Visual FE4 Identification
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Burning Brakes
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From: Waverly Tennessee
Looking for 2/3LT, Z51, mag ride, and active exhaust in manual. Sometimes they don't have good descriptions. Trim is easy thanks to climate controls, Z51 is probable with slotted rotors, but it seems it's next to impossible to visually ID FE4 from stock pics.
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I liked how on the C5 and C6 you could instantly tell if the car had Magnetic Ride or not by looking at the console for the switch. Made it much easier to figure it out if you spotted a car on a lot, or in the Auto Trader.
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Burning Brakes
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My Grand Sport has mag shocks and they are black! Same easy view through the rear wheel, don't have to open the hood to see the wire coming from the shock top.
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OP, you don't mention what year new car you're looking for, but the '17 model has magnetic shocks on both the FE2 and FE4 equipped cars, so if all you really want is the mag shocks the FE2 will get you what you want. The difference between the FE2 and FE4 is that FE4 includes the eLSD/PTM along with a few other goodies typically found on the Z51 cars, at least in prior years anyway. I suspect the '18s are the same.
http://eogld.cloud.gm.com/NASApp/dom...page=6&butID=3
http://eogld.cloud.gm.com/NASApp/dom...page=6&butID=3
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: Waverly Tennessee
OP, you don't mention what year new car you're looking for, but the '17 model has magnetic shocks on both the FE2 and FE4 equipped cars, so if all you really want is the mag shocks the FE2 will get you what you want. The difference between the FE2 and FE4 is that FE4 includes the eLSD/PTM along with a few other goodies typically found on the Z51 cars, at least in prior years anyway. I suspect the '18s are the same.
http://eogld.cloud.gm.com/NASApp/dom...page=6&butID=3
http://eogld.cloud.gm.com/NASApp/dom...page=6&butID=3
