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To give you an example, with the windows up, at about 30% volume, playing heavy bass music on XM it's almost painful for my ears from how loud it is. If I roll the windows down, maybe 50% is already too loud. The subwoofers are strong, they make my teeth shake! Now I switch to USB or bluetooth...

Negative, I'm using the flash drive with the same music I used for my previous car (2015 mustang) and these songs sounded great in that system, along with XM and CDs. There is a very noticeable difference in quality when playing non-XM music in the Stinger. If you scroll up some posts in this...

Wow I tested this and the sound system is WAY better with XM than any other music source connected to the car. What kind of BS is that? They did so we pay for XM sub? Going to have to find a way to remove the gimping of non-XM music or replace the stereo (if it's even possible)

Actually, yes but I am not very happy with the result so I was going to redo before posting. Anyway, this is how the painted hole covers looked like installed. Note the license plate bracket holder under the fender: A close-up for better detail: From a distance, you can barely see the hole...

Got a call from Kia Corporate today. They apologized for the inconvenience and gave me free oil changes and tire rotation. Not bad! [biggrin]

Neither. I had never used smartphone integration in a car and was greatly disappointed to find out the phone has to be connected by USB cable. The thing won't work over Bluetooth. Nothing against the Stinger but I'll just listen to my podcasts over Bluetooth and use the built-in GPS system...

Damn. Okay, fine you win.[pray] Anyway going back to the car, I errr.... procured FLAC versions of some songs and played them this morning. they sounded about the same, even though, for example, the You Could be Mine MP3 is like 3MB and the FLAC is 120. Still, I put my hand to the subwoofer...

I mean record playing a song with the stock system then again once the new subwoofer has been added. It's not ideal but maybe shows the difference with it?

"Kids"? We're probably around the same age. Guns 'n roses didn't give you a clue? But yeah I do listened to compressed MP3's. I never had to worry about lossy audio formats with other cars but I guess the Stinger is going to be picky like that. I'll try again with FLAC formatted songs.

It wasn't like the Mustang vibrated violently with the Shaker audio system but playing something like "You'll be mine" the battery solo would have this nice "kick" to it with every percussion. I just don't hear that with the Stinger. For sure I'm not an audiophile that can hear every range of...

Well, not good enough. Adding this to my list of mods.

Not my choice actually. This was a showroom car they had installed the wheels (and lowered it too) before I even showed up to the dealer. Needless to say as soon as I walked in and saw it I lost all self control and started signing whatever papers they they threw in mi face.

How about a before-and-after video to get an idea of the difference? I might be interested but for that price tag I want to know what I'm paying for. [twothumb]

I keep reading online there are supposed to be 2 subwoofers under the front seats but I hear nothing come out of them. Using the same MP3's in the same USB drive I used in the Mustang I traded in, there is practically no bass. I used to blast Guns N' Roses in the Mustang and the whole car shook...

Shopping list: 1x Touchup pen from a Kia dealer in Miami because apparently local ones in LA don't stock them yet. 2x Set of 4 flat metal 1/4" hole plugs https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Pack-1-4-Metal-Hole-Plugs-Plain-Steel-Finish-SP-250-PL/281361102358?hash=item41826db616:g:qmIAAOSwyP5aDw1m 1x...

Picked up the Stinger on Thursday. Service receipt states it was the same problem as before but just needed a "little adjustment." Oh well, if it happens again I can invoke lemon law. If it doesn't, I have a happy Stinger. Win-win either way. This morning, I took it for a little road trip up to...

Now that I think about it, I wonder if having lowered coils is what's messing with the electronics? Maybe some reset has to be done in the computer to settle sensor misreadings caused by abnormal height? I'll ask the dealer service department tomorrow.

Yup, they were installed by the dealer along with lowering coils. Makes the car look even better. I was going to post nice pictures once I was done with the mods I was thinking of doing. Too bad I had to introduce my Stinger like this. [?|]

The saga continues! This morning the following error welcomed me in the car as soon as I engaged reverse to leave for work: Then I ran diagnostics and got this: Problem wasn't only the lights but I had to press on the brake pedal all the way down to stop the car and even then it wouldn't...

Yep. Check out this video for details. That's exactly how my Mustang looked like with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaKnOxMEUc