BKorsaire

Hi, congrats man ! magnifique Z !




you can paint the brake in red if you want.




All my Vettes were, is protected. The last by XPel, fender, hood, spoiler, side skirts. I advice you to do a ceramic coating, you can DIY, it's easy. You have protection, splash guards sell by ACS composites to install on the fender, back of the tyres, protection against sand, gravel, not expensive but effective. I tried all these protections, and I'm happy

Mikec7z

what state/town are you in?

I would suggest putting it on your profile notes, it helps people local reach out to assist you who already have tools etc.

The tools for this procedure are expensive and rare.

Broker23

Congratulations...I personally use X-PEL on all my cars.. They claim it's self healing and in a way it kinda is In my opinion its the best on the market...Call around best the prices will be all over the place for this...My whole hood and front fenders front clip and all the way down the side of my doors from the line down to the rockers and side skirt's are done I paid $2,450 here in Chicago

I have a 2019 Z06 and have Black calipers too with black wheels and you cant even see them I dont have a $595 up charge on my build sheet

LarryFL

The only thing the 2018 brochure says about caliper color is that red is standard, and Z07 only comes in red and yellow. Why would there be an upcharge for black?

2500 hd

I was charged $595 for mine...

Broker23

[QUOTE=LarryFL;1599059456]The only thing the 2018 brochure says about caliper color is that red is standard, and Z07 only comes in red and yellow. Why would there be an upcharge for black?[/QUOTE

I dont know what color's they up charge for but what I do know is black on black looks like crap]

Elk

Those who have a black car and black calipers likely find the effect subtle, rather than "crap."

Broker23

Its subjective

Elk

Exactly

Glennm27

Good chance the dealer swapped the calipers out for another customer who wanted Red. Grand Sports come with Black calipers and reds would be a $595 upcharge. Just a thought. Good question for you to ask the selling dealer. “Where are my Red calipers?”

LarryFL

I agree. For Z06, there should have been an up charge listed on sticker if he now has black calipers. Dealer must have swapped them out, but since black is the upcharge, not sure the dealer is compelled to do anything, since technically he's giving the upcharge item for 'free'. Still, a dealer messing with factory brakes... OP should get something for that.

On Z06

• red is standard
• black or yellow is an upcharge.
• black cannot have Z07 nor CCB pkg
• grey requires Z07 or CCB pkg

On GS

• black is standard
• red or yellow is an upcharge
• grey requires Z07 or CCB pkg

(see 2018 brochure link above)

toddhale010

Calipers have not been swapped, it came that way.

toddhale010

Did you order it with black calipers or purchase it that way?

toddhale010

Thanks for all the positive replies about Xpel. I am looking into that but so far haven't found an installer close to my little town. The dealership I purchased from offers polysteel but I've heard mixed reviews on that and I can ceramic coat it myself and know what I got afterwards.

Broker23

I bought it that way I just wanted a White 3lz convertible with black interior. I didn't car about any other options as I will add them myself .

Glennm27

Just curious, how do you know that? RPO tag, build sheet or dealer order sheets should show caliper choice for the car.
J6A = Black
J6D = Dark Gray Metallic
J6E = Yellow
J6F = Red

SLEEKVET

It would be worth the drive to find an Xpel dealer. Depending on your budget, get as much covered as possible. I had front bumper, headlights, mirrors, front stage 2 splitter and lower rocker/brake ducts done for about $1,000. I will be doing hood and other parts as I can. It makes is so easy to keep clean, protects and prevent chips. My front bumper was saved from a falling plastic bucket off of a pickup truck on the freeway at 70 mph. It hit the front of my car and scraped my Xpel on the bumper, and then self healed - you cannot see any damage. That alone was worth it. The front is still protected. It is better to go with a known quality name of film. Mine was the Ultimate Xpel film. I did Ceramic Coating over the entire car myself. Good Luck.

Thomasmoto

OP congrats on your new Z06. You are going to really enjoy it.

toddhale010

Just going by what the dealer is telling me until I see the car. I have requested the RPO codes to see what it shows. Dealer says the car has not been altered in any way.

Mikec7z

once in a blue moon chevy factory swaps things up and hopes people do not notice. They will be out of a part, so they use the alternative.

Happens a lot on the z06 interiors with the z06 headrest emblem, they will throw normal c7 interior in the car, and hope customer does not notice.