[FoundNemo]

Originally Posted by Alain

Sucks the bow tie is glued on and looks weird once removed. Guess I can’t get away with leaving it off. Thanks for the feedback.

No problem at all sir! I found out the hard way, might as well save you the hassle.

[FoundNemo]

Originally Posted by JonDaddy82

Looks fantastic. Ball park cost for doing something like that?

Sure thing, here you go. Note, had to wait 3 weeks for parts to come in fyi due to strike delays

GM catalogs refer to 1LE parts via the "w/A1Z Package" in the description fyi, no reference to "1LE". Total cost to me was about $475, which was $325ish for both parts shipped to me and about $150 for the paint matching locally. I took them the parts off the car to paint. The ZL1 emblem mount tab and emblem I removed myself with a dremel and sanding set before painting.


1. Upper grille (comes with silver bowtie pre-attached), part # 84380519, $185 and change plus shipping:


Upper Grille Link:

https://www.thatgmpartsguy.com/oem-p...YtMmwtdjgtZ2Fz



2. Lower grille (comes with silver/red ZL1 emblem pre-attached), part # 84375811, $111 and change plus shipping:

Lower Grille Link: https://www.thatgmpartsguy.com/oem-p...Y4LWdhcw%3D%3D


Obviously way cheaper vs most of the vendors selling these for MSRP at the above links and I had great customer service from GM Parts Guy. Nothing else required to swap for hardware, but here are a few helpful notes.

- The wiring harness for the fog lights and side markers runs from the drivers side into the bumper and has about 12 tabs where it clips in all across the bottom of the bumper. When you unplug the connectors for the fog lights and side markers and pull the bumper, dont pull too far off the car (helping hands is great) until you unclip the harness from those pins or it will be too tightly wired to pull the bumper.

- The tabs on the upper grille are VERY tight. You will need several flathead screwdrivers to depress a few tabs and start getting it loose. Bottom grille is actually much easier to remove IMO from the tab design. Put some painters tape around the edges of the upper bumper so you dont scratch the paint.

- The grilles are matte black plastic for the 1LE, NOT Mosaic Black Metallic like the OEM ground effects on a 19 ZL1 fyi. Highly recommend paint matching as it looks a bit.. odd.. otherwise with the flat matte grilles and the gloss Mosaic Black ground effects. Just my $0.02. If you need a VIN to have a shop paint match the color to, here is the one I used: 1G1FB1RX5J0191225

Link to the above VIN to verify the color: https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...&firstRecord=0

[Venom ZL1]

Originally Posted by FoundNemo

Just some pics in case anyone was curious how this looks with OEM 1LE front grilles (upper/lower) but without putting the canards and front splitter and different side ducts from the 1LE. I'm a HUGE fan of the outcome tbh.

Note, the parts come in matte plastic gray ish color, not Mosaic Black like the OEM ZL1 ground effects, so I had the grilles paint matched in Mosaic Black Metallic before I installed them.

Of note, I also removed the ZL1 lower grille emblem and mount before painting and sanded it smooth and I had the bowtie matched also in black. Shiny be gone. Next step is the OEM ZL1 spoiler in Mosaic Black and changing the hood emblems to Crush and Mosaic Black (vs silver/red). The rear emblems and bowtie are already gone.

Fitment was spot on for all the parts, and there are no visible tabs really for the 1LE splitter at the bottom of the grill when using the OEM ZL1 splitter that does not come up to the grille. The bumper itself is different and hides 99% of the tab slots fyi.

Bringing this one back from the dead. @FoundNeno Did you or your paint shop have any problems painting those grilles being textured ASA plastic and not ABS? Like any adhesion issues?

How has it held up over the years? Any updated closup pictures you could share?

Getting ready to do this conversion myself and really want to paint those grilles mosaic black if I can.

Thanks for the original post you made giving me hope I can get these painted.

[Z OH 6]

Originally Posted by Venom ZL1

Bringing this one back from the dead. @FoundNeno Did you or your paint shop have any problems painting those grilles being textured ASA plastic and not ABS? Like any adhesion issues?

How has it held up over the years? Any updated closup pictures you could share?

Getting ready to do this conversion myself and really want to paint those grilles mosaic black if I can.

Thanks for the original post you made giving me hope I can get these painted.

My local body shop strongly encouraged me NOT to paint the grills because of the textured plastic. They said it would likely cause paint adherence issues.

[Venom ZL1]

Originally Posted by Z OH 6

My local body shop strongly encouraged me NOT to paint the grills because of the textured plastic. They said it would likely cause paint adherence issues.

@Z OH 6 Thank you for that info. Parts have started arriving and after seeing them in person looks like it might all blend very nicely as is without painting🤘😎

[Z OH 6]

Originally Posted by Venom ZL1

@Z OH 6 Thank you for that info. Parts have started arriving and after seeing them in person looks like it might all blend very nicely as is without painting🤘😎

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It looks fine without painting, trust me.

[mlee]

Originally Posted by Z OH 6

It looks fine without painting, trust me.

Love everything he did with this car but the grill definitely doesn't need paint.

This is pretty much what GM did with the Panther cars except for the front splitter.

[Venom ZL1]

Originally Posted by mlee

Love everything he did with this car but the grill definitely doesn't need paint.

This is pretty much what GM did with the Panther cars except for the front splitter.

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Ditto on what Found Nemo did with his🤘. I will be leaving the grilles as is unpainted and just painting the front 1LE splitter probably. Once the splitter gets here and see it in person I will have a better idea if I want to just paint that. The only thing I am not doing is the canards.

[Z OH 6]

Originally Posted by Venom ZL1

Ditto on what Found Nemo did with his🤘. I will be leaving the grilles as is unpainted and just painting the front 1LE splitter probably. Once the splitter gets here and see it in person I will have a better idea if I want to just paint that. The only thing I am not doing is the canards.

That's what I did. I left the grills alone and painted the splitter mosaic black to match the rest of the lower pieces.

[Venom ZL1]

Originally Posted by Z OH 6

That's what I did. I left the grills alone and painted the splitter mosaic black to match the rest of the lower pieces.

So the front splitter showed up today and it is much more of a glossier satin in person so I am a little on the fence to paint it mosaic black or not but I do have a gloss black with mosaic black ground effects ZL1 sooo lol. Unfortunately I won't be doing anything just yet because it arrived damaged with a broken tab barely hanging on 🙁

[Z OH 6]

Originally Posted by Venom ZL1

So the front splitter showed up today and it is much more of a glossier satin in person so I am a little on the fence to paint it mosaic black or not but I do have a gloss black with mosaic black ground effects ZL1 sooo lol. Unfortunately I won't be doing anything just yet because it arrived damaged with a broken tab barely hanging on 🙁

In my opinion it's really worth painting the splitter mosaic black so it matches the rest of the ground effects.

[LORDOBERON]

Originally Posted by Venom ZL1

So the front splitter showed up today and it is much more of a glossier satin in person so I am a little on the fence to paint it mosaic black or not but I do have a gloss black with mosaic black ground effects ZL1 sooo lol. Unfortunately I won't be doing anything just yet because it arrived damaged with a broken tab barely hanging on 🙁

love the look. do you have the part # for the front splitter

[arpad_m]

That tab looks fixable. With the parts availability situation these days, I'd consider giving it a try with JB Weld or something.

[Venom ZL1]

Originally Posted by LORDOBERON

love the look. do you have the part # for the front splitter

They have the whole kit with all the part numbers here.. https://wildhammermotorsports.com/17...eneral-motors/