BMW E36 Forum

...How bad is it going to look when it turns out they don't match? Red calipers seem like a fairly common thing and yet I can't find anything about anyone having this problem.

Black and red seem like the obvious choices but on a hellrot bimmer with (soon to be)black style 22s, neither seems like a good choice.

Anybody have any suggestions for me?

I am not too sure what you getting at, but I painted the calipers on mine Red. i have a Silver 328ic with a black convertible top. My Brother advised me to just go red, and I do not regret it. It really depends on what wheels you have, whether they can be seen.

Try E36 phoenix yellow or E46 (M3) competition yellow

Thanks for the replies. I painted the fronts red and as expected it didn't match. A mate tells me it looks bad(he might just be jealous because he doesn't have a bimmer), I don't know what to think of it. They don't stand out too much though.

Wouldn't yellow add make the car too colourful?

I don't think yellow is going to look nice on that car. Any chance you can post some pics for the current paint?

I apologize for the state of my car I know she need a wash and the paint on the front bumper fixed but at the moment I'm working 12 hour days which leave me very little time to do anything about it.

[img]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll149/VMZ001/IMG_1240.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll149/VMZ001/IMG_1241.jpg[/img]

The cash in my bank account is building up nicely so I may end up buying an e30 to mistreat and keep the e36 looking good.

I think this paint looks very good! What do you have in mind to accomplish better than this?

Thank you.
I would prefer Hellrot rather than just some random red or gloss black but I'm afraid it will be a different black or different gloss level to when I paint my rims.