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Post by gkotody on Jun 4, 2012 19:12:17 GMT 8
I'm a little confused. Opened the bonnet to find a sticker Kia working in partnership with Total oil. My driver's side car mat had the Shell Helix paper . Are we using Total or Shell oil? C&C/KIA used Shell Helix for my 10k service... Thanks vt04k5.
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Post by gkotody on Jun 3, 2012 23:22:21 GMT 8
I'm a little confused. Opened the bonnet to find a sticker Kia working in partnership with Total oil. My driver's side car mat had the Shell Helix paper . Are we using Total or Shell oil?
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Post by gkotody on Jun 3, 2012 8:49:35 GMT 8
Congrats, bro gkotody... bet you must have been out there enjoying your brand new blue ride, testng out the moon roof, chilled seats... ha ha.. think we all did those! Thanks vt04k5.yes,have been doing just that.i find the car very highly specced.even has rear fog lamps.my best discovery was the horn.went to autobacs to try some horns & was set on getting the twin PIAA BMW like ones.when i collected yesterday & tried the horn,to my surprise, it sounded exactly the same.From my experience,this looks like a Euro specced car or maybe Kia has now improved so much. Now still contemplating if i should change tyres. The Nexen a little noisy hor. Or could it be the soundproofing for Korean cars not so good.
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Post by gkotody on Jun 1, 2012 21:35:42 GMT 8
Collecting my ride tomorrow.Am so excited. Congrats. What colour is yours? I've been seeing more K5s on the road. 2 in 2 days..haha... Mine's a blue.
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Post by gkotody on Jun 1, 2012 21:34:51 GMT 8
did an engine flush on my previous sonata at 130k.., i could almost immediately felt the engine being smoother and quieter. That made me try the 10k flush on the K5.. it also "feel better" and quieter but not as obvious as with the older car. the C&C/KIA one is "unbranded" so I'm not sure about quality difference between the 2 products. declined the wiper treatment. Silicon wiper..? Yes! thks, you know where to get the silicon wipers? KIA told me to send back to service centre but i'm too busy to go. I think its the wiper problem. I bought from MX Trading at Ubi.Brand is Crystal.I used the silicon wipers for slightly over 2 yrs.Still no streaking when I sold my ride.I buy my engine oil from them.How old is your ride?
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Post by gkotody on Jun 1, 2012 21:32:20 GMT 8
10k need to flush engine?Pls lah,i have owned 5 cars in 22yrs.i only use a fuel cleaner after car has clocked abt 40k onwards.every 10k,half bottle of fuel cleaner.never polish windscreen with rain x.it causes juddering.just clean your windscreen with alcohol.if can, change to silicon wiper blades. really good stuf & lasting. Sry ah, I new driver, this my first car too. So just asking for advice. My apologies.I didn't mean to sound rude.Just wanted to share my experience.
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Post by gkotody on Jun 1, 2012 16:59:18 GMT 8
Collecting my ride tomorrow.Am so excited.
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Post by gkotody on May 30, 2012 6:10:47 GMT 8
Did they have to remove your bumper to change the horn? No need Thanks.
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Post by gkotody on May 29, 2012 16:18:45 GMT 8
My COE finally secured. Will be collecting car in about 2 weeks time.Any current owner knows if the K5 horn is twin? For all my rides so far,that's the 1st thing I'll change.I normally use the Stebel horns.Anyone replaced their horn.Any recommended shop that can do it nicely? Congrats! Only single horn, very weak Changed mine at Kah Tyre mentioned above Did they have to remove your bumper to change the horn?
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Post by gkotody on May 29, 2012 6:34:55 GMT 8
Hi, Should the K5 run on RON 95 or 98? Hi, Think the specs call for minimum 92. I'm not sure the 2.0 MPI engine is tuned, or can be tuned, to get money's worth out of 98. I run mine on 95 here but top up with 97 if I get the chance when in Msia... mix Singland and Bolehland and that's what may be called a SingBoleh Cocktail! Not sure whether it does the K5 any good but then, over 5+ years, it didn't do much noticeable harm to my ex-Sonata ! Thanks.Just needed to know what the owners were using.Yes, I agree that the most engines now a days will run fine on 95.Only time I had to use 98 was my recently sold car which is a PI car.And that's because the compression ratio is 10.5:1 from what I've been told.
