[bmwarg]

I have an alpine white 2008 BMW 335i sports package. Calipers are oxidizing/rusting. Should I paint the calipers black, silver, or white? I'm thinking a decal that has BMW logo or or M colored stripes. Any cons to any particular color? Anyone with pictures showing what it looks like?

These calipers in white with M decal looks nice: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...=245337&page=2 and http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=505893

[DC_Oldboy]

If you have stock calipers then I suggest get them painted black with BMW decal on it.

[Casca]

I did mine in aluminum with a satin clear.





You cannot see it in my crappy phone camera pics, but I put silver BMW decals on the rattle clips and then gloss cleared it. It was hard to see the decals even in person, till I cleared it. Doesn't really scream for attention, but you'll see it if you saw it in person. And that's how I wanted it.

What I like about the decals is you can do multiple rattle clips in other color combination. Gonna order black decals and put it against another silvered out rattle clip, as well as paint black a set of rattle clips, with silver decals.

[dwells]

Originally Posted by DC_Oldboy

If you have stock calipers then I suggest get them painted black with BMW decal on it.

I did exactly that, looks great and OEM. Definitely a dramatic improvement over the rust. Nearly a $60,000 car and BMW can't be bothered to paint or coat the calipers or rotor hubs so they don't become gross and rusty. Ridiculous.

[DC_Oldboy]

Originally Posted by dwells

I did exactly that, looks great and OEM. Definitely a dramatic improvement over the rust. Nearly a $60,000 car and BMW can't be bothered to paint or coat the calipers or rotor hubs so they don't become gross and rusty. Ridiculous.

Lol I agree. Also they make one of the ugliest calipers I seen haha.

[bmwarg]

so no white?

[LuxAngelEyes]

Originally Posted by bmwarg

so no white?

I'd not recommend it. I painted my black and it looks much better. If you paint it white they will get covered in brake dust in no time, making them look pretty ugly again

[TheONE24]

Originally Posted by Casca

I did mine in aluminum with a satin clear.





You cannot see it in my crappy phone camera pics, but I put silver BMW decals on the rattle clips and then gloss cleared it. It was hard to see the decals even in person, till I cleared it. Doesn't really scream for attention, but you'll see it if you saw it in person. And that's how I wanted it.

What I like about the decals is you can do multiple rattle clips in other color combination. Gonna order black decals and put it against another silvered out rattle clip, as well as paint black a set of rattle clips, with silver decals.

Have you had any experience with putting stickers on and the clear coating over them? Is there any issues with them losing tackiness over time and causing issues with paint failing or chipping off? Did you use a high temp clear?

[///M3NACE]

Red reminds me of a civic. Black is nice. Silver is the best. White is gonna get caked.

[bmwarg]

Ok so white is out.

I guess I'm between black and silver. I've also considered blue (bad idea?). I don't want ricey/cheap look. If silver, is there a specific metallic silver that would compliment the 162 style wheels?

[TheONE24]

I vote Blue if you don't have any red accents.

[bmwarg]

blue is nice :-) but what shade of blue?

[E93FTW]

Originally Posted by bmwarg

blue is nice :-) but what shade of blue?

This:

[hakmazter]

I did mine in blue and silver.

[BlackTyEvent]

Originally Posted by E93FTW

This:

+1

[bmwarg]

Originally Posted by E93FTW

This:

Thank you! I actually have seen few examples of blue calipers on white car. Do you happen to have far away picture to see the front and rear blue contrast with the white? :-)

[bmwarg]

Originally Posted by hakmazter

I did mine in blue and silver.

You mean combination of blue and silver or you tried both? Do you have a preference between the two (I'm assuming alpine white bmw)?

[boris]

Originally Posted by Casca

I did mine in aluminum with a satin clear.





You cannot see it in my crappy phone camera pics, but I put silver BMW decals on the rattle clips and then gloss cleared it. It was hard to see the decals even in person, till I cleared it. Doesn't really scream for attention, but you'll see it if you saw it in person. And that's how I wanted it.

What I like about the decals is you can do multiple rattle clips in other color combination. Gonna order black decals and put it against another silvered out rattle clip, as well as paint black a set of rattle clips, with silver decals.

LOL, it looks like you literally sprayed everything.

My vote goes for Black Calipers, to be honest.

[Casca]

Originally Posted by boris

LOL, it looks like you literally sprayed everything.

My vote goes for Black Calipers, to be honest.

I dunno, I guess it could look like that here. But actually they're brand new zimmermann rotors with the zinc coat on it. Most of it goes away after a bit of brake usage.

The calipers were torn apart as my car is a 325i and these calipers are 335i calipers. Wasn't too keen on using the G2 brush on stuff as I heard it makes a "hard protective shell " I do not want a shell around the calipers. Also the reason why I didn't powdercoat.

Bead blasted to bare metal, painted with VHT primer, base and satin clear exhaust paint and then a series of baking the paint, cooling and baking at higher temps (took it all the way to 650f) to really toughen it up. Then I rebuilt it with new seals and boots. Trust me, this was not a job where a garbage bag was layed all around the caliper and than the whole thing gets sprayed or a brush on job.




Beadblasting left the surface a bit rough, so I knocked it down with a disc

[whiteCanadian335xi]

Sorry not to highjack your thread I have the same question but didnt wanna start a new thread. I have a 08 Grey E92 335xi I was looking to get a BBK in the future but this will do for now, What will be the best colour to paint? Black?

[Volasko]

Originally Posted by Casca

We need more pics!!!!!

[bmwarg]

thanks everyone! i went with black black calipers and black hub and an ///M decal on brake caliper and it looks gorgeous! i'm glad i went with black. i will post pictures soon. btw, i had this done in san jose at california wheels. they charged $280 and did a great job... it was money well spent.