mynameisnotsparta OP t1_ito78yv wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:10 AM

Reply to comment by SixToesLeftFoot in Me in our 1986 IROC Z 😎 by mynameisnotsparta

The wheels are the 16 inch as you can tell by the design. The 15 inch wheels on the Z-28 were a different design.

My husband removed decals the day he brought it home from dealer and due to the glare of the sun on the hood you can’t see the grills / louvers in this photo

I’m also not aware of any way that one could get an ‘86 Z28 in monotone. Z-28’s were two-tone from factory.

Part of the "exclusivity" of the IROC-Z was the monotone body-color ground effects.

SixToesLeftFoot t1_itoa0gn wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:31 AM

The wheel design does not stand out as IROC exclusive as regular Z28's came with those rims as optional as well.

So your husband paid thousands of dollars more for the IROC, which lets be honest was only purchased by most simply to say they had the IROC, and then immediately removed the logos on a brand new car? Seems reasonable to me for whatever reason he bought it; show or not.

Agree on the lack of two-tone rocker panels, but as another user later pointed out was that the lightwells are black on the IROC, and these are clearly red. Maybe while he was removing the door logos off the new paint, he decided to reshoot the front valence? Also seems reasonable to me.

As for the angle of the sun reflection? Meh. There would be less of a reflection off the louvres so it would probably stand out a bit more. Maybe the sun was just right with the angle of reflection.

I'm not saying all that didn't happen, but nothing aside from the lack of two-tone paint points this to an 86 IROC. Don't get me wrong its a fun car to drive and I personally had several over the years, but this just seemed off.

EDIT: I stand corrected. Just pulled up the specs and there were rare models that came off the line with color matched lightwells. Not that it matters in this case because you have already unequivocally stated that "They are actually black", but yes, they could have been color matched to red.