Think Ive ruined my calipers UPDATED

[Pastry]

Ive spent the last day or so cleaning my calipers and painting them red which I thought would go well with the dark blue body, that is until I refitted the first side Im really not sure I like them!!!
What do you guys and girls think?





Im tempted to go back to black or anthracite or maybe I just need to get used to such a dramatic colour change, any other suggestions? (No to green and yellow so lets no go there )

 

[mr wilks]

Epic fail in my book mr P they aren't the most fetching calipers to start with so i'm not a fan of drawing attention to them no matter the colour or standard of job

 

[john-e89]

An admiral job Pastry, but oh deary me....go and have a large beer and schedule in for a re-paint.. :thumbsdown:

Sorry mucker... :lol:

 

[Pastry]

Epic fail in my book mr P they aren't the most fetching calipers to start with so i'm not a fan of drawing attention to them no matter the colour or standard of job

Thats kind of where Im at with them Mr Wilks, hoping for support but if I'm honest I'm not expecting any!!

Im sat looking at the other side of the car stripped down, calipers and carriers ready for painting and I can't bring myself to open the red paint again :!:

 

[MickAdams]

I think it looks good, but I went blue with black clips when I did mine last week. I think I prefer mine

 

[Beedub]

Red works imo!! i like it!! Just do a good job and they will look great!

 

[Angelus666]

On the standard callipers, then a silver/grey/black are the only options IMO (you actually don't want to draw any attention to them)....I think the red look bloody awful, sorry

 

[Pastry]

Red works imo!! i like it!! Just do a good job and they will look great!

Theres nothing wrong with the quality of work I can assure you of that! Those calipers are a darker red which I prefer however, the caliper itself is much better looking which is half my problem, trying to make a purse out of a sow's ear..

 

[Smartbear]

Try a silver or black clip to remove some of the redness, might dull them down a little :?
Rob

 

[Nictrix]

You have done all the hard work, just repaint them a different colour before they get too dirty and you have to start all over again.

 

[Pures3]

I was going to paint mine red. I'm gonna do them in black now I think. They look really bright on the pictures, do they look quite bright in natural light too?

 

[MrPT]

They'd look better with silver clips. Still... not for me either, sorry. Silver or black for the stock calipers.

 

[MACK]

Epic fail in my book mr P they aren't the most fetching calipers to start with so i'm not a fan of drawing attention to them no matter the colour or standard of job

Thats kind of where Im at with them Mr Wilks, hoping for support but if I'm honest I'm not expecting any!!

Im sat looking at the other side of the car stripped down, calipers and carriers ready for painting and I can't bring myself to open the red paint again :!:

I'm with Mr Wilks on this, even on an M like yours they aren't the sexist things ever. Never quite sure why BMW never put 4 or 6 pots on the M of this vintage. Nuts when you consider you can get nice 4 pots on a F20 1 series diesel since they came out and the previous gen 1 series 135i had 6 pots available around the time the Z4M was in production. I would just give a recoat in silver or grey, maybe even black. All three would look better than the rusty look and at least all your efforts wouldn't have been in vain!

 

[Anonymous]

Oh FFS , you come around here asking me to turn that sows ear into a silk purse and then go and reverse all the turd polishing I did. ! :headbang: I know your jealous of my Imola Red M but honestly mate painting it one piece at a time isn't going to help ! :rofl: oke:

Seriously though , just doesn't look right, as Rob said, the clip at least needs to be a different colour, but somehow the red just looks like a cheap nail varnish on such a classy car, darker red maybe would work , but for me black is the way to go with silver clips.

 

[AlfaScozzesi]

Totally agree with the thoughts that the calipers aren't a "show" item. On the Zed M the show are the discs which look great

I painted mine black and did the spring clips in silver because of this.

I do like red calipers on both a dark and light car and had red brembos on my old Alfa which looked great.

The BMW performance brakes are better but even then still not the most asthetic.

 

[RickRob]

I have to agree with the above. Mine are due a paint this summer - will be staying/going black with silver springs/clips.

 

[Beedub]

my little St has red calipers form the factory so a really good finish, but again on sliding calipers and it looks really nice.

 

[Anonymous]

Evening buddy
I had this decision to make when I had my oem brakes
And all agree they look nothing special
So I couldn't bring myself to paint a bright colour
However I did do gloss black vht
And bright silver hammerite on discs
And I was v happy as looked fresh and not in face
I'd simply paint straight over the top buddy
Ps that's copper grease in pic
As below

 

[Peterboroughdave]

Go for black or athracite with bright silver spring clip, back of pads painted black if not already black

Bright colours OK for exotic brakes not single piston calipers with heavy/crude castings

My views only

Dave (the traditionalist)

 

[stupot67]

last time you painted the calipers you sold the car the next week........ oke:

I still reckon the idea is a good one, how about getting some black 2 pack epoxy (From BCS) and mixing up something close to a deep blood red, be a lot less shouty but still adding a bit of contrast to the silver and blue.

Stu.