So, My car is jet black with lightly tinted windows. I have the stock orange in the reflector in the front lights.
Can I get away with orange calipers or should I stick with the traditional red?? Should I also paint my wheels black and THEN do the orange calipers?
Kinda like this....
I want to do something that is subtle, but yet sporty.
subtle you say? nothing subtle about orange calipers against an otherwise, completely black "background". subtle might be only painting certain aspects of the calipers. I have a jb m5 w/ tint and the PO painted the STOCK calipers red....not a fan, at all. like the previous poster, that is only SOMEWHAT tasteful if it's a BBK. then again, you are asking opinions.
Interesting perspectives guys. Although I can respect the fact that BBK's are badass and they can be pink and still look good, you guys are making it sound the stock M5 brakes are as small as a Civic's. Drawing attention to 14" rotors and a good size calipers isn't necessarily embarassing.
Anyway, the car will be lowered very soon and I wanted to do something that would kind of make it my own and "pop" I guess if you will. I am going to try red and orange and post some pictures, I can always go to black if I don't like it in the end.
Interesting perspectives guys. Although I can respect the fact that BBK's are badass and they can be pink and still look good, you guys are making it sound the stock M5 brakes are as small as a Civic's. Drawing attention to 14" rotors and a good size calipers isn't necessarily embarassing.
I wouldn't want to draw attention to cheap, single-piston calipers that are essentially just larger versions of the commodity products fitted to your average family car. Plus the OEM calipers are simply ugly.
There was one of those Lambo's in front of the hotel here in Saigon the other day. Probably cost the owner $1,000,000 to have it imported here with all the duties and taxes added on.
There was one of those Lambo's in front of the hotel here in Saigon the other day. Probably cost the owner $1,000,000 to have it imported here with all the duties and taxes added on.
Is the owner standing by the left front tire? If he isn't, he needs to back off that car!! That situation annoys me the most! Not your car? Don't go near it! You didn't pay for it, you have no right to be within a two foot radius of it! Unless you know the owner of course... :haha:
Ryan
Sorry, off topic.
I think all black with orange calipers would look kinda epic!
It's your car. Do what you want with it but keep it tasteful. You are a representative of m5board.com but more importantly, your car represents what an E39 M5 is. Don't rice it up!
I just rebuilt mine with new seals and guide bushes. New discs, pads and fluid as well, and repainted (in gunmetal. not orange:cool2. Which gave me the chance to examine all of the parts in intimate detail. As mentioned, perfectly adequate for ordinary use but compared to the rest of the car, very ordinary technology. How many other 400 bhp cars come with single-piston floating calipers?
Nah...Just do whatever u feel its cool...I have a alpine white 06 on flat black mirros and i painted the calipers and rpi scoops safety yellow...they do look nice man...its an eye catcher for sure....i would do orange if i were you
I will be sure to update the thread with some pictures once I decide what I want to do and when I do it.
I've flung my car on the track, 50 laps to be exact with 10-15 HARD laps in a row (very tight track not too many high speed runs but lots of corners) and did not experience ANY issues with the stock brakes, where as the same thing in my e34 M5 would experience fade only after 4-7 Laps before I upgraded the fluid, the rotors and brake pads.
I am not planning on a BBk anytime in the future, but definitely pad/rotor upgrade when I need to replace.
but they're both workhorses - the brake has to have at least some character to go with a color
i.e. the AMG caliper - it's a work horse like ours but it's also 2 calipers on each and that gives it character
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