[MO3]

Originally Posted by WOPALX

It's a bad idea to paint the section of the rotors where the wheels touch according my my old SA at BMW Sydney.

I only want to paint the side section (the cylinder).

[MO3]

Originally Posted by bmroxm5

Yes we need to take the wheels off, however once painted they are touch dry within 15minutes and seeing as the wheels don't touch the calipers you can put the wheels back on straight away.

I have enough jacks and stuff, however I don't have garage room for ~5 cars so we'll do it on an 'appointment' basis and get you guys to come approx 90mins after each other lol.
Although now that I think about it, Jeff and mine can be done another day as we are sharing the Gold, it's only you three getting black that need to be done on the same day.

Moe I'm still not sure where you mean lol. If it's the part of the brake rotor that touches the brake pad then you can't paint that as the paint will just come off. If it's the cylindrical shaped bit in between the face of your wheel and brake disc then that can be painted silver or black (I'll buy both and we can do those at the same time)

That's exactly what I mean

[orey]

does anyone want to do something similar in melbourne?? ide really like to paint my calipers/hubs

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

you can do it yourself if you have some basic equipment such as breaker bar, jack and your desired brand of caliper paint

actually here is a proper list:
- Jack
- Breaker bar
- Jackstands

then you will need:
- Desired paint colour and brand. I recommend the expensive stuff, G2, but you can go with whatever
- Paint brush (supplied in the G2 kit)
- Brake cleaner (supplied in the G2 kit)
- Also I'll recommend giving the calipers a light sanding with perhaps some 1000grit sand paper as necessary.

Total time will be ~2hours if you do it on your own.

Paint for the hubs can be just high temp paint from Bunnings in whatever colour. and a seperate paint brush if it's a different colour of course.

[Jeef Beef]

Did you order the tins already Stu? awesome mate

[orey]

Originally Posted by bmroxm5

you can do it yourself if you have some basic equipment such as breaker bar, jack and your desired brand of caliper paint

actually here is a proper list:
- Jack
- Breaker bar
- Jackstands

then you will need:
- Desired paint colour and brand. I recommend the expensive stuff, G2, but you can go with whatever
- Paint brush (supplied in the G2 kit)
- Brake cleaner (supplied in the G2 kit)
- Also I'll recommend giving the calipers a light sanding with perhaps some 1000grit sand paper as necessary.

Total time will be ~2hours if you do it on your own.

Paint for the hubs can be just high temp paint from Bunnings in whatever colour. and a seperate paint brush if it's a different colour of course.

can i use the g2 paint on the hubs?

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

I'll order real soon (like within 24-48hours)

Black: Cruvon, Sanjay, Moe
Red: Yenni & Duncan (Have to touch up the Evo's calipers. Duncan mentioned he wanted red lol). Also might be doing a not very active forum member if he gets back to me soon enough.
Gold: Myself and Jeff.

Far out I really need a rattle gun. That's 8 cars... so 5 x 4 x 8 = 160 lugnuts to crack off and re-tighten. How back breaking lol. I'll space it out over a few weekends.

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

Originally Posted by orey

can i use the g2 paint on the hubs?

you can but there is no point. It's like using bottled perrier to wash your car. The G2 paint is high temp and super glossy, your hubs don't need it so just any hightemp generic paint from bunnings

[Jeef Beef]

Originally Posted by bmroxm5

I'll order real soon (like within 24-48hours)

Black: Cruvon, Sanjay, Moe
Red: Yenni & Duncan (Have to touch up the Evo's calipers. Duncan mentioned he wanted red lol). Also might be doing a not very active forum member if he gets back to me soon enough.
Gold: Myself and Jeff.

Far out I really need a rattle gun. That's 8 cars... so 5 x 4 x 8 = 160 lugnuts to crack off and re-tighten. How back breaking lol. I'll space it out over a few weekends.

You're not gonna be the one undoing all the nuts mate. I'll bring along my tools too.

[sbce90]

How much is a gun? Maybe if we chip in we can buy you one for the labor?

[mrtanz]

Just need new wheels then i would go black
Maybe i could go black calipers then use that as an excuse with the wifey.
"But the calipers are already done, they will look stupid without good wheels"
HA

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

LOL that would be awesome! But then you need an air compressor and all that...

Nah Jeff if it's only 3 cars per weekend then I can manage. I like to be the only one doing it cause then it's consistent. Cause if you have two people there's always that small chance each person will think the other person tightened those nuts and voila, wheel falls off lol. This way I know that I will always tighten the nuts as I have my methods etc.

Feel free to grab a paintbrush though lol.

[sbce90]

Originally Posted by mrtanz

Just need new wheels then i would go black
Maybe i could go black calipers then use that as an excuse with the wifey.
"But the calipers are already done, they will look stupid without good wheels"
HA

Go for gold calipers then. That way you can swap to BMWPBK without her noticing... Well that's WOPALX's plan anyway...

Jeef's calipers will be effing awesome.

[mrtanz]

hahaha
good thinking
alright if there is enough of the gold, can you put me down for it

[BMW86]

Make sure you guys take plenty of pics. I haven't pulled the trigger on the G2 paint yet but I might order after I see how this turns out.

[BMW86]

Make sure you guys take plenty of pics. I haven't pulled the trigger on the G2 paint yet but I might order after I see how this turns out. Good luck guys.

[Jeef Beef]

Originally Posted by bmroxm5

LOL that would be awesome! But then you need an air compressor and all that...

Nah Jeff if it's only 3 cars per weekend then I can manage. I like to be the only one doing it cause then it's consistent. Cause if you have two people there's always that small chance each person will think the other person tightened those nuts and voila, wheel falls off lol. This way I know that I will always tighten the nuts as I have my methods etc.

Feel free to grab a paintbrush though lol.

Make sure that happens to Suj's wheel and we'll be sweet

[sbce90]

Originally Posted by Jeef Beef

Make sure that happens to Suj's wheel and we'll be sweet

Wie bitte?

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

mrtanz - sure I'll put you down for the gold. Jeff's calipers are pretty big, so hope there is enough leftover lol.

bmw86 - I'll make sure I take lots of pics

[cruvon]

Originally Posted by mrtanz

hahaha
good thinking
alright if there is enough of the gold, can you put me down for it

Stu, guess mrtanz will need the BMW stickers too if he wants it to look like the yellow perf brakes?

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

BMW performance calipers say "BMW Performance"

Jeff's calipers say "B M W"

For some of us, myself included, there isn't actually that much flat surface available to apply a sticker.

So I guess the question is to Jeff only lol, do you want "B M W" stickers or "BMW Performance"

[Jeef Beef]

Stock 135i brakes:



BMW PBK:



Looks quite similar, but I think I'll stick with just 'BMW'. Trying to fake that I have the performance brakes is not my style.