Bugs in Radiator............
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Drifting
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Bugs in Radiator............
So I hand washed and hand dryed my ZO6 yesterday. When I was down on all fours I looked thru the honey combs in the front grille and noticed a couple of big corn boers (yes its Nebraska) caught in the radiator. Do you guys just go down to the local car wash and stick the old wand in there and blow them out or do you have a super long tweezers??? No Iam not trying to be funny but those of us that live in the midwest do have to deal with alot of crap that some of you don't have to deal with. By the way I popped the hood thinking I could maybe get to the radiator that way but no luck. Not accesable. 
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I can't say i ever let it bother me, or think about it much.
On my show cars, i will occasionally hose them off the rad, but bugs in the rad is sign you drive your car and it isn't just a trailer queen.
Bug juice on the paint, is different matter, that stuff gets mopped off right away, as some bug junk will etch paint
Doug
On my show cars, i will occasionally hose them off the rad, but bugs in the rad is sign you drive your car and it isn't just a trailer queen.
Bug juice on the paint, is different matter, that stuff gets mopped off right away, as some bug junk will etch paint
Doug
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The Stingrays have a removable grille panel for a tow hook that gives a little more access to clean the grille, but not sure the Z06 grille has that.
I use a bottle brush on a metal handle to reach through the grille and carefully brush the coil to break loose some of the debris. I found a couple of big ole locus carcasses rattling around in my air inlet chamber.
I use a bottle brush on a metal handle to reach through the grille and carefully brush the coil to break loose some of the debris. I found a couple of big ole locus carcasses rattling around in my air inlet chamber.
