Kia Sephia Sporty

[Loyale 2.7 Turbo]

This is the New Head Unit that I obtained for the "KiaStein"

 

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At first I removed the Wiring Harness from the Plug on the car... 

 

...and modified it with my soldering Gun, to fit the new Head Unit.

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For some weird reason, Kia made that a Double Din sized unit, fits nice and perfect on the Dashboard, But the unit does not sit flat as it should; the space and provided screws' base, is intended to let the Head Unit face inclined to the up side a little, instead; so, I had to cut a little line from the upper plastic at the Dashboard's cover opening, in order to let see completely the head unit.

 

 

I reinforced the back of the plastic, using a tiny metal wire,

covered with strong JB Weld epoxy compound.

Edited August 4, 2022 by Loyale 2.7 Turbo

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To install the reaer view camera properly and safely, I removed the Plastic frame that the "KiaStein" has on the trunk's cover, for the Licence Plate; it is made of thick ABS plastic, so is safe to drill a couple of tiny holes for the two 3/16" screws that I wanted to use, as they're the thicker that fits on the camera base, with little help.

 

 

I used this screws' Set with locking nuts:

 

This is how the installed nuts looks, they'll be hiding inside the trunk's metal, there is plenty of space.

 

The under side:

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This is how the installed Camera looks on the "KiaStein"

 

I had to splice a wire from the car harness to add the Backing sensor for the Camera:

 

Next, to hide the new wires among the stock wiring on the Trunk

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The Head unit performs Great, everything promised works as it should, plays .mp3 and .wma songs from the micro SD card, also movies in various formats including matroska .mkv and many different compressors of .mp4 videos so, it is astonishing; the rear view camera works Flawlessly everythime the transmission lever is moved to reverse, idependently from whatever the head unit is doing or if it is off, the Screen shows the rear of the car in 1080P sheamessly.

 

 

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Nevertheless, I really disliked the way that the internal equalizer manages the sound, mainly the Bass sounds; so by turning off the internal equalizer, I can use a "Bass" and a "Trebble" old fashioned controls that lets out a better sound but still, lacking of enough bass.

Well, this is some sort of amplified tablet, that maybe is already doing too much for little money; so, I decided to do the same that I did on my beloved Subaru "BubleBeast" years ago: to install a self-amplified Sub Woofer in the Trunk, as the sound is really clear only lacking enough bass, in my own humble opinion.

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So, I obtained this one, best bang for the buck:

 

Rockville 12" Comes with a wired volume control remote

 

But it was one inch too tall for the Space that the "KiaStein" has, in the trunk.

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No Problem with that, I disassembled it for cutting an inch off

 

 

As I already installed all the Needed wiring in the Trunk,

I can not Resist the Temptation of Testing the Sub Woofer without its Box:

 

https://i.imgur.com/hqCoPTQ.mp4

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This is how the final product looks:

 

Connected the wiring plugs:

 

takes up very little space at the bottom of the trunk:

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Fits Perfetly

 

installed the Remote near the Head Unit

 

and Voilá! ... everything is working good, thanks to God.

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Recently, I had to change the Rubbers for the Engine Crossmember as they were worn and the "KiaStein" was making noises, but didn'y find replacements in my area, but an artisan who makes custom rubbers for trucks, here; and I asked him to make a set for me: