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I'm partial to the Chevy because of the grill, but I like the wheels on the GMC. I like that the All Terrain pkg can get the painted bumpers hopefully this will be option on Chevy. Really dislike new Chevy Z71 decals, GMC Z71 decal looks cool. I hate how they are apparently branding the Z71 without the 4X4 part so that people too cheap to buy a 4wd don't feel bad about their mall crawler

 

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It's been like that for ages. Z71 has never been anything overly special. The only reason mine is a Z71 is because I wanted the body color front end since I hate how much chrome the other trims have. I'd be perfectly fine with a normal 4x4 if you could get it monochrome like mine.

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I'm partial to the Chevy because of the grill, but I like the wheels on the GMC. I like that the All Terrain pkg can get the painted bumpers hopefully this will be option on Chevy. Really dislike new Chevy Z71 decals, GMC Z71 decal looks cool. I hate how they are apparently branding the Z71 without the 4X4 part so that people too cheap to buy a 4wd don't feel bad about their mall crawler Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I like the chevy front end better also. Not sure about the Z71 grille. Don't really care about Z71 package ( rancho shocks, skid plate, etc. except for maybe the hill descent feature. I have a really bad driveway to come down in the winter. If I get the Z71 package and I don't like the grille I'll have the chrome mesh grille installed or buy it and install it myself. Then I could hang onto the Z71 grille. I'm waiting till I can see the different variations in person before I make up my mind.

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