paul 56

I've got my order in, but there's still time for me to change it. My order is a blade silver Z51 with painted silver wheels, and WITHOUT painted calipers, as I prefer subdued rather than flashy. Having said that, the painted calipers are growing on me, and I think red ones would look pretty good with my options. I'll use my car as a daily driver and track it at Willow Springs about 4 times a year. For those with experience, how difficult will it be to keep painted calipers clean?

My 2005 C6 Z51 is used just like I plan on using my C7, and the unpainted calipers on my metallic silver C6 have never been cleaned with anything other than just hosing it off as I clean the wheels. And they look pretty good with the silver paint and polished aluminum wheels.

Zymurgy

That depends on how **** you are about wheel/caliper cleanliness. To me, they are no harder to clean than the wheels, but they certainly take more than just "hosing it off".

Hot Rod Todd

The standard Z-51 calipers are black (as I ordered mine). I'm thinking they will be easy to keep clean. Red and Yellow, not so much. Once you do the switch to ceramic brake pads you get far less brake dust. That always helps.

I imagine more people will speak up about how much work it takes to keep the C6 colored calipers clean, it should be about the same on the C7.

agapsdiver

Yellow Calipers with silver,,, IMHO

GM'er

I have yellow painted calipers from the factory on my 2012 Grand Sport. Like anything, the key is to keep up with them and not let them get too much buildup. I clean them as I wash my car weekly with just a sponge and the regular car wash solution I use on the wheels and the rest of the car. There is usually a wheel spoke in the way of getting every bit of the caliper each time, but it is in a different spot every week, so you can keep them looking pretty darn good overall.

QUAKEJAKE

Pressure wash when I wash the body. Then I usually take off the wheels once a month to get to the entire caliper and fender wells.