New here with 2012 Sonic LS

[jfisher1191]

Long story short I picked up an Orange 2012 Sonic LS for my wife in June of last year. So far been a good car other than an ignition coil failure yesterday but we have managed to put 25k miles on it in the last 8 months.

On another note been looking to stick the extra double din I have laying around in instead of the factory radio but not really sure I need the full kit as the car doesn't have Cruise or any steering wheel controls. Any help there is appreciated

 

[mja]

Welcome to the forum!

Glad the car hasn't given you many troubles.

I purchased a standard double din dash kit from Bestbuy, and needed to purchase some extra electrical connector only to keep steering wheel controls (LT model). I lost all function of the sort-of-neat but not missed factory controls like chime volume, but the chime and accessory power are still there.

Crutchfield offers two kits - one for simple chime/acc power (LS/racecar with android auto?) and the other is to keep steering wheel controls (LT/LTZ/RS). LS Sonic just saved you $$$.
https://www.crutchfield.com/g_751/Factory-System-Adapters.html

 

[2014 Blue RS]

Welcome to the forum. Sorry I can't help with the radio question.