hey all just an update 3 core brass and copper raidator going in with electric fan! cant wait for the coooool! ps i got some mad vid ov the last rock climbing trip the 4wd clubs calling her the super kia as all 4 wheels got of the ground twice when i sprung up from hitting a ridge to fast! ps all bash plates were well worth it! and used! but the fuel tank isnt 60l any more!

merry christmas all!!

im off to kenya for a month fishing for marlin! the runt is going under the knife while im away
2nd fuel tank
extended forks
Side protection bars too!
all done by shaun at gse4x4 thanks mate!
ill get pics up when im back! have a great jan all!!

Wheres the pics!

fotiez

fotiez 2

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2001 Kia sportage 4dr 2L Manual,

4" Lift made by upyourkia.com - Front Spacers, Front Sway Bar Coupling Extensions,
Rear Bump Stops, & Universal Rear Shock Bushings,
Rear coil springs are TJ Rubicon 106AA,
Front Peddars heavy duty coils,
Front shocks - Peddars off road,
Rear shocks - ProGuard from Gabrielá for a 1999 RAV4 ,
Installed by Peddars Ringwood

Winch bar made and fitted by 4B Fabrications carrum downs,
VRS winch 9.5 pound with Rope,
Custom Snorkel with differential breathing to air box,

1 3/8 body lift made by Roger Brown 4crawler.com Fitted at GSE4x4

Front Undercarriage protection - custom made by Brown Davis Bayswater

Rear bar with spare tyre carrier, jerry can holder and tow hitch, made and fitted by GSE4x4
2x diff drop kit custom made,
4x extended rubber guards,
Mud flaps,
Panhardrod bracket made by track finder installed by GSE4x4,
Rear and front differential lockers installed,
Rear and front sway bars removed,
Rear under carriage protection made by GSE4x4,
wheel arches cut back to extend articulation,
New battery mount and high cca battery 950 cca every 5sec from firststart.com.au ( very important as whinch will kill old bat dead....always in the worst time!!)
ALL ABOVE INSTALLATION/REMOVAL DONE BY SHAUN @ GSE4x4 THANKS A MILLION MATE! HIGHLY RECOMENDED!!

Front Locker - made by Kaiser
Rear Locker - made by Track Finder

5x 16" Rims on 30" XMT Mudder Buckshot Mud tyres- TJM Kilsyth,(these tyres were no good couldn't handle ruff stuff holes everywhere blew two in two months)
New!-5X15" steel rims with 5 x 15" x 31.7 x 10.5 Simex Jungle trekker ii the centerpiede! very nice mmmmmm needs every thing bashed out in wheel well as instructed other posts on this site but under full artic nothing touches!!
Ngk Performance spark plugs,
Ngk Performance ignition leads,
Power Chip made by http://www.performancechiptuning.com/Kia/Sportage/
Wildcat extractors, performance cat, and high flow exaust, Jaycar speedo correction kit

BIG SHOUT OUT'S
Firstly to everet killian for supplying a lift I never thought I would find + putting up with endless questions, being available at all times to help where ever he could! thanks mate!
Shaun from GSE4x4 for pioneering this build! Great work highly recomend him!
Peddars ringwood- didnt do much and service was Terrible but they got the lift in and matched the missing pieces!
TrackFinder Korea, "Jin" Thanks for making parts that shouldn't be made and aren't by any one else in the world!
Kaiser.com Brasil for supplying a front locker when no one else in the world could!
4x4wire.com for doing all the hard yards and Idea's that I stole! Thanks Guys couldnt have done it without you.
Lastly to 4B Fabrications for a great winch bar and snorkel setup, cheers guys!

Contact Info
GSE4x4 - http://gse4x4.com.au/Contacts.html , 0408 544 346

Roger Brown - http://www.4crawler.com/

Everet - http://www.upyourkia.com/

Track Finder - Jin - jinsung.park@colaon.com

Kaiser - Vittorio - Kaiser.com or vittorio@nekarth.com.br

Peddars Ringwood - (03)9873 5122

4B Fabrications - http://m.4bfabrications.wix.com/4bfabrications or 0397082232

4x4wire.com for all your kia sportage questions and answers!

Thanks toyou all! [/quote] [color:"red"] [/color] [color:"green"] [/color] [color:"red"] [/color] [color:"blue"] [/color] [color:"red"] [/color] [b]New battery mount and high cca battery 950 cca every 5sec from firststart.com.au ( very important as whinch will kill old bat dead....always in the worst time!!)

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New!-5X15" steel rims with 5 x 15" x 31.7 x 10.5 Simex Jungle trekker ii the centerpiede! very nice mmmmmm needs every thing bashed out in wheel well as instructed other posts on this site but under full artic nothing touches!!
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Hi Chris, did you ever post your Sporty pics anywhere?

Hi Davey,

se link in this post to 4wd action general tech where there are a number of various stage photos of Chris's sporty. nothing lately unfortunately with the centipedes.

cheers, Chris <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Thanks mate - funnily enough I've already seen those, but a while ago and didn't realise it was the same vehicle <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

That front bar looks mighty tasty, just needs some mounts for spotties!