RS Tails

[1_2Many]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

But you're getting polished wheels instead of the painted midnights...it all levels out. Polished wheels are not standard on the SS, if that's where you're coming from.

Yeah exactly...not sure where his logic was coming from.

[96CAMaro]

Originally Posted by 1_2Many

IMHO I wouldn't do aftermarket lights on this car unless you make it easy to put back stock. Mainly the aftermarket's never work as good nor do they last as long. Typically the factory nails the color temp of the HID's better than any aftermarket and tinting tail lights is difficult to pull off correctly.

Please future Camaro owners, do the world a favor and leave the "ghetto" mods to the imports. We have a chance here to have a high quality respectable car. Don't start with the Pep Boys crap.

[kanakattack]

Let me just say that I put on halos on my 300c that already had HIDs, it was a real pain, the light enclosure has to be done in a specific way as they are sealed (apparently HIDs need to be in a sealed enclosure so as not to get any moisture in them, they could explode if any moisture is present because of the heat that the HIDs emit, so it is not as simple as it may seem). I would never do that again, I like the look of halos and for the extra 1200, halos and HIDs as well as darker rear lights, body painted moulding as well as a darker set of wheels, I feel the package is worth it especially since I ordered a black on black SS.

[Supermans]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

But you're getting polished wheels instead of the painted midnights...it all levels out. Polished wheels are not standard on the SS, if that's where you're coming from.

The polished wheels are a fixed price that you can order on the SS and now with the RS package as well. The RS package is over $1,000 and you get the HID's, darker painted rims and painted tail lights. What is the price extra for the darker painted rims? That should be deducted from the price of the polished wheels since they are being replaced. Unless the cost of the painted rims are exactly the same as the standard ones, then you are paying for the painted rim price as well as the polished wheels at the same time.. Do you understand my logic???

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by Supermans

The polished wheels are a fixed price that you can order on the SS and now with the RS package as well. The RS package is over $1,000 and you get the HID's, darker painted rims and painted tail lights. What is the price extra for the darker painted rims? That should be deducted from the price of the polished wheels since they are being replaced. Unless the cost of the painted rims are exactly the same as the standard ones, then you are paying for the painted rim price as well as the polished wheels at the same time.. Do you understand my logic???

Not really...I'm sorry.:(
Are you trying to say that the darker rims cost more than the polished ones, so by opting for the polished the RS packages should cost less?


The only wheels that are being replaced on the SS are the standard painted rims. Buy choosing the RS package, you are upgrading to either darker painted rims or polished rims; you're choice.

imo, if you opt for the polished rims, you're probably making out $$-wise...I'll bet they cost more than the midnight silver ones...

[rolnslo]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

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imo, if you opt for the polished rims, you're probably making out $$-wise...I'll bet they cost more than the midnight silver ones...

Yeah, but has anyone at GM said that if you order the RS package on an SS and want the polished rims, you get them as a direct swap without having to pay the $470 price of the polished wheels option? I thought they were just fixing the system to allow you to order both the RS package AND the polished wheel upgrade since the system won't let you do that at the moment.

[Mr. Wyndham]

Ahhhh, is that what you were saying Supermans?

...yeah...I dunno for sure. But I was under the assumption it was under the RS package...hmmm...interesting.

[Supermans]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Ahhhh, is that what you were saying Supermans?

...yeah...I dunno for sure. But I was under the assumption it was under the RS package...hmmm...interesting.

Thank you rolnslo for understanding. In other words if you order the RS package (which are three extra items for one price) and the polished wheels (which has a fixed upgrade price), unless the price of the RS painted rims is subtracted from the price of RS package as a whole, you are paying for an option that is being replaced with a fixed price. So in other words the price of the RS package should go down if you order the polished wheels but it doesn't. Or the price of the polished wheels should be reduced when ordered on top of the RS package.

If it is a clean swap under the RS package, then I would definitely order the RS package since I am getting the polished wheels for my base SS. However on the computer it is a separate cost with no price adjustment on either the RS package or the polished wheels option.

If the price for example for the painted rims in the RS package are only $200 more than the standard rims, then when you order the polished rims along with the RS package, $200 should be subtracted form the price of the RS package since you are paying full price for the polished rims.

