[smit-one]

well yesterday i started painting my calipers on my mini, i decided to go for yellow as everybody has red on every car it seems and i wanted to be different, as most mini owners do

got the 2 front wheels done, need to do the rears now, will get more pictures up later

[Conor]

Very nice, youll find they come up much better when you apply a second coat.

[smit-one]

they look alot better in real life, there very glossy, think its just the quality of my phone camera, got bout 3 coats on lol

[ScottyBoy]

Im gunna go for red at the week end!! looks good tho

[mister.t]

Yellow looks great!! No doubts that red would look top too

[CC07ERS]

you really need 3 coats for them to look good , till there covered in break dust

[David King]

Look nice, never seen one with yellow calipers before. Cant argue with PS though

[minimad17]

looks great! i did start a thread the other day on this issue....if you paint them does it affect warranty or anything, and the performance of the brakes? wanna do it on mine!

[straff2002]

how long did they take to dry before putting the wheel back on? is it one caliper a day? How long between coats?

[valk009]

What colour is your Mini, is it Sparkling Silver? I have a R56 in Sparkling Silver and was thinking of giving the brake calipers a little dress up.

Btw, fantastic job on yours, looks great!

[smit-one]

Quote: Originally Posted by minimad17 (original)

looks great! i did start a thread the other day on this issue....if you paint them does it affect warranty or anything, and the performance of the brakes? wanna do it on mine!

No it doesn't affect the waranty or anything and the performance of the brakes isnt changed because you only paint the caliper, dont get any paint on the discs or pads

Quote: Originally Posted by straff2002 (original)

how long did they take to dry before putting the wheel back on? is it one caliper a day? How long between coats?

Yer its one caliper a day really, you have to paint it, paint it again, leave it for 2 hours before you can put the wheel back on, and then not drive it for 24 hours, so if you have axle stands or 2 jacks, you could do 2 wheels or all 4 a day, but i dnt so its just one a day for me, iv got both fronts done, just need to give one a second coat, ill get more pics up of the side when all 4 are painted

Quote: Originally Posted by valk009 (original)

What colour is your Mini, is it Sparkling Silver? I have a R56 in Sparkling Silver and was thinking of giving the brake calipers a little dress up.

Btw, fantastic job on yours, looks great!

Thanks bud, nah its not sparkling silver, its the other one, i cant remember what its called

[David King]

Pure Silver!

[smit-one]

yep thats the one lol

[MINI-LOVER]

Quote: Originally Posted by straff2002 (original)

how long did they take to dry before putting the wheel back on? is it one caliper a day? How long between coats?

Quote: Originally Posted by smit-one (original)

Yer its one caliper a day really, you have to paint it, paint it again, leave it for 2 hours before you can put the wheel back on, and then not drive it for 24 hours, so if you have axle stands or 2 jacks, you could do 2 wheels or all 4 a day, but i dnt so its just one a day for me, iv got both fronts done, just need to give one a second coat, ill get more pics up of the side when all 4 are painted

Well, different opinion here. Used to think that way but when I made up my mind and went for it, asked for help from a friend and well, here's how it went:

It was about 20 minutes between each coat (I went for 2 coats per caliper). I jacked the car from the front (because that way, if you do it high enough, both the front and rear wheel will end up off the ground), so I did 2 calipers in like an hour or so.

After I was done, I left the car standing for like 30 mins to let the paint dry and went home (yes, I also thought it was crazy at the moment but the guy helping me, who BTW owns a little shop, said it was ok, but really, nothing happened!, I was even stuck in traffic for about an hour before getting home afterwards)

And here it is, pictures were taken the day after, as soon as I finished cleaning the whole car:







PS. Complementing the info regarding the warranty, as long as you don't disassemble the brakes, you really shouldn't have any problems with it, if you do, BMW might say that since you took the pieces apart, that's probably the reason why anything would go wrong.