pic request of red calipers and thoughts
 

I will soon be replacing my rotors and pads. I have pretty much decided to go with a set of front and rear cross drilled and slotted rotors with ceramic pads. I am however considering either painting or powder coating the calipers red. Any pictures would be great and advice or trash talking is also welcome.

I have the orginal brembo calipers. check what you have. and Ive seen a person on the fourm ask the same...

depending on the color of your vehicle will determine how good it looks

thanks for the reply. I have a 2000 x5 4.4i that doesn't have brembo brakes. I wish I could afford them but I can't. my X is black, and here is a pic. more pics of her can be seen in my profile album.

Here are mine drilled and slotted rotors and I painted the calipers red...I think it looks great on a black X.

Try this......http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...int-color.html

The thread is loaded with pictures.

rado I agree that looks great! and thanks for the link, I see a lot of 4.6 4.8 that have the bigger brakes and was questioning how it would look on my 4.4 but I believe I share the same brakes as rado's 3.0. I wish I saw some y spokes with it. thanks for the help guys. if any one else has some pics they would like to share I would love to see them!

Nice X5 that,s a 06 4.8is?

I'm not sure who you are asking but rado's signature says his is an 01 3.0 and x5snd signature says his is an 04 3.0. mine is an 00 4.4i

Red calipers belong to a BBK. Too flashy for me on stock calipers.
mad_mike, your X looks good with those ACS add-ons.

+1.

Not to mention that any color other than black or grey/silver is going to be almost impossible to keep looking clean easily.