If you clean them really good & get all the brake dust off this stuff will start on for good..
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Paint. Mine lasted 6 years on my C5 before I sold it.
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The issue would be you'll lose the 'Corvette' wording on the caliper when you paint/powder coat them on your own. Maybe these 'decals' are available so you can add them back on, otherwise it will look like something's missing.
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no you won't, the decals are on ebay and after you paint, you mist a light coat of clear over the decal to protect. It'll last as long as you own the car.
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Boy, I have no idea what someone might charge to do it for you. It took me 3 days. I put the car on jacks and prepped the calipers one afternoon, painted the next morning, and put the decals on day 3 after the 24 hour curing of the epoxy paint. Total work time was less than 4 hours.
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Boy, I have no idea what someone might charge to do it for you. It took me 3 days. I put the car on jacks and prepped the calipers one afternoon, painted the next morning, and put the decals on day 3 after the 24 hour curing of the epoxy paint. Total work time was less than 4 hours.
I was thinking more on my own experience, but this was back in '05. I think they quoted $150, and I think we all thought they were to be done on the car. The bill ended up something like $650! And they said most of the work was taking the calipers off, dealing with the fluids, etc. Of course I thought that outrageous, and in the end they gave me about half back in needed services.
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I had the dealer paint mine on my 2008 and they charged me $200.00 and that also included a small chip repair on the quarter panel. Looked fine for my 5+ years of ownership.
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Funny thing is I just sent in a deposit for a LB Red 2016 Z51 with black wheels and black calipers. This time around I don't want to see them!
With a similar Z06, black calipers are a $595 add!
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Just paint them yourself. I painted mine using Folia Tec caliper paint (epoxy based) about six years ago and the paint still looks like new. Cost was only about $50 total.