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03-04-2016, 01:40 PM
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Dealer pre-delivery short-cuts...Pieces not installed...>>
While I was very happy with my dealer's cosmetic prep of my car (Jeff Gordon Chevrolet in Wilmington NC), I started looking things over more closely in the following week.
There was a large plastic bag in the trunk... It included the stock mats, the front spoiler pieces, Front plate mount, the Track brake cooler ducts, and two large plastic covers. None of this installed on the car. I started looking around, particularly to find a home for the large covers. Every underside shot of a Camaro has shown the rear lower control arm bare. Turns out these covers go there, held on with 4 pop pins. You may or may not have them depending on how much attention the PDI dept paid to their instructions. If you don't have them, I'd complain. The reason being is that lower suspension pieces are usually the first to chip, peel and rust from road debris. These covers protect that area. Probably a little aero benefit as well. Check your cars!  
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Hyper Blue 2SS, 6M, NPP, Sunroof, Nav Last edited by Modshack; 03-04-2016 at 02:00 PM. |
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03-04-2016, 01:41 PM
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Retired from Car mfrs....
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Good stuff....thx
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03-04-2016, 01:44 PM
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Just to clarify, the Track Day brake covers are just for that though, they are technically supposed to be put on before and taken off after track...
At least from what i read in the manual.
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03-04-2016, 01:47 PM
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Drives: 2016 Camaro SS Join Date: Jan 2016
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It must be a NC thing. My dealer in Fuquay royally screwed up the front brake pieces. I had to change the lower control arm.
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03-04-2016, 01:50 PM
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Drives: 2SS, Hyper Blue Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Greenville NC
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 At least one car here showed the Track day air ducts installed at delivery (doh)... Even more reason to get under there and look...
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Hyper Blue 2SS, 6M, NPP, Sunroof, Nav Last edited by Modshack; 03-04-2016 at 02:01 PM. |
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03-04-2016, 01:50 PM
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 Drives: 2016 2SS Join Date: Dec 2015
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Yeah I only had the brake ducts in the trunk and was instructed by dealer that they were only used for track events.
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03-04-2016, 01:51 PM
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I used to be Dragoneye...
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 some of that equipment is for track use.
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03-04-2016, 02:13 PM
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03-04-2016, 02:25 PM
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03-04-2016, 02:26 PM
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From the manual (which seems to reflect that): After a track event, remove the tall deflector and the small splash shield and reinstall the original. Failure to reinstall the original parts may lead to corrosion, loss of output, noise, premature brake pad and rotor wer, reduced high speed wet braking, and damage to the tall deflector
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Hyper Blue 2SS, 6M, NPP, Sunroof, Nav Last edited by Modshack; 03-04-2016 at 02:37 PM. |
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03-04-2016, 04:06 PM
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My rear covers were left off...and they took the track ducts....typical dealer bs.
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03-04-2016, 04:14 PM
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My dealer installed these during PDI, They do hang down kind of low
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03-04-2016, 05:10 PM
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You can only YOLO once.
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Wow they really do...I wonder if they are highly necessary for the track or not.
I mainly do autocross so I don't think I need them for that. But I try to mix in 1-3 track days a year so I guess I'd have to do it for those or be happy with shortened sessions.
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03-04-2016, 05:29 PM
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Drives: 2021 300 Join Date: Jan 2015
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On the street they will be ripped off the bottom of the car in a couple of weeks.
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