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Yes. It is a Kia Messa concept with 22" wheels, LED headlights and room for six. The 3rd seats are actually two bucket seats in this concept SUV. It seems like Kia is heading to the Infiniti FX and Ranger Rover direction, in term of body design.
The 3rd row seat option is not worth it for Sorento. I sat on the 3rd seat on Toyota Highlander. I got no leg room. The seat is mounted on the cargo floor.
up 2 in. all around. i just order a pair with free
delivery. I'm also thinking about purchasing T&H step bars from them.
shown between 1V and 6 V AC. In multi-coil ignition systems, the system can learn individual coil wires.
Individual coil wires in a multi-coil system will register lower amounts of AC voltage. Also , if necessary, the
system can use a fuel injector control wire for engine speed sensing...so there ya have it..and if ya have to use an injector..see what color is comon in them and go with any of the other wire's that are not comon
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Also, mine didn't come with the owners man. I've got to get one. But, does anyone know if the gear ratio lowers once in 4 wheel drive? 1st gear seems awfully low already...
I can only find the gear ratios for the four speed automatic transmission ('03 and '04 models). They are: 1 (2.804), 2 (1.531), 3 (1.000), 4 (0.705) and R (2.393).
And try Sema for lots of links (link), some of which may apply to your Sorento.
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Anybody here do a lift kit? How difficult was it?
www.sfxperformance.com
www.customsorento.com
They are American based, for those Sorie owner's living in the US, (so you don't have to deal with "customs" hangups).
They stock what they sell. That's a huge plus in my book.
They ship lightning fast, and are very customer oriented. I have had nothing but super, fast and smooth transactions with this company. Jim, is a really nice guy to deal with. Just about all of my accessories have been purchased from them.
He's so used to me....just tell him you heard about his site from Vickie.
What did you purchase from that site?? I saw someone mention it on another Kia board and they have a few things that I would love to buy.
Where did you get the Euro Antenna from?
I am in Canada too (Ottawa) with an Indigo Blue 2005 LX.
Accessories I have so far:
-Iceberg Stainless Steel Nerf Bars
-Altezza Euro Taillights
-Korean KIA Grille
-Korean Rear Emblem
-Chrome Handles
-Chrome Hatch Glass Hinges and Handle
-Rear Hatch 'Sorento' Chrome Garnish
-Chrome Fog Rings
-Chrome Mirror Caps
-K&N Air Filter
No pics so far - the weather is too mucky in spring. I can't keep it clean for more than 5 minutes. Will post as soon as I can.
Thanks!
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Vickie -
What did you purchase from that site?? I saw someone mention it on another Kia board and they have a few things that I would love to buy.
Princess -
I bought my front grill, chrome side mirror caps, chrome tail light trim, chrome rear bumper trim, and chrome fog light rings from them. You can see a pic of my Sorie in their gallery. It's the black/pewter EX, close front shot. (the last picture).
http://www.carbc.com/Car-News-838.html
This link says the original column\review was posted by a Justin on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 and it was made by Bottrop, a subsidiary of the Brabus tuning group. However unable to find a contact or a place to start ? I am ordering a Sorrento Diesel model here in Korea. You have the option of the normal 2.5 L Diesel engine or the new 2005 VGT (Variable Geometric TurboCharger) model
but I am sticking with the old engine as the VGT is a bit pricy ? Its annoying that
the gasoline model was only made available domestically in 2003 and you can only order a Diesel in Korea but in the US the gasloline is the standard. Anyway, if you want to know anything about the domestic models let me know and I'll be happy to answer ot help if I can.
I worked in car audio for many, many years. Our bread and butter was often selling/installing security systems to dealerships. And believe me, the dealers would put quite a markup on those things. Your 500.00 alarms system is probably about 250-300 at a local car audio outlet, and is the same thing. And if you wanted to spend 500, you should be able to get a top of the line unit for that price. The unit you are describing is what would be considered an low mid level unit unit. Those features are pretty much standard for any aftermarket alarm system that is of decent quality. At least the dealer is using a good quality brand - we would often sell 50 dollar Tawain systems that the dealer would end up retailing for 300-400 bucks. And many alarm manufacturers starting making dealer branded' alarms so consumers couldn't compare prices on a product by product basis.
Don't mean to burst your bubble, just trying to save you some $$
I have an alarm system with remote starter on my other car, '03 Camry for $350 installed (first asked for $380), a $50 extra for decoding if car has an engine immobiler. and another $50 for horn rely. And it is a 3 hour job. It's called Auto Mate by Directed Electronics, Inc., the same company for Viper, Python, Clifford and Avital. I had an excellent experience with Avital on my last two cars for 10+ years.
For me, I wouldn't think of any alarm system if Sorento has an engine immobiler. I may add a remote starter for the winter use. The only thing I need is to stop some from stealing my car and drive away. However, the remote starter itself costs almost $200 installed at the same store I visited. I saw many are selling under $50 for the remote starter. Since I am not an expert on this, I probably end up spending $200 to have someone to install it for me.
Years ago, I read that Mazda had to give the Miata owners $500 or to buy back their cars regardless the mileage due to some misprints on the sales brochure. I remember there was some errors on the horsepower specification. Oh! I do see some fine prints on the back of my Sorento sales brochure said "Kia Motors America reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice, and without any obligations as to colors, materials, specifications, features, accessories, packages and models."
I heard that an engine immobilizer is like $50 (maybe less) option at the assembly line. Isn't it right?
John
I wanted to get a hitch but decided to not go with the dealer at their prices so I thought I would share what I found.
Receiver hitch can be bought on E-bay for $99.00 US from bestforlesstruckacc@msn.com he also sells on E-bay
W9iring harness can be bought at etrailer.com for $30.00 US including shipping.
I need step-by-step instructions on how to remove the radio. Can anyone help me with this? Does anyone know any websites that tell how to do it step-by-step? FREE? Or, does anyone know how to do it personally? I bought the car used, and its a factory radio. Thanks ahead
I recently bought a 2005 Sorento EX with the lux package, which has the 6 in-dash CD changer. I am wondering if anyone knows if there is any way to install a stereophone jack into the stereo with some hardware upgrade or something, that allows an mp3 player to be pluged directly into the stereo as an aux? Here in LA, the mp3 radio transmitter really don't work well, so I'm trying to find an alternative, since there is no tape player.
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To put it on I had my wife help me to hold it so as to measure and mark the position on the hood. Use a grease pencil or sharp crayon to mark just read the instructions and try a dry run then go for it. The mounting clips are better than the American version.
I am just just in process of installing new stereo in my sorento.
However I really could not remove the dahs to instalm my new cd player
I heard you had a cut sheet on how to do that, I d really could use it cause for now dash does not seem to come away.
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replacement
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EURO Lights
Window Visors
CHrome Mirror Accents
Fog Lamp Chrome Accents
All in all the quality of the items was good and once TFR notified me that they couldn't ship to a BOX# (2 weeks after purchase). Shipping was about 7 days to northern Saskatchewan Canada. I would purchase from them again but I would stick to the smaller items as not to get dinged at the border with additional charges.