Thinking about yellow brake calipers - what does this forum think?

jamesdthomp · Post by **jamesdthomp** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:04 pm

Hey, I am 6 months into my ownership of my E89 Sdrive20i M Sport and I'm completely in love.

However, if I wanted to change ANYTHING I think some naughty yellow brake calipers could be subtle enough... It's got tan interior so I feel anything like red or orange would clash too much.

What does everyone think:

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R.E92 · Post by **R.E92** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:15 pm

The standard brakes on a 20i are tiny, painting them yellow just draws attention to that even more.

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:16 pm

Firstly, welcome to the forum and well done for including a pic.

I'd say, yeah, go for it. Hell, you can always change it if you don't like it.
Wifey's E85 has yellow ones on a Sterling Grey car and they look pretty good.
Mind, yours will be a lot more visible with those wheels.

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:17 pm

R.E92 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:15 pm The standard brakes on a 20i are tiny, painting them yellow just draws attention to that even more.

Or, you could be radical and say that it emphasises the quality of BMW engineering that it stops the car with such small, and therefore light, calipers.

Pbondar · Post by **Pbondar** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:25 pm

R.E92 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:15 pm The standard brakes on a 20i are tiny, painting them yellow just draws attention to that even more.

Yes I did that..I painted them yellow, they looked terrible and I wished I hadn't done it..fortunately my wheels hid most of the brakes most of the time, with a326M type wheel it would have been horrendous..

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:01 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Bonus points for a photo in your first post too!

If you want your calipers in a colour yellow would look good, or maybe blue?

rdm05z4 · Post by **rdm05z4** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:07 pm

You could go with Red on one side Yellow on the other if can't decide?

Zed Baron · Post by **Zed Baron** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:32 pm

Lots of different options here: https://www.demon-tweeks.com/uk/foliate ... er-243118/

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:26 pm

Having looked at Zed Baron's link I'd go for that "in yer face" green on your car OP - lovely!

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:26 pm

R.E92 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:15 pm The standard brakes on a 20i are tiny, painting them yellow just draws attention to that even more.

Clean them....that’s it....don’t draw any attention to how shite they are....

Pickster · Post by **Pickster** » Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:43 am

Go for it paint them Yellow, you'll love them or hate them and if the latter paint them again.

Boltz · Post by **Boltz** » Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:41 am

I fitted a BBK front brake kit and they are close in colour to Phoenix Yellow. I tried to match the standard rear calipers by painting them in a mixture 60% hammerite gold and 40% yellow. The rear calipers still look in good order.

Pbondar · Post by **Pbondar** » Thu Dec 03, 2020 12:00 pm

You can just get the calipers done in Phoenix yellow metallic, standard bmw colour and doesn’t show the dirt anywhere as much as bright yellow...

mcbutler · Post by **mcbutler** » Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:38 pm

Custard colour calipers, thats a big negative chum......

Dark Diggler · Post by **Dark Diggler** » Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:28 pm

Hi, welcome to the forum, nice z

Do you really need approval to do something that makes you smile?

Do it, if you don’t like it when you’ve done it, un do it

Enjoy your car....

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