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Blue brake calipers

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Post by jock156 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:38 pm

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Post by Zedebee » Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:50 pm

Or Hammerite blue for a budget solution
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Post by Johnbmwz4 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:11 pm

McHaggis69 wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:01 pm Looks great - I’ve asked around locally for people to do mine (I have no real facility to take wheels off other than driveway) but can’t get any takers. What specific blue paint have you used?
I used the paint in the picture attached. Got it from EBay and still a quarter of tin left. I did 2 coats of paint too. I doubt you can do what I’ve done any cheaper…..
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Post by Johnbmwz4 » Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:14 pm

McHaggis69 wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:01 pm Looks great - I’ve asked around locally for people to do mine (I have no real facility to take wheels off other than driveway) but can’t get any takers. What specific blue paint have you used?
I also wanted to get the job done “properly” and had 1 quote from a local paint shop and they wanted £280 or £340 with MSport stickers on. I was semi ok with this until they said the paint job comes with no guarantee at all.
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Post by BeardyJon » Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:49 am

Looks great! I'd quite like to paint my callipers at some point, but can't decide what the right colour would be for an Alpine white Z with Kansas Red seats. Got a feeling Red would be too much red.
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Post by obewan » Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:12 pm

I did mine in 2020 with Halfords blue brake caliper paint, It's very very close to 'BMW blue' (they also sell yellow and red)
Currently a 250ml tin costs £10.99 - also available as an aerosol :cry:
I stripped the caliper down, prepped and applied 2 coats. Looks great and about 1/4 of tin left :thumbsup:
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Post by McHaggis69 » Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:08 pm

Local bmw independent did my callipers estoril blue with black on the hub and dust guards.

Before and after photos attached.

£50 and I supplied the paint.

I think its a big improvement.
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