Stancetastic Sonic

[Thaifight-R]

Well, finally decided to make a build thread. lol

Originally planned on leaving my Sonic as a relatively stock (and functional) daily driver despite making a bunch of stanced Sonic photoshops, but everything changed once I got rid of my project car... RIP ST162 Celica. You will be missed dearly. :'(

Anyways, I'm sure no one wants to read that sappy story, so I'll just jump straight to listing out mods and picture dumping. lol

Currently aiming for the low and slow/stance/flush look, but we'll see how that goes. This car is too fun with the tune and little things here and there. lol

Vehicle: Silver '12 Sonic LT Turbo Hatch

Mods: (in chronological order)

-Premium Trifecta Tune. (ordered from BNR literally right after I purchased my Sonic. Seriously, I already had paypal opened on my phone before signing the paperwork.)
-Ultragauge
-B&G Prototype Lowering Springs (Sold to $ub$onic)
-Visual Garage Shark Antenna
-BadlanzHPE 2.5" Electric Exhaust Cutout
-DDM Shifter Bushings
-Intake resonator delete
-BC Coilovers from a Chevy Cruze (Purchased from iraqivet)
-Plastiderped chrome part of Chevy badge (removed)
-Random mustache found on the ground (removed)
-Tux the Linux Penguin!
-Totally random Ground Control/Eibach Celica rear coilover springs: Had these lying around from when I had my Celica, and decided to slap the rears on for lulz. Still not low enough, but it'll do for now. :/ lol
-Plastiderped rear bumper

Waiting to be installed:
- Smaller Front Springs from previously mentioned Celica coilover sleeve kit
- Motorsport Tech Adapters 15mm 5x114.3 to 5x105
- 18x9/18x10 et +40 SBC AutoCouture Function DS (Valente)

Future mods:
-Considering a body/lip kit from Thailand. Debating between the AT-1 kit and the Carbon fiber kit. Still undecided.
-Front License Plate Relocation
-TBD
-TBD
-TBD
-Something with a mustache
-Something that quacks
-TBD


When it was on B&G Springs:

Springs:

Exhaust: (Don't have any pics of it with the electric cutout at the moment... See the Electric Exhaust Cutout thread for videos)
http://www.sonicownersforum.com/for...-discussion/1572-electric-exhaust-cutout.html

Shifter Bushings:

Install:

Intake Resonator:

Coilovers:

How it currently sits:

Meeting Bogus

Meeting Yosemite Sam

Meeting Wong

Miscellaneous

Preview of future mods:

Adapters:

Wheels: Rare Japanese 2 piece wheels made by Enkei.

Test fitting 18x10 in front

Test fitting 18x9 in front

JDM as fudge.

More to come soon! Hope you all enjoy this thread! Thanks for looking!

*2016 Update:

It's been a while since I posted my car on here.
Been super busy.
Far from finished, but it's gotten somewhere since my last post here. lol

Updated List of mods:

Installed:
Trifecta Tune
Bypass mod
Intake resonator delete
Forge BOV
VG Shark Antenna
Ultragauge
Weathertech Deflectors
Air suspension (BC Coilovers/UAS Bags/Manual Mangement)
Bride Stradia II Japan front seats (Planted Brackets. eBay sliders)
Euro Sonic rear headrests
Chevy Camaro SS 1LE Suede Steering Wheel
Custom sandwich mount Work VS-XX wheels 18x9.5 +19 all around
Nitto Neo Gen tires 215/35/18 all around

Parts not currently installed:
GM Lip Kit
Splitters
Spoiler
Custom Rear Diffuser
Short Shifter
Shifter Bushings
BNR EFILive Tune
MPFab Intercooler kit
MPFab DRS Mount
BadlanzeHPE Electric Exhaust Cutout
Autometer Triple Gauge Pod
E85 Flex Fuel Sensor
Custom turbo manifold
Tial BOV
Tial MVS wastegate
TD04-13T turbo
Oil Catch Can


I know I'm forgetting some things, but that's off the top of my head at the moment.

When I had 3SDM 0.06 wheels on:

How it currently sits:

Should I air up more?

And yes, I will switch to different colored lug nuts that match better.

Still got a ways to go to get where I want it to be, but I'm happy so far.

 

[RoXXXanne13]

looks awesome bro!! but nothing about that cutout looks electric..

