Kia Sportage 3 is a good and reliable car, many people understand this. This machine is produced 20 years and the demand for this model is growing every year. The 3rd generation looks just great thanks to restyling, in addition, this car is comfortable, consumes quite a bit of fuel, so this car has become so popular and popular in Russia and CIS countries.

Киа Спортейдж можно очень часто встретить на улицах города, потому что машина действительно обладает массовостью. Поэтому для того, чтобы не быть таким как все, многие владельцы этого автомобиля решились сделать tuning Kia Sportage 3 своими руками, а те, кто не может самостоятельно – обращаются в специальные тюнинг-ателье.

Many people want to ride on the original car, so the question of individualization of the machine is very urgent. What is good about the Kia Sportage 3 generations is that there are all conditions for tuning and various modifications.

Increase engine productivity

To increase the performance of the engine, you need to make chip tuning Kia Sportage 3, and this is a very serious undertaking that requires responsibility, like any other refinement, but there is no particular difficulty in chip tuning.

Today, every owner of a car can choose which chip set he needs. After reflashing the engine software, the result will not take long - the power of the gasoline engine will increase by 10%, as for the diesel engine, it will be more powerful by 20%, or even more.

The developers of removable tuning modules confirm that if you connect these devices to the car, the power of the gasoline engine will increase by 26%, while fuel consumption will not increase. Other experts in the field of tuning also find the installation of tuning electronic useful.

In case there is no need and desire to reduce fuel consumption, it’s still to do Chip tuning Kia Sporteydzh 3 must necessarily. The owners of this car model confirm the fact that if you drive on standard software, over time, there are some suspensions of the electronic control unit, they are jerking while driving.

Particularly susceptible to failures electronics Kia Sportage 3 with an automatic transmission. It is important to remember that if you change the oil in the automatic transmission box, as well as replace the standard filter of the box with a tuned filter, the result will be just great. The transmissions will be switched more gently, behind the wheel of such a car there will be a feeling that you are driving on an expensive CVT car, this effect is especially noticeable on cars with high mileage.

Technical tuning

The technical tuning of the Kia Sportage 3 should also be approached carefully, because the car was initially successful, and if you make technical tuning without thought, you can only come to a degradation of the car's performance. But if you go with the mind to the improvements and do everything correctly, you can make the car better. If you install a rack or frame structure, you will be able to protect the motor from accidental damage, and such structures do not allow the body to curl.

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And for those who often travel out of town on the road, it is advisable to protect the crankcase so that the car remains efficient.

The photo is a fairly simple device that will help a lot if the car hits the edge of the stone at high speed with a wheel, because the force of a blow with a large stone can be enough to seriously damage some important parts of the car.

We fix the flaws in the design

Kia Sportage 3 from behind looks quite stylish, and to a greater extent, it came about thanks to the tinted rear window, but many owners of these cars consider that it’s not quite clear what is happening behind, and it’s not convenient to take it in reverse.

Thanks to Parktronic, this issue is almost resolved, but there are some nuances. Initially, the devices are too sensitive that the paper lying on the road can be recognized by the system as an obstacle.

Therefore, there is such a device as a parking radar, which showed itself to be great in Europe, is considered too good and expensive for Russia. But there is also a simpler means - a rear-view camera, which can be installed on the rear door.

Many drivers are already rooted habits to look in the rearview mirror, so in order not to change these habits, you can install a rearview camera monitor on this mirror.

Many motorists in the depths of their hearts want to feel like a locomotive driver, in order to fulfill such secret desires, you need to install another horn on the Kia Sportage 3, which will sound like a locomotive horn.

Beautiful and useful details.

To make an external tuning Kia Sportage 3 with your own hands, you must first install new body kits, and in order to make the car look more glamorous, you need to install chrome lining on the door handles.

And also, if you install chrome moldings on the door of the crossover, the car will look completely different.

You can also put deflectors on the glass, they will change the appearance of the car for the better, and also improve the ventilation in the cabin while driving. Thanks to these deflectors, the speed of the air, which enters the body through the ventilation ducts and goes out through slightly open windows, increases significantly.

