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phrenetiK · 11-04-2012, 07:11 PM

Like how they turned out...just need to order some smaller stickers for the rears and I'm all set!

50 bucks, used G2 paint since they had white...took me 3 hours from jacking up the car to torquing the wheels back on.

chrisN · 11-04-2012, 07:55 PM

cool cool

Dentifrice · 11-04-2012, 09:13 PM

Very nice... White calipers is on my to do list.

tracer bullet · 11-04-2012, 10:45 PM

Looks good. I'll wish you luck keeping them that way - dirt, brake dust, rust, etc. You'll have to do some work, in my experience anyhow, to keep them from looking like crap in a few years. I don't mean to be a downer, just giving you a heads up to plan to put extra work into cleaning your car now.

phrenetiK · 11-04-2012, 11:27 PM

luckily I waited to paint them till i switched to cool carbon pads...stock break dust would obliterate white calipers :P

worth it though they look so good when clean

EuroTunerz5 · 11-05-2012, 07:15 AM

So hot.... Makes me want to do this to my alpine white. Spring time mod for me

bmw1racer · 11-05-2012, 09:38 AM

Nice, but I woulda painted 'em red.

phrenetiK · 11-05-2012, 09:41 AM

yeah most people paint their brakes red but I am going for the storm trooper look

twin fed · 11-05-2012, 01:22 PM

Hate to break it to you but I am running the Cool Carbon pads and they throw up just as much dust as the stockers.......none the less I like the white calipers!

phrenetiK · 11-05-2012, 01:36 PM

You might have to switch back to your OEM pads to remember how bad it was or maybe your stocks weren't bad....i haven't washed my car in 6 days and my wheels still look clean. 1 trip to work after a fresh car wash and my entire wheel would be looking black afterwards.

andrey_gta · 11-05-2012, 03:45 PM

looks great, wish I could call those brakes Stock :P

MaDoNiOn · 11-05-2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by phrenetiK

luckily I waited to paint them till i switched to cool carbon pads...stock break dust would obliterate white calipers :P

worth it though they look so good when clean

How much did those carbon pads cost you and do you have a link?

Bmwbreed · 11-05-2012, 04:17 PM

Looks absolutely amazing. I love to hate your car lol u are always doing some bad ass mod. I think if I weren't going to do these same forge star wheels n white then I'd paint the calipers white. But white wheels and calipers together would b too much. Remember I messaged u about ur wheels actually awhile ago. Ill b picking up my car n 2 weeks so they will be coming very soon. But looks great.

phrenetiK · 11-05-2012, 05:57 PM

awesome man and yeah that would definitely be too much white haha.

the carbon pads were 200 or 225 iirc...ordered them from EAS on this site i think but they were 50 dollars off when i ordered in august :d

froop · 11-05-2012, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDoNiOn

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Originally Posted by phrenetiK

luckily I waited to paint them till i switched to cool carbon pads...stock break dust would obliterate white calipers :P

worth it though they look so good when clean

How much did those carbon pads cost you and do you have a link?

I think at the moment the cheapest place you can get them is auto-individual for about $275. EAS has them for $28x. Every now and then they seem to have specials though.

Chris796 · 11-06-2012, 09:39 AM

Looks amazing!

ConcreteJungle110 · 11-06-2012, 12:25 PM

Looks awesome. STILL curious about your headlights and how difficult they were to install...

MaDoNiOn · 11-06-2012, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by froop

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Originally Posted by MaDoNiOn

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Originally Posted by phrenetiK

luckily I waited to paint them till i switched to cool carbon pads...stock break dust would obliterate white calipers :P

worth it though they look so good when clean

How much did those carbon pads cost you and do you have a link?

I think at the moment the cheapest place you can get them is auto-individual for about $275. EAS has them for $28x. Every now and then they seem to have specials though.[/quote]

Thanx man! Do you know the pro's and con's of carbon brake pads? Do they last longer?

I Saw they might produce less brake dust which is a huge plus in my eyes

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Oh do they stop quicker?
I guess maybe the only con is they cost more.

twin fed · 11-06-2012, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by phrenetiK

You might have to switch back to your OEM pads to remember how bad it was or maybe your stocks weren't bad....i haven't washed my car in 6 days and my wheels still look clean. 1 trip to work after a fresh car wash and my entire wheel would be looking black afterwards.

maybe you are right. it just seems that they still get so dirty, even if I am soft on the brakes, one trip home after I wash it and there is already dust on them.

phrenetiK · 11-06-2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ConcreteJungle110

Looks awesome. STILL curious about your headlights and how difficult they were to install...

4-5 hours to install....ordered them here from the member FS section

cartaa100 · 01-28-2013, 05:58 PM

Wow they look sooooo awesome!

RimasRS · 01-29-2013, 04:40 AM

Nice..
But I believe you will be happy to wash them

11-04-2012, 07:11 PM	#1
phrenetiK Banned Drives: 08 135i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 357 iTrader: (4)	Painted my stock brakes this weekend! Like how they turned out...just need to order some smaller stickers for the rears and I'm all set! 50 bucks, used G2 paint since they had white...took me 3 hours from jacking up the car to torquing the wheels back on.
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11-04-2012, 07:55 PM	#2
chrisN Lieutenant Drives: bmw 125i coupe Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: sydney Posts: 495 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2010 125i [4.33]	cool cool __________________

11-05-2012, 07:15 AM	#6
EuroTunerz5 Captain Drives: 2012 AW BMW 135i M-Sport PPK Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 658 iTrader: (6)	So hot.... Makes me want to do this to my alpine white. Spring time mod for me __________________ 2012 BMW 135i M-Sport PPK AW with Black Boston Leather... MODS: RPi GT Quad Exhaust, VMR v710 Gunmetal 19" Staggered (et45/et45), Khumo Ecsta SPT 225/35/19 and 255/30/19, 30% Tint, JBSpeed Black Kidney Grills, RPi Red Intake Scoops,

11-05-2012, 09:38 AM	#7
bmw1racer bimmerphile, technogeek Drives: 2012 128i Coupe 6MT Sport Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: South Bay, SoCal Posts: 1,175 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 BMW 128i Coupe [0.00]	Nice, but I woulda painted 'em red. __________________

11-05-2012, 01:22 PM	#9
twin fed Doc Brown Drives: 2008 AW 135i Join Date: May 2008 Location: B-Win, NY Posts: 483 iTrader: (0)	Hate to break it to you but I am running the Cool Carbon pads and they throw up just as much dust as the stockers.......none the less I like the white calipers! __________________ 2008 BMW 135i - 2009 Audi A4 2.0T Last edited by twin fed; 11-06-2012 at 02:40 PM.

11-04-2012, 09:13 PM	#3
Dentifrice New Member Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Kissimmee, Fl Posts: 5 iTrader: (0)	Very nice... White calipers is on my to do list.

11-04-2012, 10:45 PM	#4
tracer bullet Captain Drives: '11 135i - AW w/ TC Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 605 iTrader: (1)	Looks good. I'll wish you luck keeping them that way - dirt, brake dust, rust, etc. You'll have to do some work, in my experience anyhow, to keep them from looking like crap in a few years. I don't mean to be a downer, just giving you a heads up to plan to put extra work into cleaning your car now.

11-04-2012, 11:27 PM	#5
phrenetiK Banned Drives: 08 135i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 357 iTrader: (4)	luckily I waited to paint them till i switched to cool carbon pads...stock break dust would obliterate white calipers :P worth it though they look so good when clean

11-05-2012, 09:41 AM	#8
phrenetiK Banned Drives: 08 135i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 357 iTrader: (4)	yeah most people paint their brakes red but I am going for the storm trooper look

11-05-2012, 01:36 PM	#10
phrenetiK Banned Drives: 08 135i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 357 iTrader: (4)	You might have to switch back to your OEM pads to remember how bad it was or maybe your stocks weren't bad....i haven't washed my car in 6 days and my wheels still look clean. 1 trip to work after a fresh car wash and my entire wheel would be looking black afterwards.

11-05-2012, 03:45 PM	#11
andrey_gta Lieutenant Colonel Drives: 130i coupé ;) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bimmerpost Posts: 1,785 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW 128i [0.00]	looks great, wish I could call those brakes Stock :P __________________ 128i Sport 6MT converted to Euro 130i spec, tuned by EVOLVE In-progress: Evolve tune configuration!!; custom lip, some susp. "The 1-series is the last car that BMW engineered before the Germans, as a car-making culture, fell out of love with driving." - R&T 2013 135is Review

11-05-2012, 04:17 PM	#13
Bmwbreed Captain Drives: 2013 BMW 135i Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Rota Spain (US Forces) Posts: 881 iTrader: (3)	Looks absolutely amazing. I love to hate your car lol u are always doing some bad ass mod. I think if I weren't going to do these same forge star wheels n white then I'd paint the calipers white. But white wheels and calipers together would b too much. Remember I messaged u about ur wheels actually awhile ago. Ill b picking up my car n 2 weeks so they will be coming very soon. But looks great.

11-05-2012, 05:57 PM	#14
phrenetiK Banned Drives: 08 135i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 357 iTrader: (4)	awesome man and yeah that would definitely be too much white haha. the carbon pads were 200 or 225 iirc...ordered them from EAS on this site i think but they were 50 dollars off when i ordered in august :d

11-06-2012, 09:39 AM	#16
Chris796 New Member Drives: 2009 135i Join Date: May 2012 Location: MD Posts: 18 iTrader: (0)	Looks amazing!

11-06-2012, 12:25 PM	#17
ConcreteJungle110 New Member Drives: 2009 135i Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 29 iTrader: (0)	Looks awesome. STILL curious about your headlights and how difficult they were to install...

01-28-2013, 05:58 PM	#21
cartaa100 First Lieutenant Drives: Grey car Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 352 iTrader: (0)	Wow they look sooooo awesome!

01-29-2013, 04:40 AM	#22
RimasRS Lieutenant Colonel Drives: 135i MT 2009 AW Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Europe Posts: 1,670 iTrader: (0)	Nice.. But I believe you will be happy to wash them

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