[Hylton]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

The only wheels that are being replaced on the SS are the standard painted rims. Buy choosing the RS package, you are upgrading to either darker painted rims or polished rims; you're choice.

imo, if you opt for the polished rims, you're probably making out $$-wise...I'll bet they cost more than the midnight silver ones...

You must pay more if you want the polished rims. Regardless of whether you are buying a car with the RS package. SS buyers are in the same boat.

[Supermans]

Originally Posted by Hylton

You must pay more if you want the polished rims. Regardless of whether you are buying a car with the RS package. SS buyers are in the same boat.

If you just buy the polished rims and no RS package, you are paying for the upgrade price of the polished rims since the standard rims are already included in the base price.

If you just buy the RS package, you are paying for the upgrade price of the midnight silver painted rims (along with the HID's and other items) since the standard rims are already included in the base price.

If you buy both the RS package and the polished wheels, you are paying for the upgrade price on the midnight silver painted rims as well as the upgrade price of the polished rims...even though the painted rims are replaced.

The upgrade price for the painted midnight silver rims on the RS package (whatever that may be) needs to be subtracted from the RS package price when the polished wheels are ordered in order to justify getting both in my opinion.. If you don't care because A $300 difference means little to you, then by all means order both however unless this is fixed in the ordering process, I'll stick with either just getting the polished wheels as an upgrade or just getting the RS package. In my case I ordered the polished wheels and like the look of the standard lights even though the HID's look great and add character to the car.

[Hylton]

Think of the $500.00 as paying for the extra labor involved in polishing the wheels instead of the actual product.
It's the same as paying for an automatic transmission - you don't expect to get the manual tranny in the trunk do you?

[Supermans]

Originally Posted by Hylton

Think of the $500.00 as paying for the extra labor involved in polishing the wheels instead of the actual product.
It's the same as paying for an automatic transmission - you don't expect to get the manual tranny in the trunk do you?

Is GM painting the standard wheel midnight grey, then polishing it afterwards when you order both the RS package and the polished wheels? Ofcourse not which is my point above. Your example of paying for the automatic transmission is not even close to being the same. What would make your example the same would be paying for painting the engine a whole different color first and then paying for getting rid of that paint and then polishing it.. It would be silly to pay for both when all you should be paying for is simply the polishing..So you see your example needs something added to it to make it fit..

You agree that when you order the RS package, the standard wheels get painted midnight grey which is a labor cost is it not? When you order the polished wheels, shouldn't the price of the labor and the paint be subtracted from the price of the RS package once you order the polished wheels? Why are you paying for labor twice and paint that is not going to be used when ordering the RS package and the polished wheels upgrade at the same time?

[Hylton]

I understand what you are saying Super - you think you are paying twice for wheels. Guys with the SS are in the same boat as the RS guys because part of the SS package includes 20" wheels. Initially the 20" polished wheels were available to SS buyers only and they were asked to pay an additional $500.00 above and beyond what part of the SS package went towards the wheels.

The same is being applied to RS buyers. You are not being charged $500.00 for your wheels. You are being charged an "extra" $500.00 to have your wheels polished.

[Supermans]

Originally Posted by Hylton

I understand what you are saying Super - you think you are paying twice for wheels. Guys with the SS are in the same boat as the RS guys because part of the SS package includes 20" wheels. Initially the 20" polished wheels were available to SS buyers only and they were asked to pay an additional $500.00 above and beyond what part of the SS package went towards the wheels.

The same is being applied to RS buyers. You are not being charged $500.00 for your wheels. You are being charged an "extra" $500.00 to have your wheels polished.

No, you misunderstand, I am not saying at all you are paying twice for the wheels. I ordered an SS and also the polished wheels. I know that I am paying $500 for the polished wheels (as that comes to $125 extra per tire) as that is the difference of the cost to get them in comparison to the standard wheels. I have no problem with this at all contrary to what you stated in the post above.

Where the problem I have lies is when I add the RS package which is a combination of four different things each with their own price added together in a package. $600 for the HID's, $200 for the rims, $150 for the tail-lights and $50 for painting the rubber ditch moldings on the roof. Now I made up these numbers since we do not know what they are, however since that $200 for the painted midnight grey rims is added onto the standard rims you get with the base SS, tell me why is that price not deducted from the RS package when ordering the $500 polished wheels and 1,000 Rs package combined?