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Old 04-20-2023, 01:16 AM   #9
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Update:

Since finding a Gen5 Z/28 Flowtie is a long shot, I decided to try to make one from a Gen6 ZL1 upper grille. This upper grille has an integrated Flowtie. By chance there was a gentleman (Thanks willzilla) selling a used Gen6 ZL1 upper grille on the camaro6 forums. I cut away the Flowtie base from the grille and shaped it so it would fit nice against my '22 SS 1LE grille. I wanted it to look seemless and like GM would have mounted it. A few optimized notches to match the SS grille, a bit of epoxy to fill in the cut areas where it was originally part of the ZL1 grille, some wet sanding and new way to mount it along with fresh matte black paint brought it all together.

Fun fact.
In order to do what I wanted to on the Flowtie base, I had to separate it from chrome part of the Flowtie. On the back of the Gen6 ZL1 chrome Flowtie is a #, 23468210. That is the same # as the 14-15 Z/28 Flowtie part #. I believe that GM copied the shape and design of the Z/28's Flowtie for the Gen6 Flowtie . I think GM used that # as a casting/mold # for the Gen6 application. A Gen5 Z/28 connection to the Gen6 ZL1!


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