Hi all,
i know this is the X5 forum, but its way more active. just picked up 2012 x6 50i black on black, with dipped rims. Its been snowing in NYC and just got back from a long trip with the car so its full of dirt and salt but will get actual pics up. While this isnt my car its a perfect match as everything has been blacked out like this. see pics (will get real ones up shortly)
Rotors are warped but pads are good, but i was told you cant just slap new rotors on there, the pads must be replaced with them, so i have attached a pic of a online quote i got for parts delivered. seems insanely cheap because my indy mechanic who i have trusted for years gave me a quote of ~1100$ just for parts, WITH his 20% discount. i assumed he was still making something on the parts, but the online parts are Zimmerman rotors and OEM pads (see pic). he wants $300 for labor
I plan to paint the brake calipers blue, hopefully close to BMW M brake color, and feel like if i am going to do the brakes myself this would be the time to hit the calipers with some paint. Any idea where you can buy the right paint to match? i have the BMW color codes, but the auto stores just sell generic colored brake spray paint.
finally i have a dash cam, V1 and a laser jammer that i used to have plugged into the cig outlet and id like to hardwire them in. got a quote for $400 which i think is nuts so again i plan to tackle that myself. not sure how to run the wires in the headliner and down the A-pillar? do those come off or do u just sort of jam it in there.
the dash cam i think i could just tap into the dome light, but i have been told that the V1 could throw fault codes and should be hardwired into the fuse box below the glove box.
as for the laser jammer i am really not looking forward to mounting that above the front bumper and finding a way to cleanly run the wires, but the guy that quoted me $400 said that he wouldnt just do the jammer bc that was the bulk of the job.
anyway sorry for the long posts, but those are the projects i have in store for this weekend.
02-15-2017, 01:26 AM
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