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Post by gkotody on May 27, 2012 19:16:01 GMT 8
Just did my 10k servicing last wk, the kia guy suggested that I do the engine flush which cost about 60 plus. I tried it and the engine did become smoother and more responsive. But I'm wondering isit because of the engine cleaning or was it the servicing? Any bros can advise if it is worthed it to do the engine flush? P.S I told them my wiper was jerky and so they polished my windscreen. When it came back, it was worse. Felt like the screen is very rough, the wiper literally 'hopped' across the screen. =( 10k need to flush engine?Pls lah,i have owned 5 cars in 22yrs.i only use a fuel cleaner after car has clocked abt 40k onwards.every 10k,half bottle of fuel cleaner.never polish windscreen with rain x.it causes juddering.just clean your windscreen with alcohol.if can, change to silicon wiper blades. really good stuf & lasting.
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Post by gkotody on May 27, 2012 6:52:10 GMT 8
Hi, Should the K5 run on RON 95 or 98?
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Post by gkotody on May 26, 2012 13:56:28 GMT 8
Would also like to enquire if any owner has replaced the stock fog lamp bulb with white bulbs or LED ones which better match the HID main beams & the DRLs. If so,any particular place or do you know the designation of the fog lamp bulb. eg. H1,H3,H7....
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Post by gkotody on May 26, 2012 13:30:49 GMT 8
My COE finally secured. Will be collecting car in about 2 weeks time.Any current owner knows if the K5 horn is twin? For all my rides so far,that's the 1st thing I'll change.I normally use the Stebel horns.Anyone replaced their horn.Any recommended shop that can do it nicely? Congrats! Only single horn, very weak Changed mine at Kah Tyre mentioned above Thanks for your reply.You changed to twin horns? Stebel?How much was it?
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Post by gkotody on May 26, 2012 10:32:51 GMT 8
My COE finally secured. Will be collecting car in about 2 weeks time.Any current owner knows if the K5 horn is twin? For all my rides so far,that's the 1st thing I'll change.I normally use the Stebel horns.Anyone replaced their horn.Any recommended shop that can do it nicely?
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Post by gkotody on Apr 11, 2012 9:15:42 GMT 8
PG you can drive in on weekends too as long as there are no bookings/events. Can even arrange a meetup+track session with fellow owners if you don't mind sharing the track with other people. www.johorcircuit.com.my/Check under bookings (that's the only page that's updated regularly). Looks like this month is clear except for the 11th (Johor public holiday for new sultan i think) and 15th is trackday (3 hour package with 5 lap fun race at the end). I would recommend avoiding the trackday. I'll probably be doing an hour session of easy riding this saturday or the next. My car behind the pits at Sepang. I like the yellow & white number plate on your ride.Where did you get it done or did it come with your car?
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Post by gkotody on Mar 28, 2012 10:05:39 GMT 8
Since the K5 is keyless push start,when I leave the remote in the car & start the engine, will the car lock the doors after that? Reason I'm asking is sometimes after I start the car & a colleague passes by,I usually get out of the car & talk to him for about 1-2mins without switching off the engine.
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Post by gkotody on Mar 18, 2012 0:47:21 GMT 8
Thanks for the reply.Btw,is the bodykit for the K5 fitted locally?
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Post by gkotody on Mar 16, 2012 6:48:16 GMT 8
Just want to ask if the past few posts regarding undercarriage scrape referring to the RX8 or K5? I'm confused?
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Post by gkotody on Mar 5, 2012 23:15:15 GMT 8
Does anyone know if C&C allows you to bring your own oil to service your K5?
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Post by gkotody on Feb 18, 2012 10:59:27 GMT 8
Guys, Is the car more quiet or noisy? I mean the insulation quality Noisy, even compared to i45, not enough insulation+noisy stock tires. I tested the i45 2L before confirming on the K5.Same level of sound insulation leh.
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Post by gkotody on Feb 12, 2012 10:54:52 GMT 8
Signed up yesterday for a santorini blue.Delivery probably end Apr.Has anyone changed their horn?Any recommended shops or is Autobacs ok?Is rustproofing necessary for the K5?What's the bulb size for the fogs?Am thinking of getting the 5000K ones to match the HID.
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