Factory carbon issues

[MookdocOE]

Mine is #35. I am one of the first to take delivery to my knowledge

I will send you same style pic tomorrow for reference!

 

[Blackwing86]

I will send you same style pic tomorrow for reference!

Thanks I would like to compare

 

[MookdocOE]

Thanks I would like to compare

Sure, pictures are so very subjective and distorting but your CF looks a little ugly.

 

[Blackwing86]

The old does, but I got about half of it looking “right” but now you guys got me a little worried that the color isn’t as it is supposed to be

 

[Finally-a-V]

Also remember, GM changed suppliers several times. That could add to difference in color and quality.

 

[MookdocOE]

The old does, but I got about half of it looking “right” but now you guys got me a little worried that the color isn’t as it is supposed to be

I tried for more apples/apples for ya bud hope it helps!

 

[MookdocOE]

So just by going back over your picture now mixing and mfg's like the other poster said and time-frames...Your's look a little "OFF" but how to ensure now that all look similar is the big question other than having same time-frame mfg and lot's etc.

 

[rubberduck]

Not sure how one times the CF purchase. I’ve had a splitter on order since December 2022.

 

[Dirkbg]

At a meet at a Cadillac dealership, where they had a '23 4BW Road Atlanta for sale, the carbon was different (silver/gray) than the participant 2022s (amber/brown). So there may not be consistency with OEM CF depending on the varying suppliers over time.

 

[Blackwing86]

At a meet at a Cadillac dealership, where they had a '23 4BW Road Atlanta for sale, the carbon was different (silver/gray) than the participant 2022s (amber/brown). So there may not be consistency with OEM CF depending on the varying suppliers over time.

That seems to be the difference with mine and timeline makes sense with what I got

 

[Blackwing86]

I tried for more apples/apples for ya bud hope it helps!

Thanks, I kinda thing yours is in the middle of the two sets I got

 

[MookdocOE]

Thanks, I kinda thing yours is in the middle of the two sets I got

Yes, I would tend to agree. My number is 632 and shortly after that it was ZERO ON THE CF 1&2 packages and from what I understand it's still a problem. GM had to screw the Cadillac brand because their bread/butter Corvette guys Z06's were just starting and they were heavy on CF specs and GM is not going to screw those loyalists!

 

[BimmerFan]

FWIW, slightly OT, I had a BMW M2 (pic below if I remember to attach it) with every freakin' bit of ridiculous CF available from BMW at the time except for the rear diffuser (don't know why) and a buddy of mine who worked for Tesla crawled under my car one day to check it all out. He was, at the time, searching for CF vendors for a project and explained to me how the BMW product was very high quality and I inferred from that, that there were lots of vendors that perhaps were not quite at that quality level.

And I've never worked in a automobile plant, but I have worked in manufacturing before, and I suspect that most companies trust their suppliers and don't inspect every little thing that comes into inventory.