2018 Kona AWD 1.6T Lowered

justatree · Oct 14, 2019

What kind of rims are those?

KonaSELTech · Nov 22, 2019

Just curious why on earth would you want to lower an SUV / crossover of any kind... especially considering yours is AWD?

Mainia1 · Dec 27, 2019

KonaSELTech said:
Just curious why on earth would you want to lower an SUV / crossover of any kind... especially considering yours is AWD?

First off, the Kona AWD is not really a SUV, but more a crossover. A hatchback car that is lifted by thicker suspension sub-frames. Take those away or an easier way is lower it though conventional lowering methods to make it a car. So now I have a building ground for a small hot hatch with AWD. EXACTLY what I wanted, the almost perfect platform for a nice handling car for sport driving on a budget new hatchback. I would own an AWD in Death Valley if I lived there. It is #1 on the list for a car for me. It is a game changer.

Hit the red arrow in the center of the screen to start the video at the correct point, listen 5 mins.

Superior handling in almost every corner then a 2WD car. In some cases, by a drastically high margin.

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Hot hatch uno · Jan 28, 2020

KonaSELTech said:
Just curious why on earth would you want to lower an SUV / crossover of any kind... especially considering yours is AWD?

Better handling

NickMcPimspon · Mar 30, 2020

I have a FWD, but was eyeing a suspension kit similar to the one it looks like you've got. I stumbled upon a discussion of yours when I noticed that the suspension components of the Elantra GT and the Kona were almost identical. Did you end up going with the Eibach kit after you tried the N-Line components? What was your findings as far as compatibility? Finding suspension kits for the Elantra GT is much easier than the Kona.

Quest in finding better rear and front shock "Sport" valving

herl13 · 2022-09-25T15:31:44-0400

Mainia1 said:
First off, the Kona AWD is not really a SUV, but more a crossover. A hatchback car that is lifted by thicker suspension sub-frames. Take those away or an easier way is lower it though conventional lowering methods to make it a car. So now I have a building ground for a small hot hatch with AWD. EXACTLY what I wanted, the almost perfect platform for a nice handling car for sport driving on a budget new hatchback. I would own an AWD in Death Valley if I lived there. It is #1 on the list for a car for me. It is a game changer.

Hit the red arrow in the center of the screen to start the video at the correct point, listen 5 mins.

Superior handling in almost every corner then a 2WD car. In some cases, by a drastically high margin.

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I was wondering with all that suspension work if you were into Autocross or something like that.

In regards to the video I'd love to know more about that brake/gas maneuver he mentions at 11:02. 🤔

Mainia1 · 2022-09-25T19:37:42-0400

herl13 said:
I was wondering with all that suspension work if you were into Autocross or something like that.

In regards to the video I'd love to know more about that brake/gas maneuver he mentions at 11:02. 🤔

When I was younger I Autocrossed quite a bit. I wanted to again just a bit, but the 7 speed DCT flakiness, is not that Autocross friendly with higher hp/tq in an Autocross tight track. I am working on fixing that. I like to have a well handling car as a daily even more.

As far as the brake/throttle move, we can’t do that on our cars as the second you touch the brake pedal, the ECU cuts throttle. That would have to be changed in the tune to use that style of driving in most modern street cars. I don’t know if that can be done in the Hyundai N cars or not. That is done all the time by different race car drivers, if that is their style of driving.

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