What your OEM calippers COULD look like! :)

[ben g]

you painted the outer face of the pad :lol: lazy sod!

looks nice though.

 

[Swiftly]

Looks great, but I wouldn't have painted the pads though! I made sure when I painted my calipers that the pads were carefully masked off, just looks better in my opinion.

 

[ben g]

You can see on mine where the pad is still black and the caliper is silver:

I don't think it matters, I just prefer being able to differenciate between pad and caliper.

Oh and the reason I changed from red to silver. God damn brake dust!

 

[KERMIT1970]

I have had mine like that for a few years now. Still look good. I remove the pads when painting the calipers though, pads might stick & not float within caliper. I got slaughtered for sticking white decals on the calipers,but i think they look good !imo

 

[Swiftly]

I have had mine like that for a few years now. Still look good. I remove the pads when painting the calipers though, pads might stick & not float within caliper. I got slaughtered for sticking white decals on the calipers,but i think they look good !imo

That was my initial worry that the pads might not float and stick.

 

[sam1832]

They look soouch better

Not sure about the sticker though

They are so much easier to clean when they have been painted too

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[Z4M-2006]

Red is so 90's.........

Gold is where its at!

 

[Shappers]

One of my pet hates is bright colour callipers. Black or Silver all the way...

and why have you felt the need to put BMW on them? I think anyone seeing the car may realise it's a BM, what with the badges all over it....

 

[Swiftly]

Prefer silver or black calipers, but the gold looks pretty good too

 

[slick]

Red is so 90's.........

Gold is where its at!

I feel ( need) some CSL reps in my future :?

 

[AlanJ]

Why not remove the retaining spring and get it chromed - been done on here and looks excellent. Remove the pads and at least paint the outer face matt black. Gives and overall professional look and finish.

 

[bluestreak56]

Red red red!

 

[Swiftly]

I keep mine cleaned with a 1/4 inch paint brush, gets all the brake dust out of the crannies

 

[Bing]

I keep mine cleaned with a 1/4 inch paint brush, gets all the brake dust out of the crannies

An Asda Smart price toothbrush :lol:

Toothbrushes are massively under-rated as detailing tools. Soft bristles do a great job of the bolts on my 108s and down the panel gaps of the bodywork.

Nice work on the callipers Mr Essex

 

[gallaghb]

Nice! Going to do mine black I think

 

[domsz4]

I keep mine cleaned with a 1/4 inch paint brush, gets all the brake dust out of the crannies

An Asda Smart price toothbrush :lol:

Toothbrushes are massively under-rated as detailing tools. Soft bristles do a great job of the bolts on my 108s and down the panel gaps of the bodywork.

Nice work on the callipers Mr Essex

those bolts are a massive pain in the arse! im almost tempted to buy different wheels simply not to have them!

 

[Bing]

Toothbrush makes short work of them... And the rest of the wheels are real easy to clean. I am getting sick of cleaning my winter Daisies, so may change back to 108s even though the temperature is still low. As I'm between jobs, I won't be driving early when it's cold anyway

 

[andysat]

Looks good-i wouldnt have painted the pad tho

 

[Chuffer]

Red looks great & the BMW stickers finish it off, each to there own! The world would be a duller place if we all liked the same thing.

 

[aquazi]

Red does look great!

I quite fancy getting black BMW stickers for mine!


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