The "new" parts for my eternal project car have arrived
First time I bought an engine sight unseen, but the offer was too good to pass up on. But I'm sure this project will be behind schedule and over budget once again.
First time I bought an engine sight unseen, but the offer was too good to pass up on. But I'm sure this project will be behind schedule and over budget once again.
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Edit: SOLVED, see comments
I have a K4 Hatchback GT-Line Limited (Canada). For cost cutting reasons, Kia outfitted the driver's side with power controls and lumbar, while the passenger side is fully manual with zero lumbar support.
My partner is 4'11" and sinks into the passenger seat so much her legs are kicked up, but she fits fine in my driver's seat thanks to the lumbar support. It's quite uncomfortable for her.
Is there any reasonable way to retrofit the lumbar support on the passenger side short of importing an AUDM or UKDM seat? Finding a mesh lumbar support that's only 1 ft wide is pretty difficult, a foam support would prevent the cooled and heated seats from functioning as intended. An aftermarket lumbar bladder is also an option. I can't find any clear parts diagrams or pictures for this car's seats unfortunately, so until I open up one of the seat backs, I have no idea what I'm dealing with, where the heating elements are, etc.
In South Africa, sales of electric cars more than quintupled in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year
In Laos, imports of battery-powered vehicles from China are soaring.
In Australia, Colombia and South Korea, the E.V. share of total new car sales has nearly doubled since fighting in the Middle East began.
The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/the-opposite-of-a-hypercar-is-fun-meet-the-gasolini-ar1/Open linkView original on lemmy.zipI'm a marshal by the way. Usually access to the car park locked, but today was open for some reason. They had two other LM cars too and about 5 million quids worth of other Porsches.
Finally someone who understand you don't need thousands of hrspwrs to have fun in a car, on the contrary I'd argue. Although 800 is nothing to scoff at either.
I need to get 17 inch winter rims for this bad boy.
I was thinking of getting these, hoping for a yellow Lancer Ralliart look.
The bolt pattern, size, and offset is perfect for the K4.
Is white + yellow a dumb idea? Should I go with matte silver instead like the trim pieces? I'm really struggling to picture it for some reason, but I feel like satin white wheels on a popping colour would work.
EDIT: I've received a lot of excellent suggestions, but I do have some criterion:
For reference, my stock rims are 18x8 with a +56 offset.
EDIT 2: I think I've decided on getting the 720 Form FF6 after comments mentioning similar looking wheels, a lower spoke count and thicker spokes. I'm willing to stretch my budget for them, especially since they are flow formed and higher quality than the Dai I was originally looking at. I'm still sold on the white since I couldn't find a matte silver rim that fit my taste and budget.
I will pull the trigger tomorrow morning. Let me know if you have more comments. Thanks all!
EDIT 3: Can't make up my mind lmao. I inquired with a local shop about getting some light gray Sparco rims. See comments.