Who in BMW chose the brake color?

[catch]

I don't hate the blue, don't love it.

Im more concerned with the guy who decided to put half the stickers on all M cars upside down.... that's the guy we should be discussing here

[dmk08]

Blue looks great with Mineral Grey. Still painting mine SO tho.

[Padfan9]

Originally Posted by filip75

I am just wondering what were the designers in BMW thinking when they decided to make the stock brakes Blue? I understand that some parts are made in a certain way in order to boost the sales of modification parts, but did they make the brakes blue just so that more people go with ceramics? Blue does not match any of the colors offered for either M3 or M4. It just doesn't make sense. Now I will need to repaint them or buy M Performance brakes, just so they don't look weird.

Who decided the m logo should be backwards? I just got mine painted red and had them flip the M logo to face the front instead of the back.

[Padfan9]

Originally Posted by Damasconian

Lots of people will paint your calipers to any color, my worry is them looking OEM. The blue color was not perfect, but it works. They use the same color on the M5/6.

I'm actually surprised at how many positive comments I've gotten about the color. Owning a SO coupe, I'd like to see what SO painted calipers would look like on it.

The shop I took them to uses OEM BMW colors and the exact same logo, the other calipers they have painted look perfect. I just had to get the M logo flipped around!

[G4BR13L]

Has anyone had their CCB's repainted? I am thinking about ordering the M4 but I am not sure yet about the colour combo either in Fire Orange II (with black interior) or Pure Metal Silver (with Sakhir Orange interior). If I go with Fire Orange I want to have the calipers in matching Fire Orange colour.

[slowie]

I just had my calipers painted bright yellow on YMB......

[mshab356]

Originally Posted by Rated R

Silverstone will look best with the blue calipers by bringing out the blue hue of the paint, but so will the whites as well as Azurite and Tanzanite.

I beg to differ about Azurite. Have an AB F80 and I think the blue brakes throw off the color of the Azurite metallic on black paint. It's not bad, but I will eventually get the calipers painted.

[Broadsword]

Originally Posted by Padfan9

The shop I took them to uses OEM BMW colors and the exact same logo, the other calipers they have painted look perfect. I just had to get the M logo flipped around!

Do you happen to know the paint code they used? Was it Imola Red Code 405?

[Padfan9]

Originally Posted by Broadsword

Do you happen to know the paint code they used? Was it Imola Red Code 405?

DM me and i will ask for you ... I know it's called Russo but I don't know the code off hand

[Aquariu///M]

Lmk what shop did everything for you and how much for labor
I'm in Orange County and would like to repaint the calipers because blue doesn't stand out like yellow or red would

[BwoodBMW]

Am I the only one that loves my blue calipers? On mineral white I think they look great