2016 C7 Option Code "5ZG"
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You make a good point. I forgot that in some cases you get the standard parts in addition to the optional ones. Such is not the case, however, with badging or brake calipers.
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Brake calipers would not, without question, make very good tree ornaments 
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It's unfortunate the GM charges so much for alternate styles when the alternate is simply different (vs. better) than what comes standard. A great example is the "Stingray" door sill trim. $275 to have the word "Stingray" instead of "Corvette"? Seems excessive. Same with $210 for alternate center caps and $595 for red or yellow calipers instead of the standard gray or black. I find it especially amusing that on a Stingray with Z51 you can "upgrade" the brake calipers from black to red for $595 but on a Z06 it costs the same $595 to get black instead of red. Same with the exterior badging; on a Stingray you pay $100 to change from chrome to Carbon Flash and on a Z06 you pay $100 to switch from Carbon Flash to chrome. Go figure.
