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This is on a partial constraint, which means a portion of scheduled production may be made with the colored CF roof. I erroneously thought the constraint only applied to dealer stock orders but now believe it may be across the board.
Here is how it works: during the weekly dealer ordering process the dealer is told how many of each vehicle line may be ordered for that week. The orders are then matched against constraints and if too many are ordered some dealers will be told they have to modify the order or the allocation will be given to another dealer.
Smaller dealers are more likely to be affected and is one reason why before 2004 several hundred Chevy dealers had never ordered a Corvette. By never, I mean not one between 1953 and 2004.
My assessment: your dealer was told the order could not be produced unless modified due to the partial constraint. I suspect there is more problem with a removable roof than with say a CF hood or fender because a hood is stable on one end and removable roof is not. Remember Corvette previously used the CF roof in fixed roof models such as the ZR1 and not intheir removable roof models.
Laborsmith
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