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      09-08-2014, 03:49 PM   #1
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Ceramic brake color?

Assuming that you can get past the high price for the ceramic brake option on the F8x M cars, does the gold color of the calipers bother anyone? I really don't like it compared to the blue on the standard brakes. My choice would be black or even red. Small nit but for that money I'd like to love everything about them, even the color.
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I love the gold against my black car and would've hated stock blue so it works great for me.
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They look better on some colours than others that's for sure. I like my goldies with my Mineral White. It's like having gold teeth to go with your pearly whites.
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      09-08-2014, 05:34 PM   #4
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Definitely dependent on the color of the car. Gold and black and gold and white both work well, dating myself here but just like a 1966 Shelby Hertz Mustang.
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They look better on some colours than others that's for sure. I like my goldies with my Mineral White. It's like having gold teeth to go with your pearly whites.
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the gold is f'ng sweet. if you ask me, it goes well with every color. the only thing I'd say though is that it goes best with the black wheels, which somewhat dictates the exterior colors they look best with.
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Agree with everyone here, looks great on some cars, awful on others. Then again the same could be said for the blue brakes lol
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Agree with everyone here, looks great on some cars, awful on others. Then again the same could be said for the blue brakes lol
Exactly. I can imagine the uninformed person is going to ask - why did you choose (blue/gold) brakes when they don't match your car color?
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Exactly. I can imagine the uninformed person is going to ask - why did you choose (blue/gold) brakes when they don't match your car color?
Already happened to me. "Why did you get blue brakes with an orange car?"sigh, i actually think it looks good.
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Exactly. I can imagine the uninformed person is going to ask - why did you choose (blue/gold) brakes when they don't match your car color?
Already happened to me. "Why did you get blue brakes with an orange car?"sigh, i actually think it looks good.
I think the blue brakes match all of the standard exterior colors. The gold ceramics match some better than others.
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I think the gold looks better on ever color except AY..... to much gold.
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Off topic but i want my blue brakes painted sakhir orange. iND best place for something like that?
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Off topic but i want my blue brakes painted sakhir orange. iND best place for something like that?
No good powder shops in ATL?
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For price of CCB color choice should be free!
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No good powder shops in ATL?
I dunno guess i need to find out. Want my wheels and brakes done.
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For price of CCB color choice should be free!
.......for the price of CCB they should come with a migit trained by BMW who lives in your garage and resprays your calipers whatever colour you want on a daily basis.
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For price of CCB color choice should be free!
.......for the price of CCB they should come with a migit trained by BMW who lives in your garage and resprays your calipers whatever colour you want on a daily basis.
Yes I like how you think!
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They look better on some colours than others that's for sure. I like my goldies with my Mineral White. It's like having gold teeth to go with your pearly whites.
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Now things became even better: iPhone 6+ and iWatch in gold ordered to match the calipers
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For price of CCB color choice should be free!
.......for the price of CCB they should come with a migit trained by BMW who lives in your garage and resprays your calipers whatever colour you want on a daily basis.
Meh, i know a lot of you guys wear watches more expensive than CCBs.
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Meh, i know a lot of you guys wear watches more expensive than CCBs.
We will call them the redundancy crew.
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