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04-13-2004, 03:43:00 PM
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1981 Z28 Front Grill
On a 81 Z the upper and lower grill, are they supposed to be body coler or black? My car was originally dark brown and the grill was brown as well. I have changed the coler to red. I have seen it done both ways but it seems like the majority are painted black.
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04-13-2004, 05:51:00 PM
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Factory was body color for 81Z's. You can go either way it's now your car. Big debate will follow.
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04-14-2004, 12:38:00 PM
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I agree with manic, people will argue, but all 81 Z's I have seen have the body color grill. My grill is red, like the car, and is factory.
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04-14-2004, 12:42:00 PM
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Thanks I did paint mine red because I assumed it was supposed to be body coler. But I have seen so many that are black I was beggining think I had done it wrong.
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04-16-2004, 09:11:00 PM
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Hey 81Z28355 - you're from Hemlock? I'm in Saginaw, I think I met you last summer out at the Watering Trough on 46 (I was the short guy with the blue '81 Z28  ). Your car was all red with a tan interior right?
Oh yeah and to answer the question, what manic and jrz28 said - '81 grilles are body color.
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04-19-2004, 03:31:00 AM
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They look great both ways,I painted mine flat-black on my 80Zred/orange.Stock is factory color with car.
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04-19-2004, 04:23:00 AM
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I believe the previous "arguments" over black vs. body color were as it applied to 1980Z's- not 1981Z's- i.e. leftover factory color scheme from '78/79Z's carried partway into the 1980 production year...
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04-19-2004, 08:42:00 AM
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superjudge, yes that was me.
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04-19-2004, 01:25:00 PM
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i still havent seen the definitive answer on this one. ive seen pics of unmolested 81s with a black grille and blue body. my 81 has original blue paint and black grille. back in the day i had 2 new z28s, both cars were black, but the grilles were matte black not the body color. the assembly manual says its body color tho....
mike
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