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Old May 5, 2021 | 08:10 AM
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SGM is definitely one of the top three choices (IMHO). I saw one in the wild and could not believe how "rich" the color looked. Beautiful....
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Originally Posted by Zormecteon
Looks a lot like what I've ordered.. but not quite.. I believe that each of us wants to believe that ours is "one of a kind"
I certainly haven't seen another quite like this one. Very nice. I especially like the Edge Red calipers (more subtle than the brighter red, and the Gray Trident Wheels, both things I've spec-ed.
yeah honestly for how few SGM cars there are, this might be “one of a kind”

I was originally TR coupe but after seeing this color in person (and the HTC) I just immediately fell in love and switched my order. I also saw a SGM with the Bright Red calipers and just felt like it was too much contrast for my liking.

So my full spec is
  • SGM
  • Non-Z51
  • Carbon Flash roof and nacelles
  • carbon flash mirrors
  • spectra grey trident wheels
  • edge red calipers
  • 3LT
  • jet black Napa leather with suede inserts on seats and wheels and trim (center console/doors)
  • red seat belt
  • red stitching
  • carbon fiber interior trim
  • NPP
  • Mag Ride
  • Front Lift

here is a pic of a SGM with the tridents and edge red calipers I took at Kerbeck. The edge red pops more in person than what the camera shows, but not too much like the bright red (imo)




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Old May 5, 2021 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by One Vettey Boi
yeah honestly for how few SGM cars there are, this might be “one of a kind”

I was originally TR coupe but after seeing this color in person (and the HTC) I just immediately fell in love and switched my order. I also saw a SGM with the Bright Red calipers and just felt like it was too much contrast for my liking.

So my full spec is
  • SGM
  • Non-Z51
  • Carbon Flash roof and nacelles
  • carbon flash mirrors
  • spectra grey trident wheels
  • edge red calipers
  • 3LT
  • jet black Napa leather with suede inserts on seats and wheels and trim (center console/doors)
  • red seat belt
  • red stitching
  • carbon fiber interior trim
  • NPP
  • Mag Ride
  • Front Lift
I've gone.
SGM
2LT
Fender Hash Marks in Silver
NPP
Mag Ride
Front Lift
Edge Red Calipers
Carbon Flash painted Mirrors (solid black)
SCG interior
Spectra Gray Trident Wheels.

Essentially Gray on Gray on Gray, with a little silver for accent... I think the mirrors half painted body color look odd.
The nice thing about Edge Red calipers is that they will match (not that I'm getting it .. yet) the available Edge Red engine accent..
I wasn't originally going with colored calipers, but they carry the color from the rear tail lights around the side of the car.
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Old May 5, 2021 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Zormecteon
I've gone.
SGM
2LT
Fender Hash Marks in Silver
NPP
Mag Ride
Front Lift
Edge Red Calipers
Carbon Flash painted Mirrors (solid black)
SCG interior
Spectra Gray Trident Wheels.

Essentially Gray on Gray on Gray, with a little silver for accent... I think the mirrors half painted body color look odd.
The nice thing about Edge Red calipers is that they will match (not that I'm getting it .. yet) the available Edge Red engine accent..
I wasn't originally going with colored calipers, but they carry the color from the rear tail lights around the side of the car.

Sounds awesome!! I was going to get a different interior color other than black but ultimately decided I wanted the black with the red stitching and belts. Then the calipers would help bring some of the red interior, outside the car.

When is your TPW? Can’t wait for pics of it!
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Old May 5, 2021 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by One Vettey Boi
Sounds awesome!! I was going to get a different interior color other than black but ultimately decided I wanted the black with the red stitching and belts. Then the calipers would help bring some of the red interior, outside the car.

When is your TPW? Can’t wait for pics of it!
5/17 I'm at 3300. .. It seems that all the SGMs have moved to the front of the line... I see that there are many MARCH allocations with later build dates than my APRIL one. .
I was concerned that they would constrain SGM before I got my order in, but.... .. So far I haven't seen that they have stopped taking orders specifically for SGM, only that they seem to have stopped taking orders AT ALL!
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Originally Posted by Zormecteon
5/17 I'm at 3300. .. It seems that all the SGMs have moved to the front of the line... I see that there are many MARCH allocations with later build dates than my APRIL one. .
I was concerned that they would constrain SGM before I got my order in, but.... .. So far I haven't seen that they have stopped taking orders specifically for SGM, only that they seem to have stopped taking orders AT ALL!
yeah I am also an April allocation (my local dealers only for the month) so I just snuck by. Mine is being built next week. Guess they want to get through our colors and get into the rest lol... no complaints here!
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Old May 5, 2021 | 02:54 PM
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Just bought a Shadow Grey LT2. But I will say after buying 13, this is my last. GM and Chevy customer service is just to awful to continue this crap for a car. No loyalty in the brand. I have never gotten any support from GM and the dealers I have bought more than 5 from wouldn't even help me get one. Its like everybody wants to make money now F**K the loyalty or future of the brand.






