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  • John Brown

    June 17, 2009 2:50 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

    I'm with Per. At 6'3" and most of my height up top I get crooked necked in most vehicles with a sunroof.

    The primary reason I am pretty happy with the idea of running a Beetle is the headroom while wearing a helmet.

  • dxman92

    July 12, 2009 10:17 p.m. dxman92 New Reader

    How hard would it be to get my hands on a set of the SE springs? I've been toying with the idea of a base 09 Accent hatch as my next daily driver.

  • keethrax

    July 12, 2009 10:49 p.m. keethrax New Reader

    In reply to slefain:

    I've been in the Kia version, seemed like a pretty slick little car.

  • chknhwk

    Nov. 29, 2010 11:56 a.m. chknhwk Reader

    dxman92 wrote:

    How hard would it be to get my hands on a set of the SE springs? I've been toying with the idea of a base 09 Accent hatch as my next daily driver.

    If you do, let me know. I've been researching cheap suspension options for a little later down the road...

  • subrew

    Nov. 29, 2010 12:29 p.m. subrew Reader

    SE springs are available at any Hyundai dealer, or places online that sell Hyundai parts. They were like $200 list price when we bought our 2007 GS. When I negotiated, I had them include a set of SE springs at cost.

  • RoosterSauce

    Nov. 29, 2010 3:05 p.m. RoosterSauce Reader

    subrew wrote:

    SE springs are available at any Hyundai dealer, or places online that sell Hyundai parts. They were like $200 list price when we bought our 2007 GS. When I negotiated, I had them include a set of SE springs at cost.

    Do you happen to know the actual differences between standard and SE springs? It's nice to have numbers to compare to things such as lowering springs, or the potential results of trimming.

  • subrew

    Nov. 29, 2010 4:05 p.m. subrew Reader

    Nope, I never measured the differences between the GS and SE springs. I just swapped them out and called it good.

  • RioRacer

    Nov. 29, 2010 5:32 p.m. RioRacer Dork

    Per Schroeder wrote:

    I dunno, I loved the Kia Rio that I had as a rental car recently. I just wish there was an aftermarket for them so I could justify one as a project car.

    I have been enjoying mine, decent little car. and the factory steel wheels look, in there uber dorky way

  • Zomby woof

    Nov. 29, 2010 6:42 p.m. Zomby woof Dork

    My buddy has a 13 second turbo'd Rio wagon.

    He has a sickness.

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