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Calliper colour
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Blue callipers stand out nicely on Valencia Orange cars.
2012 E89 sDrive20i M Sport Celtic Tuning Stage 3 Remap
2008 E86 Z4 M Sport 2.0i - Gone
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2008 E86 Z4 M Sport 2.0i - Gone
2003 E46 316ti M Sport - Gone
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I do totally agree, I think I'd just want some bigger/nicer looking callipers if I wanted to highlight em..
E89 20i (ish) M Sport Valencia Orange
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Yeah the OE Callipers are a little bit wimpy looking on these cars.
2012 E89 sDrive20i M Sport Celtic Tuning Stage 3 Remap
2008 E86 Z4 M Sport 2.0i - Gone
2003 E46 316ti M Sport - Gone
2008 E86 Z4 M Sport 2.0i - Gone
2003 E46 316ti M Sport - Gone
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Agree, best painted black so they look clean but there is no point drawing the eye to them.
Someone on here did a replacement with 240i or 135i callipers, they look really good in the blue. Not brave enough to attempt myself!
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Now there's Irish logic. You're going to do the same as somebody didn't do.
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Did mine in grey Hammerite (on Melbourne Red car). Close to the original. They've survived surprisingly well.
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That's heresy, John! BMW leave the high ferrous content hubs bare to maximise brake cooling.
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Well if you can change my name to John, then I can change the colour of my hubs.
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Made me smile. Thank you.
Sorry for the wrong name.
That said, brake disc hubs still shouldn't be painted.
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To late for me then huh? Been like this for 4 years without any issues:
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Very good wheels, too.
p.s. I doubt many of us drive hard & fast enough for it to matter if our disc hubs are painted or not.
p.s. I doubt many of us drive hard & fast enough for it to matter if our disc hubs are painted or not.
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Those silver caliper's with the red rattle clip look wonderful. Its a great touch.
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Many thanks!Special Kay wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:18 pm Those silver caliper's with the red rattle clip look wonderful. Its a great touch.
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