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Welcome to my wife's page.
PAGE 1 is current pics, updates, and future plans!
PAGE 2 is my "How To" section on modifying this car!
This is her 2006 Kia Sorento LX V6, the latest addition to our family. We are particularly happy with this purchase. She wanted a white truck or utility vehicle, and we found the perfect one! We definitely had immediate plans for upgrading this sweet little SUV.
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MODS so FAR Completed:
ENGINE: Stock
SUSPENSION: Stock
EXTERIOR LIGHTING: 8000K H.I.D headlights, Super white LEDs for: 1157 turns signals, 194 front parking lights, 194 license plate lights, 1156 rear back-up lights.
Tail lights are full custom LEDs, with amber butterfly LED 1156 turn signals, and retrofitted with clear/red LED tail lights from a Jeep Wrangler. Dope!
INTERIOR LIGHTING:Super white DE3175 LEDs for: Rear Hatch light, Dome lights,and Glove box, Super white 194 LEDs for door lights and overhead Map lights
INTERIOR STYLING: Chrome door sills with etched Sorento letters; DIY color-matched painted dash trim; painted the red door reflectors white; Sorento Badge from back hatch now on dash; APC brushed aluminum automatic shifter; grey fur steering wheel cover
EXTERIOR STYLING:DIY custom clear tail lights with LED everything, DIY custom cleared-out headlights, Tomato Badge on rear, Swarovski-style licence plate frame, color-matched DIY painted front grille.
WHEELS: Stock for now
BRAKES: Stock
AUDIO/VIDEO: Kenwood DNX-5120 Navigation/DVD unit with rear back-up CAM, I-Pod control*
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Fresh off the lot, I got out my GooGone and plastic scraper and de-badged her hatch from the "Sorento" and "LX" emblems. I tried to get the main "KIA" emblem off, but I couldn't. Then I bought her a Tomato badge and went at it more intricately and got it off, and slapped the new Tomato one on. Sweet!
Next up...SUPERWHITE MADNESS!! We went all out with L.E.D.s!! Replaced all stock bulbs with Super White L.E.D's, rounded off with a pair of L.E.D. fog lights, and topping it all off with a 8000K HID kit. Welcome to the 21st century!
Followed with a DIY custom clear-corner mod done by me! She's excited about that. When a woman trusts you to do this kind of MOD on her brand new car, she's a keeper.
See page 2 for a complete guide to doing this mod and others on almost any car!
Now that she has the clear-lens "BUG" in her, she wanted me to do the tail lights as well. Luckily, CustomSorento.com offers one-of-a-kind clear lens covers for about $50, that you can use in place of the stock red covers. I wish these were available for all cars!
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Interior accents were next on the agenda, so we added chrome door sills with the Sorento logo on them. Added a gray fur steering-wheel cover to comfort her dainty hands! Then I installed the same identical APC shifter knob that's in my ride. Next, I spray-painted some dash-trim pieces white to match the exterior paint, and replaced all interior bulbs with super white LEDs. Oh yeah, and I slapped on that rear Sorento badge right on the dash above the glove box, just like in my car. Love birds gotta match, right!?
Here are the latest PICS!!
I just installed a Kenwood DNX5120 Navigation and DVD unit, along with some nice sport pedals. Check page 2 for more pics!!
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FUTURE PLANS
CustomSorento.com has it all, man...so we plan to buy more accents from that site when we can, like the Chrome interior accent kit, LED side mirrors, Tomato T-grille, Tomato steering wheel badge, maybe new guages? Tow hitch, side steps, 20" chrome rims, rear back-up camera, headrest screens...we'll see!
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Ultimately I wish I could throw air-ride on it, but who's got that kinda money?
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Stay TuNeD for more MODs and PICS!!!
PAGE 1 is current pics, updates, and future plans!
PAGE 2 is my "How To" section on modifying this car!
