Red/White Painted Calipers!!!

Sam12345 · 11-04-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by borisivan

Since you asked...

Lame. Please only consider this modification if you plan to also augment your car with purple blacklighting, 2 ft high spoilers, an extra shark fin, and a really bad stereo.

WOWWW!!!!!!!!!!! RELAX!!!
jesus christ you moron.........you think anything you do not like is considered 'rice' .
Chill out, this forum is for enthusiasts, not assholes.

MuchMoore · 11-04-2008, 11:56 PM

Black, thats the classiest color imo.

T i h o r · 11-05-2008, 12:15 AM

I'm gonna go candy red.

I'll post up pics if I ever go through with it! lol

jlwM3 · 11-05-2008, 01:46 AM

Wow, I was a bit surprised how excited people got over painted brakes. Guess I'm in minority, but I tried the red G2 Brake Paint system in a white '95 M3 with 5-spoke OZs. It really looked nice. Subtle. G2 has a nice variety of colors. When it first goes on, it looks terrible, but it dries to a great finish. It's durable, easy to touch up, and had no noticeable effect on cooling. I'm just not sure how much paintable surface area there is on the 335's calipers. I say paint 'em (or powder coat - mo $$ tho), you'll like it and you'll be glad you did. Just one guy's opinion.

gino58 · 11-06-2008, 03:18 PM

paint it silver or black so it's not loud and looks original. bmw is about elegance

TK-421 · 11-06-2008, 08:37 PM

I would go with black. The ZCP E46 M3 had it like that and it looked amazing.

TK-421 · 11-06-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NewSong

I'm only anti-painted caliper because a lot of ricers usually do it to pretend that they have high performance breaks. It has a bad rep because of that.

+1, some do it even when they don't have calipers; they paint their drums red. It's like they're trying to show the world that their car is so lame that has drums

darkphantom · 11-11-2008, 12:31 AM

You paint them yet?? I'm thinking of doing them red as well

I think it would look kick ass with the CR seats I've got

barbados · 11-15-2008, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Psylight

Paint them black, it doesnt look poser-ish and it looks very nice. (Well it worked for me, but I have a AW/Blackout/CF theme going on....)

I agree, I'm thinking of painting mine black when I swap my wheels shortly. It's not to make them stand out, it's just that they look pretty crappy stock. Black painted calipers would be a tasteful way to improve the looks of the stock brake setup. A lot of OEM brake calipers are black or silver anyways.

Don't go sticking a Brembo sticker on there though

TheAcAvenger · 11-17-2008, 02:55 PM

To the OP, if its within your means, Rotora makes a caliper kit that, if I recall correctly, costs less than 2k for front AND rear. They're red. So you'd be able to have your attractive calipers without paying out the ass for a real BBK.

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jlwM3 Private 5 Rep 73 Posts Drives: '08 335 Coupe, Dinan Stage3 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ponte Vedra, FL iTrader: (0)	painted calipers Wow, I was a bit surprised how excited people got over painted brakes. Guess I'm in minority, but I tried the red G2 Brake Paint system in a white '95 M3 with 5-spoke OZs. It really looked nice. Subtle. G2 has a nice variety of colors. When it first goes on, it looks terrible, but it dries to a great finish. It's durable, easy to touch up, and had no noticeable effect on cooling. I'm just not sure how much paintable surface area there is on the 335's calipers. I say paint 'em (or powder coat - mo $$ tho), you'll like it and you'll be glad you did. Just one guy's opinion.
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gino58 Enlisted Member 4 Rep 42 Posts Drives: 2006 325i zsp Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: elk grove, ca iTrader: (0)	paint it silver or black so it's not loud and looks original. bmw is about elegance
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TK-421 Registered Sex Offender 637 Rep 4,757 Posts Drives: E46 M3 \| 1JZ S13 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL iTrader: (0)	I would go with black. The ZCP E46 M3 had it like that and it looked amazing. __________________ Stop putting stuff like painted reflectors and premium package in your signature. You're embarrassing.
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darkphantom Banned 656 Rep 5,945 Posts Drives: E93 335i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The place for Bimmers iTrader: (4)	You paint them yet?? I'm thinking of doing them red as well I think it would look kick ass with the CR seats I've got
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TheAcAvenger Brigadier General 133 Rep 3,132 Posts Drives: 2018 R35 GTR / 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: 757 > Nova > Denver iTrader: (1)	To the OP, if its within your means, Rotora makes a caliper kit that, if I recall correctly, costs less than 2k for front AND rear. They're red. So you'd be able to have your attractive calipers without paying out the ass for a real BBK. __________________ 2018 R35 GT-R Cicio800 \| 2007 E92 335i - RB Turbos, TC Kline DA Coils, HPA M3 Suspension, Quaife LSD, Stoptech BBK, JB4, FuelIT, AR Downpipes, RDSport Quads, Stett OC, Helix IC, Volk TE-37, Vorsteiner V-35, OSS Headlights \| Retired - 2015 F82 M4
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