C06

Can someone tell me what all is included in this package? Is it worth the $995?

Bill17601

It is to me. It wraps the instrument panel in carbon fibre,

MikeyTX

So is the dash total carbon fiber or an overlay ?

sam90lx

Overlay.

MikeyTX

That's what I thought. Not worth a grand.

-CM-

From this thread.

MikeyTX

That is good to know. I'm still not spending a grand on it.

Zymurgy

Wrong!

palindrome1H

Real question is why doesn't this car have a D bottom steering wheel yet?

runutzzzzz

Because what would they do for 2015?

The carbon panel is well worth the $995 .Plenty of people including myself spent $400 just on the 08+ console for my car and that's faux carbon. Buy it now for $995 or buy not later through gm parts for $1500 (guess on msrp) plus labor.

Bill17601

Overlay? What do people think carbon fobre is? It is a very thin woven material you can have it in a flexible form or you can bind it with hardners.It is still very light and strong. How it can be defined as" overlay" I am not sure. I have a Simpson Carbon Fibre briefcase which the CF is laid over a thin metal base. May be overlaid but real carbon fibre and very cool.

SCM_Crash

It's not an overlay, but it's definitely a rip-off. $1000 for a tiny piece of CF? And GM has the tech to stamp those out for cheap now. I would pay $500 for it if it also extended down to the center console. But it doesn't. So it stops not even at the bottom of the center stack leaving you with two different materials on one panel. Looks cheap to me.

Bill17601

That is the beauty of an option. You do not need to buy it. I support your right to opinion.

SCM_Crash

If others buy it, I wouldn't tell them they made a bad choice. It just wasn't worth it to me. I just don't understand how GM justified the price.

Bill B 1

I think it's cool and I ordered it.....my opinion may change when I see it in person, but for now its all

SCM_Crash

You know, honestly, I almost called up the dealer to change my order and add it... I DO think it looks cool. I just have a hard time justifying the cost on it. I'm normally not froogle with money at all, but this one just kind of felt like I'd be getting taken. The car itself is an amazingly good deal, and I guess that's why I see that panel as a rip.

BUT, on the other hand, that panel would cost MORE than double if it came from Porsche. (Ask me how I know. )

Bill B 1

and I love the Brownstone, I'm so glad that is what I chose to order.

SCM_Crash

Oh yeah! When I was ordering my car, that was the very first thing I told the dealer. 3LT with browstone. He said, "Hold on... We'll get to that. Do you want a Z51?" LOL

gthal

Not that this makes it better, necessarily, but $1,000 for essentially the full driver dash in CF is not expensive relative to other car manufacturers. For MB, a single strip of CF was a more expensive option It isn't cheap but it is comparable or less than what other companies would charge.

Bill B 1

the price was a bit of a hesitation for me too, but I figured another grand on an already 70K plus price tag is no big deal and I'm sure I would have regretted it later if I had opted not to. I also ordered the vis cf roof.