Gray Calipers vs. Red Calipers
 

Look at the 2016 MODEL YEAR VIHICLE PRICE SCHEDULE:

Gray Calipers - $595
Red Calipers - $595

Hello :toetap: If they are the same price, why do they charge you $595 when you specify Red. I'm getting the 3LT package, wouldn't you think you could get the color you want at no extra charge. :yesnod:

standard base 123LT...optional Z06...Z51 unavailable
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It's the same as the dark badges, $100 option for the Stingray with Chrome standard but included with the Z06 and $100 to get Chrome. Anything non-standard costs.

The basic reasons is "because they can."

But to some extent is does cost them more to build something non-standard. There need to be extra steps and extra checks to make sure the non-standard colors match up with your specific car at the right time

Why not, look at all the buyers paying it. :D

Not being a smarta$$, they do it because they can. The price of special parts is crazy, but you are not buying a Yugo, either!

10-4 :cool:

I refused to pay it. Painted mine for around $50.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...d-finally.html

I wanted red. After I blew past the $60k mark, I stopped worrying about adding the touches I really wanted.


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$600 for painted calipers is pretty steep. I painted the ones on my C5 myself and the cost was around $45. IMO, looks just as good as any factory painted calipers.

I'm glad I wanted black calipers.

That was my thought exactly. I'm paying so much for a car I should get exactly what I want

Loving' my red ones, $595 but they look damn nice. :cheers:

IMO gray calipers only look good with a gray (maybe white) car.

Red looks good but has become too common as so many people get them.

I left my calipers black as they come with Z51. They look amazing. The red caliper color does not match torch red and clashes badly.

I must be colorblind.....I still like my red ones with my Torch Red Vette. :cheers:

Really! Mine match perfectly with Torch Red.

I just went out and looked at mine again and the match with the Torch Red may not quite perfect but damn close to my eye.

Just went out for a look at mine and it is an exact match to my eyes (TR/red). Maybe the paint batches vary.

👍. Mine must be close enough I can't tell the difference.......especially in the dark😜

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My wife and kids are color blind. I was planing to get a 2016 Torch Red with the Kalahari interior. They had just what I wanted with a black interior at the dealers and a convertible Red with the Kalahari, both were 2015 models. I liked the black interior much better with the red, both had L3 trim. Possibly the finish is a bit different between the cast calipers and the highly polished composite body. We all have different tastes, at first I swore that I would not have a Torch Red Vette because nearly every one I see is red. That was until I fell in love with the color.