Vince,

[Mike 91 318ic]

When CG did your brake calipers, did they paint them or power coat them?
I'm think of getting all the parts I want powder coated done next week while it's in the shop getting serviced *again* sigh :(

tks
Mike

[VtwinVince]

They were powdercoated and rebuilt before getting the stainless lines put on. Before they were redone they looked like they had been dredged from a swamp, so definitely worth it if you have open-style wheel castings.

[Mike 91 318ic]

Brandon at CG said Rudy will probably just paint them because they don't need to be rebuilt... I'm not really wanting just regular paint, what do you think? Should I go for the x-drilled rotors? what brake set up do you have and are you happy? I'm think I should just save my cash and use oem rotors and mintex pads.

any opinions?
M

[Spaz]

well i have pbr metal master pads....love them, and brembo rotors. i love my brakes, flushed my system a couple weeks ago with dot 4 and i'm good to go.
as long as you get brembo rotors you will be fine, they are the same as the rotors bmw gives you. btw if u need powder coating let me know i can get it done pretty cheap.

[Mike 91 318ic]

Spaz,

how cheap is cheap? I could always ask CG to send it to your guy if it's alot cheaper.

For example what would 4 rotors, valve cover, and maybe intake manifold cost approx?

[motoyen]

I would talk DIRECTLY to Chris at CG. Brandon is an ...

[VtwinVince]

I'm also running Brembo rotors with Metalmaster pads, definitely an excellent setup, with very little dusting under hard braking as well.

[Spaz]

mike i'll call the guy tomorrow. i'll let you know.