Kia Forte Koup from Florida

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Oh i didnt even know there was a bumpstop under there, didnt bother to pull that cover all the way up an look. Ill give it a look today, i assume itll just be bounceyer?

It shouldn't decrease ride quality. The bumpstop is just there to prevent the shock from collapsing all the way if you go over a seriously large bump. But there really isn't much danger of that on these cars. A lot of static guys were having problems with their rear springs rattling and sounding loose because they were essentially riding on the rear shock bumpstops. Basically at super low heights the bumpstops prevent the rear suspension from compressing enough to keep adequate tension on the springs. A flaw in the design of Forte coilovers, but then again none of the off-the-shelf suspension kits for these cars are really designed to go super low anyway.

Hope that makes sense!

[Suburuuh]

Nice setup! Can't wait to see some shots with the wheels and aired out!

[hinrichs]

double check your rear bag clearance, my old mk4 looked like that and they ended up rubbing through one side.

[Kkoup]

There's a spring bump stop in the cup, but there is another bump stop in the shock hidden under the accordion-shaped dust cover:



It's worth removing because if your shock can't compress completely then you won't be able to lay it down all the way in the rear.

Oh i didnt even know there was a bumpstop under there, didnt bother to pull that cover all the way up an look. Ill give it a look today, i assume itll just be bounceyer?

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Thanks man hopefully it comes all together with the wheels getting powdered. Your talking about those orange foam pieces the bump stops right? If thats what your talking about i had to remove it for the new cup to fit.

There's a spring bump stop in the cup, but there is another bump stop in the shock hidden under the accordion-shaped dust cover:



It's worth removing because if your shock can't compress completely then you won't be able to lay it down all the way in the rear.

[Kkoup]

Let that copper get some patina on it

i had them polished at first but i touched all the lines when tightening the fittings so now they are getting a nice green brown finish on them from the oils.

Looking real good buddy.

If you haven't done so already be sure to pull the bump stops out of your rear Megan shocks so you can get fully aired out. Or you can remove the lower shock mount and re-weld it to the side of the shock housing to preserve some of the travel.

Thanks man hopefully it comes all together with the wheels getting powdered. Your talking about those orange foam pieces the bump stops right? If thats what your talking about i had to remove it for the new cup to fit.

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Looking real good buddy.

If you haven't done so already be sure to pull the bump stops out of your rear Megan shocks so you can get fully aired out. Or you can remove the lower shock mount and re-weld it to the side of the shock housing to preserve some of the travel.

[RedHeadMetalHead]

Let that copper get some patina on it

[Kkoup]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO trunk ended up being finished up about a month ago and it came out way better then imagined, pictures dont do it justice especially the wood flooring, the piece in the middle is copper leafed and has started to tarnish more now that i put vinegar on it.>>NOW THY QUESTION IS keep the lines polished or let them tarnish?<<



after that we started to setup everything under the wood, looks a bit more cleaned up now since this pic, but when the tanks our on top you can tell that the floor lifts because the two pieces of wood under the tanks cover up the cuts in the wood . i wanted it to be were everything was hidden but if something fucks up i would be able to get to it quickly and without a problem. So i left extra line under the tank so i can lift up the tanks and have easy access.





in the mean time i got new tires.. kinda wore these ones out a tad.. hahaha



FINALLLY i was ready to actually start installing the airride, so started by shaving down the nipple on the bottom cup in the rear all the way down to let the bag sit flush to it, then shave the top nipple of the cup a bit to be able to let the bag go inside the cup. had to cut that little metal rod out and then cut a hole in the side of the universal cup to put a line through to the PTC. then to hold the bottom on just got a piece of steel from home depot cut it, drilled a hole and thread it under the bottom of the cup to hold the bag on from moving.







rear was done then bolted back up, now onto the front which was a bit more of a trouble maker started to put my air struts together and was wondering why my top hats jiggled so much come to find out i was missing washers from airlift and had to postpone a few days till they got here, then i got the bolts pressed into the top hats while i waited. Washers came in and i put them all back together, went to go put them on the car and the driver side slipped in at top with easy but the passanger side would only get two bolts in at top and the other was off about a quarter of an inch fuck me riight? so i ended up beating all three bolts inwards to make up for the difference of the one, which worked.





After that the damn struts bolts wouldnt go in and neither would the endlink bolts -.- so ended up boring out all the holes and finally it all went it. finally it was done. turned the system on and it filled all the way fixed the plethora of leaks the hardlines had andd DENNN compression dump fittings blew off put it back on, re filled again and it blew off again, so i ended up just using a ptc that connected both dump and plug the other hole with a screw for the time being, ghettooo so now my car is finally on air but its just sitting in my garage waiting for my wheels to get back from powder coating so i havent seen it airr out yet. pics will come when they are on

[Kkoup]

that looks tough as, nice work! diggin the lip kit!

thanks unfortunately the front lip broke but its getting fixed

Looking good, the VW also by the way!

got a few spots to fix but overall it turned out well

Looks dope

tanks pookie

I dig it! Always love a good hard line setup.

need me some hardlines!

[aLaFleur]

I dig it! Always love a good hard line setup.

[244Brick]

Looks dope

[Suburuuh]

Looking good, the VW also by the way!

[aljonizle]

that looks tough as, nice work! diggin the lip kit!

[Kkoup]

UPDATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Been a long time since an update, so i got my airride in a few months ago, Decided to go with v2 for my management and went dual 400cc compressors with 3/8 lines



and i sent my airstruts off to Wildmans shop so he could weld the brackets in place, got them back a week before SOWO and Ashton did a great job on them.



I was going to originally throw them in that week when i got them and ride up to SOWO but we ended up crunching time to finishing my fiances mk4 for sowo, doing airride and wrapping it and all so i didnt have time but her car was looking awesome atleast for SOWO so that was more important then a kia going up there



So while i was up in SOWO i kept seeing all these awesome trunk setups with hardlines and all and i just had to do it, so when i got back i ended up buying two 4 gallon Seamless air tanks in raw finish, and i was orignally gonna do a steampunkinsh trunk setup but changed my mind and decided to do a clean anticish look, So i went and bought pine wood boards and beat the shit out of them, lit them on fire, nailed them, sanded them and stained them and ended up with this



After that i went and got my brass fittings and copper lines, and i had my friend Chris who owns Malihini customs come and do my trunk setup and so far hes doing an awesome job, right now its halfway done, with the floor we lifted the floor up from the trunk a few inches so we could nail boards down for a more antic/patina look, we made the middle of the trunk completely removable so i could get to my compressors and management. So when the piece is in you cant see at all that the floor can lift up.



After that came the hardlines, this is only halfway done, still have more hardlines to do and still have to do the copper lines transition through the floor with brass fittings so it doesnt look tacky, after he finishes all the lines im going to polish all of the lines and brass fittings and clear coat them



Getting prettttty dang excited now, so hopefully its done by this week and we can put the airride in by next weekend and be ready to go