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Old May 5, 2021 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Zormecteon
I've gone.
SGM
2LT
Fender Hash Marks in Silver
NPP
Mag Ride
Front Lift
Edge Red Calipers
Carbon Flash painted Mirrors (solid black)
SCG interior
Spectra Gray Trident Wheels.

Essentially Gray on Gray on Gray, with a little silver for accent... I think the mirrors half painted body color look odd.
The nice thing about Edge Red calipers is that they will match (not that I'm getting it .. yet) the available Edge Red engine accent..
I wasn't originally going with colored calipers, but they carry the color from the rear tail lights around the side of the car.
Very nice Zom. I like yours too OVB. Here's mine:

SGM
Z51
2LT Natural interior
Midnight Grey Racing Stripes
Mag ride
Front Lift
Black Calipers
Spectra Grey Tridents
Chrome accents
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Old May 5, 2021 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by One Vettey Boi
yeah honestly for how few SGM cars there are, this might be “one of a kind”

I was originally TR coupe but after seeing this color in person (and the HTC) I just immediately fell in love and switched my order. I also saw a SGM with the Bright Red calipers and just felt like it was too much contrast for my liking.

So my full spec is
  • SGM
  • Non-Z51
  • Carbon Flash roof and nacelles
  • carbon flash mirrors
  • spectra grey trident wheels
  • edge red calipers
  • 3LT
  • jet black Napa leather with suede inserts on seats and wheels and trim (center console/doors)
  • red seat belt
  • red stitching
  • carbon fiber interior trim
  • NPP
  • Mag Ride
  • Front Lift
@One Vettey Boi Please post pics when she comes in. Really want to see SGM with CF roof/nacelles. I went back and forth on including that option but ultimately skipped it. Figuring I can do a wrap in the future when I can see some examples.

In my garage possibly next week:
SGM
Body color accents
2LT Black/gray
Edge red calipers
Spectra gray tridents
NPP
Mag ride.

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Old May 5, 2021 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by LIE2ME
SGM is definitely one of the top three choices (IMHO). I saw one in the wild and could not believe how "rich" the color looked. Beautiful....
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Yeah...I think that the thing is, since people could not see it in person at dealers and since the ever-inaccurate configurators didn't really do the color justice, people made their color choices without the benefit of seeing how gorgeous this color really is in person, so there weren't as many orders as there might have been.

Love mine, that's for sure...have gotten a ton of compliments on the color, so I think GM was a bit premature to pull the plug!

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Yeah...I think that the thing is, since people could not see it in person at dealers and since the ever-inaccurate configurators didn't really do the color justice, people made their color choices without the benefit of seeing how gorgeous this color really is in person, so there weren't as many orders as there might have been.

Love mine, that's for sure...have gotten a ton of compliments on the color, so I think GM was a bit premature to pull the plug!
I'm glad they did pull the plug. Less of my car color on the road makes me happy 😁
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I haven't seen one in person, but I did see an SGM Camaro. It was inside so I haven't yet had the pleasure of seeing one in the daylight,... but

Not quite so hard to keep clean as black... the color shows the lines superbly... and it should all but disappear in trafffic... .. I don't need or want "look at me" red if I'm out hooning it.. I have a sliver car already, I've had white too... yellow cars are lemons.. .. BLUE? .. almost, .. would have been my 2nd choice... .. I'm so pleased I get the color I wanted...
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I made a special trip to Kerbeck in early March to see all the colors in person. I wanted to make sure I was choosing the right color. SGM was always my first choice and it was a decent enough day in New Jersey that I was able to view everything except Accelerate Yellow (no cars on the showroom floor). The color that surprised me the most was the Zeus Bronze, very underrated and much richer in person. SGM still was the winner for me though and I thank my lucky stars that I was an April allocation. I was sweating it there for a while.
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Landed at the dealer today!

Looks like the SGM with SCG and Q8T with J6N.

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All done.

quinten racing side skirts and ACS 1VM front splitter? Looks great!!!! I picked up the ACS splitter already ...debating on which side skirts to go with.
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Originally Posted by Zormecteon
Looks like the SGM with SCG and Q8T with J6N.

Loverly.
Yes on Q8T and J6N. Not sure what SCG is. It’s a HTC and has body color accent option.
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