135i brake caliper color help

-c- · 02-21-2012, 08:39 PM

Hey guys I'm getting ready to put on the 135i 6 piston Brembo calipers on my 3.0i and I'm having a hard time deciding colors. It's at the painters right now and he's prepping them.

I have a 2006 TiAg silver z4 with the 326M wheels on the car should I paint the calipers,

Bright silver black BMW text.
TiAg silver with black BMW text
Keep the calipers stock dark silver with the white BMW text ?

What do you guys think will look the nicest ? Any opinions would rock!

The HACK · 02-22-2012, 12:20 AM

Black. It hides the brake dust.

-c- · 02-22-2012, 06:06 PM

I was going to put low dust pads .... I think black hides it to much. But it would look good with the silver ....

dubsesd · 02-22-2012, 06:13 PM

i had silver stoptech calipers on my last car and had no issue with brake dust. just clean regularly. i think it would look good in bright silver

Mirko · 02-22-2012, 06:14 PM

red or black is what will look the best. I would personally choose black. If you are doing it for them to stand out then do them blue or yellow or a bright color. Otherwise resale value is best in black and second best in red.

inTgr8r · 02-22-2012, 07:24 PM

Black all the way.

Caddyshk · 02-22-2012, 07:40 PM

M Blue...

ANILE8 · 02-23-2012, 07:33 AM

I think you should make up your own mind.

It is your car, what others think is irrelevant.

-c- · 02-23-2012, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ANILE8

I think you should make up your own mind.

It is your car, what others think is irrelevant.

yea i know, but sometimes i get a tuff time deciding, we have all been their....

its fun to hear others ideas though, and sometimes i get new ideas from their ideas i may not have thought of, that then branch into a whole set of new ideas!

i asked my wife as its her car in the end what she would prefer, and she wanted the light silver with black text so im going that route, it should pop and help fill the wheel gap between rotor and wheel nicely.

as soon as i get them on ill shoot some pics.

crfine88 · 02-23-2012, 03:02 PM

I say balck with tiag text.

The silver wheel will set off the black caliper as long as the wheels are clean. Given you attention to detail in every aspect of your build, I bet the wheels will always be clean

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-c- Colonel 888 Rep 2,736 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chicago iTrader: (5)	135i brake caliper color help Hey guys I'm getting ready to put on the 135i 6 piston Brembo calipers on my 3.0i and I'm having a hard time deciding colors. It's at the painters right now and he's prepping them. I have a 2006 TiAg silver z4 with the 326M wheels on the car should I paint the calipers, Bright silver black BMW text. TiAg silver with black BMW text Keep the calipers stock dark silver with the white BMW text ? What do you guys think will look the nicest ? Any opinions would rock!
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02-22-2012, 12:20 AM	#2
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-c- Colonel 888 Rep 2,736 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chicago iTrader: (5)	I was going to put low dust pads .... I think black hides it to much. But it would look good with the silver ....
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dubsesd #dubspec 6336 Rep 5,201 Posts Drives: G05 X5/ 2016 F80 M3 INDVL Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ottawa iTrader: (2)	i had silver stoptech calipers on my last car and had no issue with brake dust. just clean regularly. i think it would look good in bright silver __________________ LCI ///F80 M3 Individual Atlantis Metallic / Black Full / Carbon Cermics / 6MT MPE / M Performance & Carbon package / KW v3 / 20" HRE R101LW / 20" HRE 527s / Michelin PSS / 20% tint / 3d Design / Streckenn splitters / OEM GTS hood / EAS Carbon seatbacks / Carbon RKP sideskirt / Bootmod3 / M Performance Tri color alcantara / AWE S Flow instagram: @ dubsesd
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Mirko Major 182 Rep 1,031 Posts Drives: E86 Z4M, E90 328i, E84 X1 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Toronto iTrader: (2)	red or black is what will look the best. I would personally choose black. If you are doing it for them to stand out then do them blue or yellow or a bright color. Otherwise resale value is best in black and second best in red.
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02-22-2012, 07:24 PM	#6
inTgr8r Lieutenant General 2432 Rep 11,667 Posts Drives: M2 Comp Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto iTrader: (10)	Black all the way. __________________ '21 M2C Hockenheim Silver '18 718 Cayman S Lava Orange (sold) '13 E92 M3 Santorini Blue (sold) '07 Z4 M Coupe Alpine White (sold)
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02-23-2012, 03:02 PM	#10
crfine88 Colonel 442 Rep 2,747 Posts Drives: E86M Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cave Creek AZ. iTrader: (19)	I say balck with tiag text. The silver wheel will set off the black caliper as long as the wheels are clean. Given you attention to detail in every aspect of your build, I bet the wheels will always be clean __________________ LINK TO 07 IR PHOTO JOURNAL:http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1303735 LINK TO 06 IB MOD JOURNAL:http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=403119
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