[alpwhite46]

Would love to see some photos?
Thinking of doing mine either black or silver...

[dcaron9999]

Originally Posted by alpwhite46

Would love to see some photos?
Thinking of doing mine either black or silver...

I hate iron floating calipers, and how they rust so easily.

Just bought my pre-owned 2011 X3 25i, and calipers are in pretty rough shape.

Like you, I'm seriously considering refreshing them.

This is a big undertaking if you intend to do a proper job, which is to unmount them from the car, clean the rust off/polish them/get to at all nooks and crannies, followed by several layers of high temp primer, paint, clear coat , then back on the car, bleed brakes, etc.

Caliper paint job will never look as nice and finished if done while still mounted on the car.

A couple of videos out there to give you the guidelines of both approaches.

To reduce down time, I even considered buying full set of used calipers in recycler/scrap yard, and refinishing those at my own pace, and over the period of a couple of week-ends, then mount them on the car, and try to offload/sell my original calipers, or refresh them too before selling sell them at a slight profit, to cover costs ...

Choices-choices-choices ... LOL

[alpwhite46]

It's a really nice upgrade!
I wouldn't do it myself, i live in a condo and don't have the proper stuff to do it so i want it done properly.

I booked an appointment beginning of may with guys that do high end cars here in Toronto.
This is what it entails:

Package:
1. Complete Grinding of Calipers/Rotors to Remove Rust & Corrosion which Prevents it from Re-occurring.
2. Any Choice of High Heat VHT Caliper Paint
3. Front/Rear Caliper Decals with “Make/Model" Logos.
4. Clear Coat Seal to Prevent Chips/Fading
5. Glossy Shine for Finished Look!

and i think i changed my mind - going to go with this...

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- on my car (just freshly cleaned and shined my tires)

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Originally Posted by dcaron9999

I hate iron floating calipers, and how they rust so easily.

Just bought my pre-owned 2011 X3 25i, and calipers are in pretty rough shape.

Like you, I'm seriously considering refreshing them.

This is a big undertaking if you intend to do a proper job, which is to unmount them from the car, clean the rust off/polish them/get to at all nooks and crannies, followed by several layers of high temp primer, paint, clear coat , then back on the car, bleed brakes, etc.

Caliper paint job will never look as nice and finished if done while still mounted on the car.

A couple of videos out there to give you the guidelines of both approaches.

To reduce down time, I even considered buying full set of used calipers in recycler/scrap yard, and refinishing those at my own pace, and over the period of a couple of week-ends, then mount them on the car, and try to offload/sell my original calipers, or refresh them too before selling sell them at a slight profit, to cover costs ...

Choices-choices-choices ... LOL

[335iAP]

Originally Posted by alpwhite46

It's a really nice upgrade!
I wouldn't do it myself, i live in a condo and don't have the proper stuff to do it so i want it done properly.

I booked an appointment beginning of may with guys that do high end cars here in Toronto.
This is what it entails:

Package:
1. Complete Grinding of Calipers/Rotors to Remove Rust & Corrosion which Prevents it from Re-occurring.
2. Any Choice of High Heat VHT Caliper Paint
3. Front/Rear Caliper Decals with “Make/Model" Logos.
4. Clear Coat Seal to Prevent Chips/Fading
5. Glossy Shine for Finished Look!

and i think i changed my mind - going to go with this...

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- on my car (just freshly cleaned and shined my tires)

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I had white calipers on my 335i and they proved impossible (literally impossible, over time) to keep clean. Eventually just turned black. But they weren't done as thoroughly as yours look like they will be. Interested to see how they turn out. I'd at least like to paint mine black or grey.

[alpwhite46]

Now you got me thinking... my brother says i should do blue but i think it would stand out too much.

My choices are White (if it wasnt a PITA to keep clean)
Black or silver.

This was my 2nd choice
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[Jypsie]

Considering the same on my X4 (or future X4 M40i). I would consider blue, but not sure yet, so curious to follow how you guys are going to do this.

Will follow his thread for sure !

[alpwhite46]

Originally Posted by Jypsie

Considering the same on my X4 (or future X4 M40i). I would consider blue, but not sure yet, so curious to follow how you guys are going to do this.

Will follow his thread for sure !

Two good videos

[335iAP]

A nice BMW blue would be cool too. I'd love white if it could stay clean. Maybe if they do a good job it will.

[alpwhite46]

Any other takers?

I have an appointment in a week and i can't decide.

People are persuading me away from white.

I'm leaning towards AMG silver type posted above.

[alpwhite46]

Well tomorrow is the day
Keep you guys posted!

[///Mposter]

Here you go. Sorry for the late reply.

[alpwhite46]

Nice! Got mine done, ended up doing a midnight blue color, i love it

(If in any of the images it turned out brighter blue, its just the lighting, its a deep blue in person)

Removed, machined and got all the rust off, and painted the hub black and protected it.












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[335iAP]

Originally Posted by alpwhite46

Nice! Got mine done, ended up doing a midnight blue color, i love it

(If in any of the images it turned out brighter blue, its just the lighting, its a deep blue in person)

Removed, machined and got all the rust off, and painted the hub black and protected it.

Have you had to wash them yet?

[jeph72]

Looks really good. Curious where you got it done and how long it took?

[alpwhite46]

Originally Posted by 335iAP

Have you had to wash them yet?

I washed the car and did a tire shine, didn't do anything special with the brakes, they look just like when i got them still - they look even better now with the tires nice and clean...will snap a photo soon.

Originally Posted by jeph72

Looks really good. Curious where you got it done and how long it took?

Thanks man - Spence tire in Markham, good guy, was about 1 to 1.5 hours roughly.
86 Melford Dr unit 9, Scarborough
(647) 680-9308