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Old 04-11-2022, 05:30 PM
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I've been drooling over 6th gens for awhile now.... like 2 years or so. Honestly never considered a zl1 as I thought there were outta my price range, but after driving a 1le and loving its interior I kind of got hooked on 2ss amenities but 1le performance. The difficulty finding a 2ss1le and cost forced me to look at them and realized they could be had at good prices.

So I traded my 06GTO and put some cash down and sagged this 2018 zl1 manual with 50k miles.




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Beautiful car. Congrats!
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Old 04-13-2022, 10:40 AM
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Nice man! I absolutely love mine.
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Thanks guys! This car is wild and puts a grin on my face everything I drive it. I'm sure I'll make some cosmetic changes. But they don't need much else
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Looks fantastic and is my favorite color for cars! A++
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Thanks! Can't decide if I wanna keep the fins or go back to fogs/drls
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Congrats! I would ditch the canards(dive planes). It isn't a 1LE anyway...plus they don't look that good. Definitely function over form imo.
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My only gripe is since they are OE parts you have to put holes in the bumper to attach them..... so it's not as simple as swapping parts unfortunately.

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Enjoy. It is a fantastic car, that's for sure!! Treat her well and she'll treat you well for a long time
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the car looks badass and those canards are perfect so I wouldn't worry about taking them off.
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Hey thanks guys!

Im more inclined to keep the fins for now, I blacked out the side markers and for whatever reason that helped when I look at it. I know they arent functional teh way i drive the car, but I do like how much wider they make the front end appear.

For now gotta focus on fixing a few minor things from the previous owners, like paint correction, the cruse control switch on the steering wheel and getting the alcantara back into shape on the places they come in contact with skin. hopefully the steering wheel bounces back. and getting floor mats. Im stuck on just getting plain black or a logo of some sort.

Ive thoroughly enjoyed the car though, been quite a while where ive had a car I just wanted to go drive for no reason.
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Might wanna change out that heat soaked pint sized excuse for a blower while you're at it

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Ha!

650 is plenty for me these days

Though im still learning and getting comfortable with the platform
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Fantastic looking ZL1, that will prove to be a keeper I imagine!.
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Yeah next vehicle I wont be trading hahaha

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Wow, Props. That was a good buy/choice. I love it and also hope to own one someday.
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Originally Posted by asthmamax11
Might wanna change out that heat soaked pint sized excuse for a blower while you're at it
The blower is very capable for a street car.
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Originally Posted by LLLosingit
The blower is very capable for a street car.
Agreed...they really wake up with some porting.
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I just pm you before I found this post. You and I were talking about getting rid of our GTO's for a ZL1 a while back. Outstanding dude! Love this car. Hopefully I won't be to far behind you in getting me one as well.
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Aaaouch!! Congrats!!


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