r/ForteGT

Had the car about 2 years and I for sure have not used it to its full potential. I've never really been a "car guy" but I love the sportiness of the GT. I am lowkey kinda bored and not sure why. Which leads me to my 2 questions.

1. How often do you throw your GT in sport mode and use the shifters?

2. Is it time to look for a different kind of car?

I'm not into muscle cars esp super loud, and I am too broke for a lambo. Never got the hype of BMW, I enjoy being the outsider with "ooh whats that on the outside" & luxury premium on the inside. I came from a Traverse premier and a very depreciated Mercedes SUV b4 I got the car. Thoughts / Insight?

I have been thinking about getting a RaceChip S to get a small power increase, especially at lower revs. I always feel like if I don't really step on the gas the car won't speed up. I don't know much about tuning and wont be adding any bolt-ons since I dont know what can void warranty. The racechip seems like an easy install that would work with the car stock but I dont know if that is completely true. I have a 2023 DCT and would like to know what you guys think or have heard about racechip and the DCT.

Does anyone have measurements of the post facelift sedan? I'm looking for:
The piping parallel to the cat down to the tips on the rear exhaust IE, the whole final length of straight pipe.
The spacing of the straight pipe / width between the tips.

I have the hatch and am looking at buying a secondhand sedan exhaust on the cheap.

I've measured the hatch and it's 105cm between the tips measured center to center.
The tips, measured from the horizontal pipes coming off the cat to the very edge of the stock tips are 37cm. I reckon you could go as far as 42cm out before they start looking like they don't belong.

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Apparently everything engine down to and including the muffler is the same.

Only the length of the final pipe + horizontal spacing between the tips should be different.
I'm hoping the spacing isn't that different but honestly it probably is or Xforce would just sell us the same part and give us different tips.

IDK if cutting and welding the axleback is worth it to anyone at that stage. Maybe if secondhand price is cheap enough?

Xforce axleback hatch

Xforce axleback Sedan

Greetings!

Been on a hunt for a car lately and came across these.

There is one some distance away with 24k miles, CPO and the best I have been able to get them down is 24800 out the door (they started at 27k which is insane)

The big draw is CPO for sure.

There is also a 2023 close by, but has 10k more miles and me overanalyzing it, it was a lease, seems an oil change Interval was missed according to carfax (12k span between an oil change when every other was clockwork at 6k) and I saw a K&N sticker and a gear shift sticker. Makes me think prior leasee may have been a little rough on it.It'ss also a CPO So I guess it wouldn't be anything to worry about. They are 2k cheaper out the door for it (22900)

All that to say, I am leaning on the newer one, but still feel like the OTD is high. Maybe I wait till they are willing to drop some more.

Just ready to take apart my Fiesta ST, address its oil leak and start modding it lol. Can't until I have another form of transport.

Appreciate the help!

Put in a big order a couple weeks ago and it still hasn't shipped 😕 Looks like this is normal, but any buyers willing to share? Maybe I'm just amazon prime brained..

Ive been looking at a shitload of mods. Seriously. A shitload.

Engine stuff like an intake, catch can, blow off, catback, exhaust tips, tunes.

Body stuff like body kits, wheels, tyres, suspension, decals, wraps, overlays, tints.

Interior stuff like floormats, carseats, cables, adapters, organisers, brackets, trim bits, seatbelts, sunvisors.

I can say without question if you want something for the Kia Cerato / Forte / K3. You can find it. For your model. Bolt on. It just works. Plenty of people have it. No shame. Get it done. Looks great.

But you will pay for it.

An exhaust tip from the car shop is $120 AUD (CAD is roughly 1:1 with AUD). On Aliexpress the same item is $20.

A bodykit for the car is made by flow in Australia. Be prepared to spend a few grand. On Aliexpress, pieces are as low as $40. Flow want $300. Not the same item sure but sometimes close enough is good enough. Particularly if you can sand, drill some holes, throw some bolts at it or some glue. It's not hard or expensive.

The intake from Takeda everyone loves? $800 average where i live. I found it as cheap as $600. I can get the whoosh noise using a good K&N filter and paint my own aluminium airbox for under $100. Fuck, they want 150 fucking dollars for a 3D printed rectangular tube. FFS this should be on thingiverse for free.

Same goes for brakes. Can get yourself a pro big brake kit. Or search the subreddit for the national brake upgrade. Or swap on the i30N brakes for the visual appeal.

If you have money by all means just go get it done and bolt it in. No shade we're all mates.

But if you're a poor cunt like me. I just want to mention to anyone sweating about the costs that a lot of this car modding stuff is a lot cheaper if you close the usual suspects car mod websites and open up some of the wholesaling sites or a hardware store and youtube...

My personal favourite has been Aliexpress.