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*Gerid's 14 Veloster Turbo Vit C - Aka Sonja*

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Ok, well guess I'll start with the story of the arrival of Sonja and how she became mine (I'll make a pretty long story short)!

I started in November with a 2013 Elantra GLS 6 spd, 8 days of driving and *Boom* in the shop. It literally died on my during transition from 2-3rd gear and never cranked back up. All the rocker arms had backed out, cracked the head, and damaged both ccamshafts. Top half rebuild only, lasted two days and then bottom half rebuild, still didn't fix it and starting New Years got put on a list for a full engine on backorder spot 9 -.- So, I checked state lemon laws and filed a claim. 4 months later and lots of waiting I now have gotten a repurchase and put into a VT!! Not happy with the wait and first failure but I am happy the occurrence led me to somethin I'm likin a helluva lot more!

Also, several will ask but, yes I did get the Elantra back around Feb 1st and drove it with no problems for about 3k miles. There is still no known outcome of what caused the initial failure.

Lastly, I'm on my phone and not sure how to add a pic but I will add on tomorrow at work. (No I don't use tapatlk as I couldn't even figure out how to post with it and I'm pretty tech savvy)

Mods soon to come - Down pipe, collars, exhaust, intake, res delete, springs, and tires.. In no particular order.
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Ohhhh, what is this we have here!!! Wooooooot!! First mod part! Yay!!! :smile:

Should be getting me a muffler ordered this Friday and will pair it up with this on the stock exhaust for now to suffice my needs for a better exhaust tone. Also, will be adding Collars and Res Delete to the list come tomorrow!
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thanks for ideas bout uploading piks to forum. trying to figure out how to use tapatalk today! car looking good....
p.s. all i can say bout LSU is happy my NOLES ended SEC champs run!! ha ha
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p.s. all i can say bout LSU is happy my NOLES ended SEC champs run!! ha ha
It happens, i'm overly anxious for this year to start!
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The devastation has set in.... they will only fit like this and this is not designed how I was hoping the box would hit. So, now I'm going to have to sell the box and most likely the subs bc I wanna go with one big @$$ fifteen since the 12's won't work. I literally can lean the seats back against the box with it facing how it should and the box would fit, but not with speakers in it lol! Highly disappointing but such is life.

On another note, got tracking number for my Muffler I ordered from a member (Dynomax VT 17156) and the ERZ Perf Catless Downpipe is in the trunk waiting it's arrival to be installed. Sound clip will be soon to follow.
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Res delete came in this week, Nate dogg is gonna have the vac blocks sent out soon, got the seconday muffler whacked off and sold the d/p for now. Car sounds greeeeeaaaaaatttttt in my opinion, only sound clip I have at the moment is just a cold start 15 seconds ish didn't even get to blip the throttle as I was in a hurry lol!
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I'll snatch up my phone cord on lunch and add the clip of the exhaust, might even be able to get a better longer one! :D
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Whelp, decided to try my hand at plasti-dip last night. Ordered the wheel kit but decided before I attempted the wheels I would do the side skirts, as I wanted them to match anyway. Not bad for my first try, I believe I will still eventually remove it and do them yellow! I do like the white quite a bit though, and maybe after doing the wheels it will persuade my thinking more!! Also added a nice lil decal! :)

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I like how that white pops.
I like how that white pops.
White looks good.
Thanks guys! I am more pleased with how it looks after staring at it for a while! I'm ordering another 2 cans today so that I can get the wheels done next Sunday! I originally had bought the wheel kit to do the wheels but wasn't going to be able to get it done this weekend. So, I went ahead and did the skirts. Only thing I still want to do is the back trim piece in white. I know it will get dirty, but I feel it will complete the look! :D
Not bad for my first try, I believe I will still eventually remove it and do them yellow!
or you can just spray over the white. will save you a few extra base coats.
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