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Alrighty guys I've been working on my Sonic a few months and idk why I'm just now getting to this. Getting rather cold so the modding will slow down some till Spring, but here we go!

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Mostly everything so far has been under the hood other than some dip. Nothing special cosmetically.

Tune, 2.5" exhaust, intercooler, bypass bypass and cai. The typical stuffs.
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2012 Chevy Sonic LTZ (hatch)
MPFab CAI, Forge BOV, 2.5" SS turbo back, Trifecta Elite Tuned, bypass valve "bypass", MPFab FMIC, Ultra Gauge, ported intake mani
 
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Got fed up with not being able to see anything now that I'm driving at night more. Replaced the lights with some Silverstars. Bright and white.

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Huge improvement over stock.

Also took off the bumper and removed the eco air flap attached to the grill. I've had my fog lights removed for a bit to show off the charge tubes. Always hated the chrome trim rings. Unscrewed them and used the rotary to remove the mounting point and round it all off.

Before:
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After:
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2012 Chevy Sonic LTZ (hatch)
MPFab CAI, Forge BOV, 2.5" SS turbo back, Trifecta Elite Tuned, bypass valve "bypass", MPFab FMIC, Ultra Gauge, ported intake mani
 
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Weight Reduction Goals
Aiming for 200ish?


Rear seats delete -48ibs
Exhaust ZZP +glasspack -20ibs
Tire/Jack -30ibs
Fog light delete -10ibs


Total 108ibs

PENDING:
AC Delete 30ibs
Seats
Stock LTZ seats + brackets 88.4
Corbeau Forza seats(38ibs) and planted brackets(10ibs) =48ibs
40.4 reduced
Wheels
Stock LTZ 88ibs
Sport Edition SE-16 72ibs
16ibs reduced

Pending Total 194.4ibs
 
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That interior is pretty sweet man! How is that intercooler Kit treating you?

How is the BNR tune? I am still on the trifecta tune.
 
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Dubbs_RS said:
That interior is pretty sweet man! How is that intercooler Kit treating you?

How is the BNR tune? I am still on the trifecta tune.
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I love the intercooler, but tbh I had some minor boost leak issues do to clamps not really holding up to use. Having to remove some for oil changes and such.. Thankfully they are cheap to replace. That and I find the oil issues in the charge tubes may agitate that further.

On another note I haven't even been running BNR for 24hrs and I'm calling it a sizable improvement. The car is pulling harder and more smoothly yet still capped at 200ft/lbs. I like that your gas pedal doesn't feel like an on/off switch with BNR. Much more suitable for a daily. Still waiting to see about mpg numbers.


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Wub2Dub

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Dubbs_RS said:
That interior is pretty sweet man! How is that intercooler Kit treating you?

How is the BNR tune? I am still on the trifecta tune.
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Also thanks on the interior. I do like the look, but i consider it somewhat temporary. I plan to inevitably go vinyl for trim for durability reasons. The black dash can stay. Not sure if vinyl will stick there do to the texture anyway.


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dean_6824

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how are those tires working out for you ? im looking at the same ones for my rs with 17s

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