I'm Amanda & I love my Sonic!

[ASarp]

Hi everyone! My name is Amanda. As a quick intro: I am 22, live in New York, and I work at a Chevrolet dealership.

I bought my Chev brand new, but this June it'll be my 1-year anniversary of owning my car.
She (her name is Luna) is a 2016 Chevrolet Sonic Hatchback LTZ. <3

Here's some fun info on her:
Iridescent Pearl Tricoat
1.4L Turbo
Just hit 4,500 mi
Jet Black/Brick interior
Leatherette seats

I joined this forum because I have used this as a reference many times, and I want to meet fellow Sonic lovers.
I plan on modding my Sonic, and "jazzing" her up over the next X amount of years.

The first updates I'd love to do:
Purchase new wheels (give me recommendations on colors!)
Black bowties?

She is more than just a car to me.

 

[navyjag10]

Welcome. Looks good. U can paint or powder coat your rims

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[Chrish051873]

welcome.

You can also use vinyl over the bowties.

send $subsonic a message about the vinyl.

 

[SuperSonic15]

Welcome & Congrats Amanda!!

Thanks for the pics. opcorn:

Yeah, black out the bowties. Took me awhile to figure that out. What a difference. I'm into decals so...racing/rally stripes or such would definitely make it your own. You won't run out of ideas from this forum. Enjoy!

Nice color sonic, btw.

 

[TheGreenDragon]

Did someone say "wheels"?

Welcome to the forum! Lurk ye no more... thou shalt contribute!

The first updates I'd love to do:
Purchase new wheels (give me recommendations on colors!)
Black bowties?

Before we talk about colors, I'm interested to know what style of wheel you'd like to go for as that's generally the harder part. Were you wanting a wheel that could pass for OEM equipment, a race-style wheel, or a wild artistic wheel? Did you want a flush face wheel or a dished wheel with a lip? A concave or flat face? Spokes, mesh, or solid? How many spokes? Solid or split spokes? Did you want a light weight wheel or does weight not matter? Gravity-cast, Flow-formed, or Forged?

How do you want them to sit on the car? Do you want to keep the stock suspension geometry, make the wheels flush to the fender, or add some poke? Do you plan to modify the suspension later, and if so how? Will you be adding fender flares? How do you feel about wheel adapters?

Yes, I have an addiction. Yes, this is good for me. No, don't call the men with the tasers and white jackets. Everything is fine.

As far as bowties go, I believe you can order a set from the dealership. However it is just as effective to use vinyl wrap. For my bowties I ended up using some leftover Smoke Lamin-X I had after doing my taillights. It turned out really well. Normally the bowties appear to be almost black, but if the sun hits them they glow a smokey gold color.

 

[sonix13]

Welcome to the SOF family!
I'm so jealous of the white pearl color, It really is a killer color on the sonic!
I'm going to be redoing my wheels soon in the OEM carbon flash metallic black that is around the headlight and tail light trims. Would probably look bad ass against the white pearl paint.

 

[Natesriv]

Welcome aboard. The wheel selections aren't as expansive as other cars, our bolt pattern isn't widely used... but I got a great deal at Tirerack.com

 

[Calorim]

Welcome to the SOF family! That white color is amazing.

 

[Eric Smit]

Welcome to the family.

 

[Andy3521]

Welcome. Love the color.

 

[MORTIS]

Welcome to SOF!

Good lookin' LTZ and beautiful colour. Thanks for the pics.

 

[ASarp]

Welcome. Looks good. U can paint or powder coat your rims

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Thank you! I have considered that but ultimately, I want a different style rim.

 

[ASarp]

Welcome to SOF!

Good lookin' LTZ and beautiful colour. Thanks for the pics.

Thank you!

 

[ASarp]

welcome.

You can also use vinyl over the bowties.

send $subsonic a message about the vinyl.

Thank you! I'll look into that

 

[ASarp]

Welcome & Congrats Amanda!!

Thanks for the pics. opcorn:

Yeah, black out the bowties. Took me awhile to figure that out. What a difference. I'm into decals so...racing/rally stripes or such would definitely make it your own. You won't run out of ideas from this forum. Enjoy!

Nice color sonic, btw.

Thank you!! ahhh. I have already come across so many ideas! If only money grew from trees lol.

 

[ASarp]

Welcome to the forum! Lurk ye no more... thou shalt contribute!



Before we talk about colors, I'm interested to know what style of wheel you'd like to go for as that's generally the harder part. Were you wanting a wheel that could pass for OEM equipment, a race-style wheel, or a wild artistic wheel? Did you want a flush face wheel or a dished wheel with a lip? A concave or flat face? Spokes, mesh, or solid? How many spokes? Solid or split spokes? Did you want a light weight wheel or does weight not matter? Gravity-cast, Flow-formed, or Forged?

How do you want them to sit on the car? Do you want to keep the stock suspension geometry, make the wheels flush to the fender, or add some poke? Do you plan to modify the suspension later, and if so how? Will you be adding fender flares? How do you feel about wheel adapters?

Yes, I have an addiction. Yes, this is good for me. No, don't call the men with the tasers and white jackets. Everything is fine.

As far as bowties go, I believe you can order a set from the dealership. However it is just as effective to use vinyl wrap. For my bowties I ended up using some leftover Smoke Lamin-X I had after doing my taillights. It turned out really well. Normally the bowties appear to be almost black, but if the sun hits them they glow a smokey gold color.

Lol!!! Thank you for making my head spin . There is so much to consider. If I was going based purely off of looks...there are a few styles I have come across that I like. I will have to keep doing a bunch of research! Eventually I'll probably post my choices and see what peeps think!

As far as the bow ties ... I work at a Chev dealership so I probably would order them through my work and have them dealer installed. So many ideas!!!

 

[ASarp]

Welcome to the SOF family!
I'm so jealous of the white pearl color, It really is a killer color on the sonic!
I'm going to be redoing my wheels soon in the OEM carbon flash metallic black that is around the headlight and tail light trims. Would probably look bad ass against the white pearl paint.

Oh! That would make her look ***y! Thanks for the input.

 

[TheGreenDragon]

Welcome to the SOF family!
...the OEM carbon flash metallic black that is around the headlight and tail light trims.

DUDE!!! I have been wondering what color they used for those sections! Why didn't you say this sooner???

 

[sonix13]

DUDE!!! I have been wondering what color they used for those sections! Why didn't you say this sooner???

All you had to do was ask hahaha

 

[Crumbi]

As far as the bow ties ... I work at a Chev dealership so I probably would order them through my work and have them dealer installed. So many ideas!!!

I don't think they make the black bow ties for the 2016 Sonic. Let me know if I am wrong on this! Thanks.