About to drive my new ZL1 home - 8 Hour trip. Front end protection ideas? - Page 3

Future1LEa10 · 07-09-2021, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Totallyshocked

My ZL1 1LE is expected to be in any day according to the sales associate. I thought that using painters tape for the trip home was an original idea but boy was I wrong. Lol. I live in Northern Virginia and I found my dream car “in transit “ at a dealership in Alabama. That’s about a 10 to 11 hour drive. I was thinking I would use “Frog” tape.

I decided to try the painters tape. Grabbed two rolls from Lowes. I will be coming back to home 800 miles now with the new ZL1 on Monday. I will report back on how it goes.

Scottyz · 07-09-2021, 09:52 PM

Awesome road trip. Have fun brother.

CW3SF · 07-09-2021, 10:11 PM

Road trips in a ZL1 are a blast. Have a great trip.

Future1LEa10 · 07-13-2021, 03:21 PM

Follow up. The car did great coming back from the trip. I was going to tape it up, but it was pouring rain at the dealer at pickup and pretty much most of the way home. I was reading how bad the blue painters tape gets when it gets soaked. Leaving a ton of residue behind and whatnot, so I decided to run naked. I stayed away from everyone and it seemed to work. The car is as perfect as it was when I left.

And talk about a rocketship on the highway. Wow. What a car. effortless acceleration. Buuuuuut. The recaros... They are a bit tight for my 6' 280lb frame. Mainly the bottom side bolsters. I have bruises on the sides of my upper legs. The back of the seat was awesome. I might pull the drivers one and put in a 2SS seat for daily use. Then when I track it put the recaro back in. Thats my only complaint.

serper3 · 07-13-2021, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Future1LEa10

Follow up. The car did great coming back from the trip. I was going to tape it up, but it was pouring rain at the dealer at pickup and pretty much most of the way home. I was reading how bad the blue painters tape gets when it gets soaked. Leaving a ton of residue behind and whatnot, so I decided to run naked. I stayed away from everyone and it seemed to work. The car is as perfect as it was when I left.

And talk about a rocketship on the highway. Wow. What a car. effortless acceleration. Buuuuuut. The recaros... They are a bit tight for my 6' 280lb frame. Mainly the bottom side bolsters. I have bruises on the sides of my upper legs. The back of the seat was awesome. I might pull the drivers one and put in a 2SS seat for daily use. Then when I track it put the recaro back in. Thats my only complaint.

Glad you made it back safe and had a good trip!

I did 1600 miles several months ago in my new to me ZLE. rained the first day and then was going to be dry from then on. I tried to 3m blue tape it. The car looked good when I was done, but as i would start to drive the edges would lift and flap on the freeway. I stopped maybe 2 times to try to fix, but ended up pulling all the tape off because I was more worried about tape rubbing on the clear. I just stayed back from other cars and didnt have any issues.

Next time around I would have done track armour or similar.

Chutzpah · 07-13-2021, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Future1LEa10

Follow up. The car did great coming back from the trip. I was going to tape it up, but it was pouring rain at the dealer at pickup and pretty much most of the way home. I was reading how bad the blue painters tape gets when it gets soaked. Leaving a ton of residue behind and whatnot, so I decided to run naked. I stayed away from everyone and it seemed to work. The car is as perfect as it was when I left.

And talk about a rocketship on the highway. Wow. What a car. effortless acceleration. Buuuuuut. The recaros... They are a bit tight for my 6' 280lb frame. Mainly the bottom side bolsters. I have bruises on the sides of my upper legs. The back of the seat was awesome. I might pull the drivers one and put in a 2SS seat for daily use. Then when I track it put the recaro back in. Thats my only complaint.

The seat fits me perfect, but I’m a much smaller guy. I have heard that the seats break in to fit your body (if at first uncomfortable). Up to you if you want to wait and try the break in process… congrats on the new wheels!

nicktechla · 07-13-2021, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kropscamaro16

trackarmour ftw i use it on the track but you can use it for road trips also

++ TrackArmour. Better than painters tape for sure

hotlap · 07-13-2021, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by arpad_m

Trying to think out of the box, how about getting PPF instead professionally in the area you're picking the car up at? Painter's tape will work, but it's pretty ghetto, and you know Murphy's law, if you leave as much as a square inch untaped, it'll get hit by a beefy rock.

In my area there is a three month backlog with all the top installers.

My appointment is August 24th. This will be my fourth install in seven years and I couldn't jump the line.

LT4Greg · 07-13-2021, 08:39 PM

The Recaros will break in to your body shape and weight with more seat/driving time. I drove mine home for 4 hours and 300 miles after I bought it and thought I made a mistake with the Recaros but really changed my mind after more miles. Congratulations on a beast of a Camaro too!��

Totallyshocked · 07-14-2021, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Future1LEa10

I decided to try the painters tape. Grabbed two rolls from Lowes. I will be coming back to home 800 miles now with the new ZL1 on Monday. I will report back on how it goes.

Awesome! Looking forward to hearing about the delivery and your trip home. Lots of pics please.

arpad_m · 07-14-2021, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Totallyshocked

Awesome! Looking forward to hearing about the delivery and your trip home. Lots of pics please.

He already reported back, check out post #32

07-09-2021, 10:11 PM	#31
CW3SF Drives: 2019 Chevy Camaro ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Sea level Posts: 1,252 View My Garage	Road trips in a ZL1 are a blast. Have a great trip. __________________ Kong Stage X Port, NW103, LPE HPFP, XDI +30 Injectors, ARH Headers, Flex Fuel, JMS Booster, AWE Touring, Elite E2-X CC. Stock heads, stock cam, stock pulleys: Tuned by KingLT1. 740whp Uncorrected on e50

07-13-2021, 08:39 PM	#37
LT4Greg Drives: 2017 Camaro ZL1 Coupe Join Date: May 2016 Location: Georgia Posts: 5,813	The Recaros will break in to your body shape and weight with more seat/driving time. I drove mine home for 4 hours and 300 miles after I bought it and thought I made a mistake with the Recaros but really changed my mind after more miles. Congratulations on a beast of a Camaro too!�� __________________ ZL1 Coupe, PDR, Exposed carbon fiber hood insert, My Link with Nav, M6 6 speed and Silver Ice Metallic. Mods done: ceramic window tint, GM Accessories Camaro floor mats and Roto-Fab CAI.

07-09-2021, 09:52 PM	#30
Scottyz 2019 ZL1 1LE MY GOON Drives: 1980 Z28 Big Red. Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Stoney Creek Posts: 2,061	Awesome road trip. Have fun brother.

07-13-2021, 03:21 PM	#32
Future1LEa10 Banned Drives: 2021 Camaro 1LE Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Florida Posts: 151	Follow up. The car did great coming back from the trip. I was going to tape it up, but it was pouring rain at the dealer at pickup and pretty much most of the way home. I was reading how bad the blue painters tape gets when it gets soaked. Leaving a ton of residue behind and whatnot, so I decided to run naked. I stayed away from everyone and it seemed to work. The car is as perfect as it was when I left. And talk about a rocketship on the highway. Wow. What a car. effortless acceleration. Buuuuuut. The recaros... They are a bit tight for my 6' 280lb frame. Mainly the bottom side bolsters. I have bruises on the sides of my upper legs. The back of the seat was awesome. I might pull the drivers one and put in a 2SS seat for daily use. Then when I track it put the recaro back in. Thats my only complaint.

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