Painted my calipers last night. Blue! Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I like it. Why blue? 1) Keeps with the theme of the interior 2) Compliments the BMW roundels 3) Subttle, unlike red.
I would have preferred a darker blue but they don't have that in the rotor paint. But I think it's all right. It'll hold me over until I can afford some blue Stoptechs
__________________ The Car: 2002 Alpine White ///M5 / Lemans Blue extended (sport) leather / aluminum trim The Upgrades: Dinan Stg. 1 / Dinan RSB / TCD Sway Bar Brackets / UUC Evo III SSK / UUC DSSR / UUC Tranny mounts / MKIV Nav Unit / JL 500.1 Amp / JL 12w6v2 Sub
Last edited by boostmiser; 11th August 2004 at 03:55.
Huh? The rotors were blue....hummm....guess it wore off during braking
Typo...sorry.
I did it myslef with Platikote blue caliper paint. I sprayed brake cleaner on the calipers, used a wire mesh brush to get off any surface rust etc, sprayed on more brake cleaner, masked off and painted two coats. Dries pretty fast too. Came out ok. I did my old car's calipers red with the same type of paint and it's been almost two years and they still look good.
__________________ The Car: 2002 Alpine White ///M5 / Lemans Blue extended (sport) leather / aluminum trim The Upgrades: Dinan Stg. 1 / Dinan RSB / TCD Sway Bar Brackets / UUC Evo III SSK / UUC DSSR / UUC Tranny mounts / MKIV Nav Unit / JL 500.1 Amp / JL 12w6v2 Sub
Last edited by boostmiser; 11th August 2004 at 03:30.
Painted my calipers last night. Blue! Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I like it. Why blue? 1) Keeps with the theme of the interior 2) Compliments the BMW roundels 3) Subttle, unlike red.
I would have preferred a darker blue but they don't have that in the rotor paint. But I think it's all right. It'll hold me over until I can afford some blue Stoptechs
Coloured calipers can and do look very race, BUT they need to be bigger ! otherwise it heighlights the non race calipers fitted to the stock M5 !
All true, but again, it's temporary. They're still larger than the avg. caliper, just not proportional to the rotor.
My neighbor asked me how many satellite channels I was getting on the front rotors
__________________ The Car: 2002 Alpine White ///M5 / Lemans Blue extended (sport) leather / aluminum trim The Upgrades: Dinan Stg. 1 / Dinan RSB / TCD Sway Bar Brackets / UUC Evo III SSK / UUC DSSR / UUC Tranny mounts / MKIV Nav Unit / JL 500.1 Amp / JL 12w6v2 Sub
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