2012 Corvette ZR1 Centennial Edition detail

[GoFast908Z]

Been looking forward to the call for this car for a while now. Chevrolet made some nice upgrades (finally) to the C6 Corvette for 2012, all wrapped up in the new Centennial Edition. There is alcantara on the steering wheel, door panels, shift boot, console lid, and in the center of the seats. A nice welcome touch. The steering wheel got revised controls and a nice chrome trim ring around them along with a special Centennial badge. The seats have the biggest change with MUCH more support and a racier and more upscale look. They no longer feel like flimsy seats from the 1970`s. Even the movement of the seat back is much improved.

Along with the interior upgrades, it gets a special color called Carbon Flash which is a black metallic, just stunning in the sun. For 2012, standard black is no longer available, and only the Centennial Edition gets the Carbon Flash color, also comes with a special satin stripe package. Along with the color is new wheels and tires. Available in gloss or flat, these wheels are killer looking with the red pinstripe that matches the massive ZR1 carbon ceramic breaks, now wearing red calipers. This one was also equipped with the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires which are basically racing slicks and rated at only 3k miles and are BARELY road legal. Finally the fastest corvette comes with tires to match the performance! So here is the top of the line fastest corvette available (for $129,000)...the 2012 Centennial ZR1.





Car was extremely dirty upon arrival and with multiple people handling it, it already had a fair share of scratches and marring, also holograms on the hood from someone "attempting" to buff it, presumably at the factory since no one touched it since it arrived at the dealer. A 1 step correction was performed to bring it back and make it look perfect again. Thankfully the marring and scratches were not deep and some Menzerna 106FA took care of them all with the PC on a white LC pad. LSP was Menzerna Powerlock.

It also showed up with a twin sister car which will be done later this week.




Upon arrival...





Scratches....








More scratches....







The carbon fiber roof has seen better days.

















....Seeing double....












After 7 hours, the ZR1 was looking dialed in again.

























Was only able to get 1 sun shot since the sun was setting....

[Pats300zx]

WOW !!!! what a car. Great job. It must be nice to see double

[CT3]

Love the ZR1`s. Nice work!

[Rocket]

Great job! I really like that color with the stripe package. This might be my new favorite but the carbon edition is pretty cool too

[C. Charles Hahn]

Man am I jealous! Would love to get my hands on one of those.

[Concours.John]

Very nice!

[polisher]

Man am I jealous! Would love to get my hands on one of those.

hah ya me too..great work btw

[broker99]

man that is sweet. Nice work.

[Rocket]

I had the opportunity to see one of these cars in person yesterday at the state fair. It`s an amazing car and color. The one I saw wasn`t in great shape. It had no barrier to keep people away so it had some markings on the paint from people running against it plus the cleaning crew installed some scratches wiping it down throughout the day. The thing that got me was the stripes on the rear hatch. Someone had picked at one of the stripes and ripped part of the stripe off. It wasn`t much but enough to be a problem. It will need some work before it is sold.

This just made me appreciate the work you did even more

[Old Pirate]

Would love to just drive it once ala.. Todd way. Thanks Jeff for the write up!

[GoFast908Z]

Thanks everyone!

[BobbyG]

Jeff, I just drooled all over my keyboard!!

The C6 ZR1 is the baddest car on the road and what a treat to work on such a racing legend....Between you and I, how`d it drive?

[GoFast908Z]

Jeff, I just drooled all over my keyboard!!

The C6 ZR1 is the baddest car on the road and what a treat to work on such a racing legend....Between you and I, how`d it drive?

Thanks Bobby! You know I`ve noticed some of the `09/`10s dropping to 80k hmmmm

How`d it drive? Exactly like you`d imagine it driving

[juliom2]

A killer vette.....Very elegant touches in an aggressive way.
Nice job on the recovery!!!!

[GoFast908Z]

A killer vette.....Very elegant touches in an aggressive way.
Nice job on the recovery!!!!

Thanks juliom2! Yeah its a nice ride and will spank 99% of cars on the road for a pretty good price. Style, muscle, and engineering.....I love it.