 

[Insanika]

I'm excited to see the wheels on!

 

[Preloader]

Subscribed.

Can't wait to see the real stance with the suspension loaded up.

 

[xsonicLTZx]

Lovin the stance!

 

[13TurboLTZ]

Too low for me personally but looks better than the stock 4x4s do! Now lets see some lowered sedans!!!

How rough does it ride? My LTZ with 17s and stock suspension is a tad harsh over rough roads....

 

[$ub$onic]

Wonder what ever happened to the b&g springs

Still love your car. It's refreshingly clean and lowered

 

[iraqivet]

those arent the wheels i remeber you talking about. more pleaseopcorn:

 

[Thaifight-R]

looks awesome bro!! but nothing about that cutout looks electric..

Thanks!

As mentioned previously, I didn't bother getting pics after I got the electric cutout on. See this link for videos of it in action.

Exhaust: (Don't have any pics of it with the electric cutout at the moment... See the Electric Exhaust Cutout thread for videos)
http://www.sonicownersforum.com/for...-discussion/1572-electric-exhaust-cutout.html

those arent the wheels i remeber you talking about. more pleaseopcorn:

haha yep. Decided that the BBS wheels weren't wide enough for my taste.

Too low for me personally but looks better than the stock 4x4s do! Now lets see some lowered sedans!!!

How rough does it ride? My LTZ with 17s and stock suspension is a tad harsh over rough roads....

When I initially installed them, I adjusted them wrong by adjusting the spring perch rather than the whole shock body (resulting in no preload whatsoever). Because of this, my ride quality is absolutely horrid. lol
Still haven't had the chance to fix my coilovers yet. -_- I intend to get that all sorted out before putting the new wheels on.

Note to those that intend to get coilovers in the future: Be sure to put antiseize on the threads before installing them! Otherwise they'll seize and become even more of a pain in the butt to adjust!

Thanks a bunch everyone! ^_^
Pretty excited to make more progress.

 

[Thaifight-R]

Most likely going to sell the coilovers if anyone's interested. I want bags. lol

Test fit with normal stagger:

Ideal fitment:

 

[d.p]

front looks great as is, just drop the rear an inch.

 

[sonic007]

mannnnnn that is smexyyyy...wish i was that loww

 

[MPFab]

Moar pics!!

 

[iraqivet]

looks good

 

[iraqivet]

so your offset is like 25 now right?

 

[Thaifight-R]

Thanks again guys. ^_^

yep
18x9 +25 215/40
18x10 +25 235/40

The 18x9 is pretty much perfect.
The 18x10 pokes quite a bit. lol
Definitely need some more stretch/camber and/or fender pulling there...

First off, I need to get my car at the height I want it to be at. The goal would be to tuck tire, but I'm not even close right now despite removing the rear perches, and installing slightly shorter coilover springs off of a Celica. :/

 

[jetta]

sexyyyy... that's all i can say..

 

[Opticon]

You might actually be the first Sonic owner to go too low with wheels that are too large. The wide bottom wheel well openings make that look a bit... wack.

 

[Thaifight-R]

You might actually be the first Sonic owner to go too low with wheels that are too large. The wide bottom wheel well openings make that look a bit... wack.

[LOW CARS] Chevrolet Sonic Castor 20" - Suspensão a Ar - YouTube

Yeah, the large wheel wells do really bug me with this car.

19's will fill the wheel well really nicely, but I'm worried it might look a bit oversized...

Here's the Fatlace Sonic with 19x9's all around

Looks good to me, but at the same time, I feel like a wheel with a different design would look oversized...

The pictures posted earlier were still only test fits, so we'll see how they look once they're actually on.

 

[Wong]

[LOW CARS] Chevrolet Sonic Castor 20" - Suspensão a Ar - YouTube

Yeah, the large wheel wells do really bug me with this car.

19's will fill the wheel well really nicely, but I'm worried it might look a bit oversized...

Here's the Fatlace Sonic with 19x9's all around

Looks good to me, but at the same time, I feel like a wheel with a different design would look oversized...

The pictures posted earlier were still only test fits, so we'll see how they look once they're actually on.

These rotiform IDEs are my next wheels on what ever car I buy next...I love those damn things!

ps. My car looks like a monster truck in those pix up top....you could of at least photoshopped me to where I sit currently....haha