If you change the standard grille to tuned, then you must take care to reduce the aerodynamic resistance, there are such grilles that only lead to poor performance - worsen the heat exchange of the radiator. It is very important that the radiator grill let the air in well, because if the air does not come in well during the ride, the system will turn on the fan in order to cool the engine, but after that the fuel consumption will increase slightly, and this is not necessary for anyone.

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Also, some owners of the Kia Sportage 3 to add originality to install metal lining, sometimes they are even illuminated.

On the one hand, this is simply foolishness, but on the other hand, these are very useful things, because the linings help keep the body from damage, and these linings make the car more attractive, and at night it becomes better visible in the cabin, and this increases safety.

You can also install mounted thresholds, which are considered an integral part for any serious jeep, so in the crossover Kia Sportage they will also look great and make landing and landing more comfortable.

As for the bumper, the standard bumper, though expensive, but not strong enough. Therefore, it can be improved - to install additional protection, which will make the car aesthetically more attractive, and also save the car in case of a collision with something.

To make the car look even more stylish, you can make tuning optics Kia Sportage 3, there are many different options. Today there is a huge selection of headlights, fog lights, taillights, etc.

There is nothing difficult, every car owner knows which headlights are better suited for his car.

Then you can go to the improvement of the exhaust system, as standard there is one pipe, but you can easily install 2 exhaust pipes. And for those who want to make his car look like a supercar - you can put 4 exhaust pipes. Bifurcated exhaust looks much cooler than the standard.

So that the muffler does not hang down after a while, it is necessary to put a damper hanger, there are no particular difficulties in this, but then, problems with the muffler will not be very long.

Improving car soundproofing

In order to have less noise in the cabin, it is necessary to work well on this. Of course, how to make noise isolation is the topic of another article. But if you spend about $ 1,000, you can make the noise isolation very high, the noise in the cabin will be less, at least 1.5 times.

The standard insulation delays no more than 70% of the noise that the motor and wheels produce, and the tuned insulation does not allow 96% of the noise.

New rims

It seems that there is no significant difference between forged, cast and stamped wheels, but it only seems that way, in fact, everything is completely different.

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For example, cast alloy wheels have better geometry, they are better balanced when compared with a conventional pressed steel disc. And this means that at high speeds the car will behave more stably.

Forged wheels are more expensive than alloy wheels, but their strength is significantly higher. In forged discs, a compacted metal is obtained, which has a different crystal lattice, which is why such discs are less susceptible to deformation, and are better able to withstand high loads.

After tuning Kia Sportage 3 in the field of wheels you will find a serious profit, in the form of money not spent on the repair of the suspension and bearings. Quality wheels will rotate evenly, and this is a serious plus. The cost of a decent set of alloy wheels will be more than 40,000 rubles, of course, it is a lot of money, but it's worth it.

New car color

Kia Sportage 3 is available in fairly calm colors, so many really want to make the car more vivid. Everybody pays attention to the bright car - both pedestrians and owners of expensive black Mercedes.

Neon blue is great for this model.

Interior tuning

There are a lot of options for creativity during tuning salon Kia Sporteydzh. Looks very stylish classic black and red interior.

There are also options for how to make the interior not only bright, but also soft, further on Photo tuning Kia Sportage 3 you can see how this soft interior looks originally, but it’s quite difficult to do such work, here you can either turn to professionals, or if you have the skills, then try to make such a salon with your own hands.

You can also put on the body contrasting colors that will improve the appearance of the car.

There are also interesting options with a matt body, there is a special matte varnish, this solution is very popular recently. Matte texture looks original and stylish.

Of course, a car that glitters with mirror gloss looks very beautiful too, this is a classic, but on the streets of big cities you can increasingly see matt cars, and they are quite expensive, so there is something in it.

If done tuning Kia Sportage 3 qualitatively, the car will look like a masterpiece. Therefore, if you manage to make cool tuning, you may be interested in the studios of modern automotive design, and this is a very interesting direction.

And then a video on how to make tuning taillights: