[Greatdane84]

Hey everyone,

So yesterday my buddy and I tackled the brakes. I had lips on the rotors, no idea when brakes were replaced before my purchase in January '13, was tired of brake dust and the worn rusted look of calipers and rotor drums. So I purchased:
-Zimmermann Rotors
-ATE Super Blue Brake Fluid
-VHT Caliper Paint + degreaser (Autozone)
-Akebono Brake Pads

Please check out the pictures below. Pics aren't the best but ill work on some better angles and full shots once I'm back in town. Only driven about 15mi so far with new brakes so this is a project overview and not a rotor/pad review. I will say the VHT paint worked great and dried quick. Very happy with the clean look I've been going for and will enjoy not looking at rust going forward!

Thanks for checking out my post!

Edit: Photos fixed. Sorry for "Pic Fail"

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Before


Front Caliper


Caliper inside w/ stock pads


Back Caliper


Autozone VHT High Temp Paint


Calipers disassembled and Sprayed


Caliper up-close with 2 coats


Rotors


Zimmermann Rotor up-close (w/ Zcoat)


Rotors taped for painting of drum




Bypassed the annoying sensor by twisting wires together and zip-tie out of the way




Used some ATE brake fluid (left). Would recommend a Liter if you plan to Flush










Now my wheel needs a good bath (Z coat still showing since I hadn't driven car yet)


Best Pic so far with Iphone. I'll get the Canon out and update my whole "garage" for profile shortly

[stashtrey]

Pic fail.

[bmodzelewski]

cant wait to see it once the pics are fixed

[Stream]

Originally Posted by Greatdane84

Hey everyone,

[Greatdane84]

Originally Posted by bmodzelewski

cant wait to see it once the pics are fixed

Here you go. Sorry guys!

[Ph0zenstone]

looks great...i like the flat black. I went with gloss black on mine and its hard to keep it glossy cuz of all the debris and brake dust despite having Akebonos

[chazzz]

I have Zimmermann coated rotors in my 335i and they are great! Very similar to OEM rotors, but they are probably better than OEM.

[mweisdorfer]

I did a very similar job on mine last month. With a white car, my personal choice would have been red.

[Greatdane84]

Originally Posted by mweisdorfer

I did a very similar job on mine last month. With a white car, my personal choice would have been red.

Too much daily city driving for me to stick out like that. I need the sleeper look

[lmoretti]

How involved was the cleaning process for the caliper?*They look great to me and also want to do a flat black.

[Ramsey]

Very cool and great post.

[Ramsey]

Btw, is there anyway to spray paint my calipers( at least the outside face) without disassembling them. Probably naive question, but I have very limited tools to work with.

[Greatdane84]

Originally Posted by lmoretti

How involved was the cleaning process for the caliper?*They look great to me and also want to do a flat black.

Cleaning process was probably the most tedious task besides taping all the rotors up. It was helpful having a hard bristled brush. Spending 5 min on each should be fine. If you go with a lighter Olof such as yellow or red I'd put a little more time into the cleaning

[Greatdane84]

Originally Posted by Ramsey

Btw, is there anyway to spray paint my calipers( at least the outside face) without disassembling them. Probably naive question, but I have very limited tools to work with.

335i e90 brake caliper paint? http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87099

I know a few threads on here have people doing them while still on car. Lots of prep work though and the toughest thing would be the cleaning while there attached to rotors.

I think you would want to stick to hand painting if you choose to leave them on the car. Then the prep work and plastic would be a lot less work.

[j23a45m]

i will be doing the same thing in the next week or two.
great job!!!

[BOOSTHOT]

Looks great!