2007 Kia Carens [ARCHIVE]

**CRDIvgt** · June 4th, 2008 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by wayward

gud day sir...kau po ba ung nag post re: lifting rear suspension of kia carens
ive been contemplating of this from the time i decided to get a carens, the low ground clearance is the only negative thing i can complain about the carens, other than that, the car offers the best bang for the buck

paki post naman sir ng pix, hw much po ba without the installation? probinsya pa po kc ako. TIA
BTW, i also intend to lift the front...wud b really grateful if u can help me on this. I hav frequent trips out of town kc and the roads here are quite bad, may scrape na nga unit ko sa lower part ng front bumper

Hi Wayward,
Please read the other tread. I posted some pics there. I didn't lift the front. I just changed mags to 17s (I think 16s is ok) and a little bit bigger tire. Overall my front maybe has increased by 1" and maybe 2.5" in the rear with the spacer. Since then I don't have problems in ground clearance. Of course yung mga normal damaged roads lang, di naman kasi pang off road and Carens eh. Hope this helps.

**Tailhook** · June 5th, 2008 08:39 PM

Hi guys. Im anxiously awaiting for my turn to get a Carens. Just waiting for a buyer of my present ride. Anyway, i was wondering if any of you had replaced the halogen bulb in the projector headlights of the carens with HIDs. Im quite curious if it works well and doesn't produce glare to oncoming traffic? I intend to have my future carens fitted with HIDs.
Also, what is the size of the bulbs of the reflector (non projector) headlights of the carens?

Thanks for any information.

**bogart** · June 5th, 2008 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by mqavila

What will you be getting bro?

...last week lang na-approve yung purchase ko, and mukhang makukuha ko na yung unit ko tomorrow WITH license plates.

bro- nakuha mo na?

**mqavila** · June 6th, 2008 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by bogart

bro- nakuha mo na?

Actually, the unit with license plates is already ready for delivery. Kaso, may internal documentation kami sa company na kailangang ma-complete muna before they give the go-signal to the dealer for delivery. Pero, hopefully, today is the day.

Nakakahiya din kasi sa Kia Pasig kasi kailangan na daw nila yung demo units so they're really hoping that they can deliver our actual units by today. Will keep you posted, guys.

**JuneT** · June 6th, 2008 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by mqavila

Actually, the unit with license plates is already ready for delivery. Kaso, may internal documentation kami sa company na kailangang ma-complete muna before they give the go-signal to the dealer for delivery. Pero, hopefully, today is the day.

Nakakahiya din kasi sa Kia Pasig kasi kailangan na daw nila yung demo units so they're really hoping that they can deliver our actual units by today. Will keep you posted, guys.

i'll be at Kia Pasig today, masilip nga unit mo

**mqavila** · June 6th, 2008 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by JuneT

i'll be at Kia Pasig today, masilip nga unit mo

There should be two ready units there: mine is a white EX CRDi A/T while my officemate's is a black LX CRDi M/T. Both with window rain guards.

**Hanren** · June 6th, 2008 11:09 AM

Autofocus update: (s of May 6, 2008 11:00 am)

Honda Civic - 4416
Kia Carens - 4215

201 na lang lamang
keep them coming!!!

**mondot** · June 6th, 2008 11:11 AM

Guys help,,,

......ang magic eye ko tuloy tuloy na nag o on off,,yung sa heater na eye ba..basta nalang biglang ng on off...pano ba ito mawawala?Call ko na sa SA ko dito sa Iloilo at tatanong pa daw nya sa service nila.My unit is CRDi MT...Thanks in advance..

**mqavila** · June 6th, 2008 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Hanren

Autofocus update: (s of May 6, 2008 11:00 am)

Honda Civic - 4416
Kia Carens - 4215

201 na lang lamang
keep them coming!!!

Yup, I never fail to vote every single day. And every single day, I keep hoping that we'll close the gap between the Civic and the Carens... Let's persevere until the close of voting in November and we might just make it, guys!

**mqavila** · June 6th, 2008 02:05 PM

I was looking through the Kia website and I noticed something funny.... it appears that Kia did push through with the price increase as already stated here in the forum BUT it looks like the price increase only affected the CRDi models. From what I can see on the online pricelist, the gas EX A/T remains at P1,005,000 - which was its price even before the price increase.

Parang ang pangit naman tingnan... halatang halata na tinaasan lang yung models and variants na feeling nila na mabenta...