tune, you lose a little low end because of the design. I'd recommend this in its place.: https://www.turbokits.com/Kia/Optima/Downpipes/ATP_Upper_3in_Downpipe_With_Flex/2277/

Also, which mid pipe you going with... the ark? Just FYI on the Ark exhaust (good one btw), you need shorter exhaust hangers for the back. You can easily pick these up at every auto parts store.
 
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Yea they tried to pry open the front window from the side pillar and window rather than at the door jam so that’s messed up. Then gave up there and tried to pry open the back window from the bottom of the window and messed up the door. While doing that I believe they broke the back window on accident. I assume that because if you were looking to break a window you wouldn’t be prying, you’d smash it off the bat. Stupid crooks...

Once they were in I’m assuming my weak ass stupid horn alarm was going off once the door was open, so the grabbed anything they could get their hands on in the car. Just random stuff maybe worth $1k, nothing serious. In the process they scratched and tore up my white leather interior. They tried to get in the trunk through the back seats but I had soooooo much crap in there they were probably like WTF and just left lol. The items were a total loss but at least my car is getting fixed.

I have a 2018 optima fe rental and I hate it!!! I miss my baby. These cars are useless without a turbo! It can’t get out of its own way, no power at all.
 
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Once they were in I’m assuming my weak ass stupid horn alarm was going off once the door was open
I hope you bought a better car horn from David@K5. :D ****, that sucks! After driving that FE, it'll be well worth it once your baby is back.
 
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I work for the railroad and what I really want to do is put a train horn in it. That would be freaking amazing. I’d have sooo much fun with that!!
LOL, you'd get people to jump out of their carseat with that one!
 
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So I finally have my car back! The interior is basically brand new and I had some other cosmetic things fixed touched up.

I also bought some new shoes for my lady too. I brought them to the shop that was fixing my car to get them put on the day I was picking her up. I received a call about an hour later. I picked up and he broke the news. One of the bolt patterns didn’t fit!!! I was pissed. So I’ll be waiting for the correct one to get shipped but need to send this one back. Probably going to be a couple weeks. That’s what I get for ordering online I guess. Here’s how the look off the car lol.


Back to the installs...

This week was extremely hot and humid in the northeast so I only installed a couple things. So far the only installs are the spark plugs, BOV and the front strut tower bar. I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon for my exhaust. Then I’ll be setting up an appointment for the coilovers with the same shop that’s doing my exhaust. There wasn’t enough time tomorrow for the coilovers so those will be done at a later date.

Well here’s a couple pictures of the bov and strut bar.




More to come.....
 
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You have the new interior, but no pics of it? :p Looks great so far! BTW, I've ordered a set of Niche's too (M204 Vosso). What size are yours and the offset?
 
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You have the new interior, but no pics of it? <img src="https://www.optimaforums.com/forum/images/smilies/newsmiles/tongue.png" border="0" alt="" title="Tongue" class="inlineimg" /> Looks great so far! BTW, I've ordered a set of Niche's too (M204 Vosso). What size are yours and the offset?
I figured the pics of the interior weren’t necessary because it’s the the OEM white leather. But I can get some up later. They detailed it too so it does look extra clean. Right now I have the huge box with my exhaust in the back seat so it’ll have to be later lol.

My wheels are 20x9 w/ 35mm offset. It says they fit on the car so hopefully there’s no issues. Especially after I get the coilovers in and drop it the 1.5” but we’ll just have to see.

Yours look sweet too. What are your offsets?
 
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Ugh, just got a call and the +35mm offset (and even the +30mm) are out of stock. I decided rather than wait to go with the +40mm.
 
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To tell you the truth idk what offset looks like what. I asked it in a thread but no answers but I’m sure they’ll still look great. I’m supposed to get my return label in so now I’ll be playing the waiting game. Good luck brother.

On another note I had my exhaust installed yesterday and today I installed the catch can.

I’ve been having a lot of fun with the exhaust. The guy I had install it was convinced that there wouldn’t be much sound with all the dampening pieces it had on it. Boy was he sorely mistaken lol. I love the sound and love that there is little to no drone. I drive roughly 200 miles round trip a day for work, half backroads and the other half highway so it would’ve been a drone filled drive. But not with the Ark. On the other hand when I want noise I can get that as well. I couldn’t be happier. Big shout out to David from K5OS for the hookup of course.

Here are some pictures and a rough video of the exhaust and bov sounds.

https://youtu.be/BaUY0ST6_Es





 
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Sooooo it’s been a little while since I’ve posted on here but I ran into a few hiccups with the wheels. I was getting them put on but one of them were the wrong bolt pattern.

The customer service I received was HORRENDOUS!! I ordered through discountedwheelwarehouse.com. The return took over two months because the never processed my return. Even after I called twice they still never processed it. But it finally came in the other day and went straight to the basement because it’s now winter.

I also decided to hold off on the coilover install as well but I think I will be doing it soon. They’re adjustable so I think I’ll keep them at the max height till spring time.

The downpipe is here as well but holding off on that install for now as well. I’ll probably get that on when I take my car in for the coilover install.

Also bought some black CF badges that I put on.

In other news I just made a FB account (I’m anti FB) and joined some of the groups on there for our cars. One of the groups is a raffle page. I entered in a couple and won!!

One of them was for a Seibon CF hood and the other was for a LAP3 tune, not the chip but the legit tune!! Those two items are probably in the $1,500 range. I won theM both for under $200 so I fucking scored big time!

I haven’t had a chance to drive with the tune much because my car need some work done on something in the front end, I’m getting some noise. But I did take it for a quick spin because I couldn’t resist and WOW. I’ll get a better feel for it after next week when my car is 100% but that quick ride already showed me some power.

Here are some pics. I know she’s dirty af but whatever.


 
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