Caliper Colors?

F30Drew · 05-19-2016, 08:59 AM

Anyone paint their brakes other than getting Blue M Sport calipers? Yellow, Black, Red, Blue, Etc?

MrF30 · 05-19-2016, 10:40 PM

I did mine orange.

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1249370

F30Drew · 05-20-2016, 07:44 AM

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I did mine orange.

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1249370

wow they came out good!

I need to get mine done so bad

ahero4eternity · 05-20-2016, 07:45 AM

Painting the front calipers is fine, but I don't see why anyone would want to bring an extra attention to those ugly rear calipers.

The Murder 335i · 05-20-2016, 08:25 AM

I was thinking of powder coating them fire engine red, does anyone one have advice about powder coating calipers (good or bad)?

Thanks

F30Drew · 05-21-2016, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ahero4eternity

Painting the front calipers is fine, but I don't see why anyone would want to bring an extra attention to those ugly rear calipers.

well theyre showing either way..id rather them alittle nicer than busted up looking. just my opinion

F30Drew · 05-21-2016, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by The Murder 335i

I was thinking of powder coating them fire engine red, does anyone one have advice about powder coating calipers (good or bad)?

Thanks

Not too sure on powdercoating so I don't want to give false info. only thing ive done to previous cars was take the calipers off and have them painted in a booth.

ahero4eternity · 05-21-2016, 08:10 AM

With the high temp pain that is available these days, painting is fine. There's a guy in SD that will do a damn good job.

Yes, the rear calipers are showing...painting them just draws more attention to how ugly they are.

ahero4eternity · 05-21-2016, 08:11 AM

This guy in SoCal does an amazing job: http://customcalipers.com/

Dog Face Pony Soldier · 05-25-2016, 05:21 AM

I like the blue on my car, but I really don't like the color BMW paints CCB calipers. If I went carbon brakes I'd paint the calipers ASAP. Probably gloss black just so it's clear I didn't buy CCB for curb appeal.

mr_kay · 05-25-2016, 06:53 AM

I did mine in blue just because the ugly rears started to rust lightly after this winter and was more of an eye sore than anything...And the fronts were pretty hard to clean once road grime baked onto them. Now, it's a breeze to clean them. The dust wipes right off when I'm cleaning my wheels. Don't have any pics of the rear that I can find.

Little before/after:

Edit: Found one picture of my rears.

F30_SixSpeed · 05-25-2016, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mr_kay

I did mine in blue just because the ugly rears started to rust lightly after this winter and was more of an eye sore than anything...And the fronts were pretty hard to clean once road grime baked onto them. Now, it's a breeze to clean them. The dust wipes right off when I'm cleaning my wheels. Don't have any pics of the rear that I can find.

Looks nice... what color blue is that?

mr_kay · 05-25-2016, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by F30_SixSpeed

Looks nice... what color blue is that?

Not sure of the exact name of the color. But it's the Blue G2 Paint Kit

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