[ZPirate]

Originally Posted by ddivinia

Amazing

Red on one side and silver on the other or was it front and rear?

D.

Front and rear. So he basically has a red front caliper on the front and silver on the back.

[ZPirate]

Originally Posted by GXP08jrf

At each corner the LT brake system is different from the SS, which is the reason it may seem odd. The rear caliper on the $595 option is the same part number had someone not purchased the brake upgrade. It's the basic single piston that uses a bracket. I believe one of those rear calipers has an electronic park brake actuator as well. Having that standard rear caliper and bracket painted to match would drive a few additional part numbers into the assembly plant. It'd likely drive up the cost as well, and be somewhat prohibitive for a system that provides marginal benefit to the customer for the cost. The standard SS rear system uses different caliper (Brembo), rotor hoses and function of the park brake. Although the SS parts technically fit, using them on an LT would introduce option proliferation and build complexity during assembly. At some point the decision was likely made that a full upgrade on an LT to an SS system was not economically sustainable.

The LT opgrade option that the OP ordered does include 4 piston Brembos, however they are not the same as the SS Brembos. They are a smaller version that use a 12.6" rotor (a different, thicker rotor than the base LT 12.6" rotor). The SS standard front rotor is 13.6" diameter with a beefier 4 piston caliper. The LT's Brembo caliper design is common with the Cadillac ATS, and I presume it is intended to have desired clearance to smaller wheels offered on LTs and ATSs that aren't available on SSs.

I'd look into a caliper paint kit if you want the rears to match.

I get that it's a cost/compatibility issue. But if Chevy is going to go to the trouble of offering an upgraded red caliper for the front it should have at least color matched the rear single piston caliper or not offer the option at all. Seems like a half ass way of doing things the way it is. I wouldn't be happy if I paid $595 for the red caliper option and only got red front calipers.

[ZPirate]

OP you could consider some red caliper covers for the rear brakes. CCI caliper covers makes some pretty realistic looking caliper covers.

[GXP08jrf]

Originally Posted by ZPirate

Seems like a half ass way of doing things the way it is. I wouldn't be happy if I paid $595 for the red caliper option and only got red front calipers.

Can't disagree with that assessment/opinion, but that's the way it woeks, especially for the lower trims packages. Which is why they went through the expense if you got the color caliper option in the SS and above.

[FarmerFran]

Ford has been doing this for YEARS... Look it up. Hilarious. <-- this is on the 5.0 not the "lower trim"

one of the main reasons I did not buy a 5.0 - I mean, REALLY! how much could it actually cost to put the Brembo out back

[raptor5244]

Mazda has a Brembo brake upgrade option for the Miata. It nets you the bigger rotors and 4 piston red calipers up front but they leave the single piston rears. At least they paint then rear calipers red on these cars so it doesn't look so weird. That fact that Chevy would create an option for two different color brake calipers is just dumb. They shouldn't offer the option.

[Geese1]

Originally Posted by raptor5244

Mazda has a Brembo brake upgrade option for the Miata. It nets you the bigger rotors and 4 piston red calipers up front but they leave the single piston rears. At least they paint then rear calipers red on these cars so it doesn't look so weird. That fact that Chevy would create an option for two different color brake calipers is just dumb. They shouldn't offer the option.

I have a 2020 MX-5 with the Brembo brake upgrade, and I appreciate the fact that they at least painted the rear calipers to match, even if the brakes themselves are no different than the standard model. While I can see gm's business case for not painting these, I still think it's a real shame that they didn't on what is supposed to be an enthusiast vehicle.

[The Maverick]

The color mismatch issue is one of the reasons I went with the black Brembos for my '21 RS.

[ZPirate]

Originally Posted by raptor5244

Mazda has a Brembo brake upgrade option for the Miata. It nets you the bigger rotors and 4 piston red calipers up front but they leave the single piston rears. At least they paint then rear calipers red on these cars so it doesn't look so weird. That fact that Chevy would create an option for two different color brake calipers is just dumb. They shouldn't offer the option.

I agree. Why offer a half done option in the first place. Either do it right or don't offer it, even if it is on a less expensive model.

[Number 3]

First I find it funny that anyone is critical of GM here. Getting red calipers on an LT is probably a very low take rate. So they have a PN for the front and it only adds a build combination (still bad in manufacturing). But a red caliper r for an LT rear adds a new PN (worse for manufacturing and engineering).

Second, many off you apparently think every single car is lovingly inspected by some mythical QC team. They aren’t. It’s an audit and statistics are used to monitor parts and processes.

Plant processes and APQP/PPAP are what assure a quality car comes off the line.

FYI, you can’t inspect quality into your product. If you count on inspection you are broken.

[FarmerFran]

Originally Posted by Number 3

First I find it funny that anyone is critical of GM here. Getting red calipers on an LT is probably a very low take rate. So they have a PN for the front and it only adds a build combination (still bad in manufacturing). But a red caliper r for an LT rear adds a new PN (worse for manufacturing and engineering).

Second, many off you apparently think every single car is lovingly inspected by some mythical QC team. They aren’t. It’s an audit and statistics are used to monitor parts and processes.

Plant processes and APQP/PPAP are what assure a quality car comes off the line.

FYI, you can’t inspect quality into your product. If you count on inspection you are broken.

You inspect to make sure things are not "out of control" both incoming and outgoing.