[bacardii]

Opinions plss..what color calipers would you guys go with on a tanzinite blue with Kyalami orange interior?

[Hawkdog]

I think you’re good with red or black. (Or gold) Just stay away from blue, it doesn’t match TB. Lots of pics of each in the “official TBII thread” in the build forum.

[luckylingy]

Here's with red. To those who think brake caliper color clashes with interior upholstery color, I say you're looking too hard.

[RichardGM4]

I've gone with red calipers on my TBII G82 - I think the contrast looks great and much better than the blue (and black is a non-event to me as you can't really see them)

[KnightedBMW]

I loved kyalami but wanted red calipers and couldn’t get past the clash. I see many members with kyalami and red calipers so maybe my thoughts were overblown. Went with fiona instead.

[kjx]

I did red with Enzian over Kyalami. I think it's great. Some member here got their calipers custom painted orange.

[mlover789]

Red... I got blue and regretted... You can always color it later

[vj123]

One more vote for red.

[jimbethesda]

Black with black wheels to hide those wee rear calipers.

This is course one of those opinion questions, so no wrong answer.

My suggestion is to look at the rear calipers when deciding. The fronts look great in red, and if the rears where at least a 2-piston I would have gotten red too. The rear calipers are so small, I wanted to hide them, not show them off.

Have you ever seen a car with red painted drum brakes? It looks ridiculous. I think that what the rears look like in red too.

Just my opinion of course.

[LuckyBrand]

Red.

[OCVOLM4]

TB2 M4CX with blue calipers incoming. I feel red calipers look too superman costume like and black calipers look blah with any exterior color.

[Mac Daddy]

I had the same dilemma when I ordered my Tanzanite G80 base a few weeks ago. I ultimately decided on blue.

I don't like red because I think the contrast with the dark blue is too much. Red calipers look great with BSM, but not with TB to me at least - seems to draw my eyes away from the awesome, understated paint while emphasizing the red taillights.

And the black calipers are very subtle - barely noticeable. They look ok with all black wheels IMO, but not so much with the bicolor wheels. Now if you want to hide the calipers, black is the way to go!

Like most, my concern with the blue was that the caliper shade would be too light and would clash with the darker TB. You can see some pictures of blue calipers and TB (on a F80) on this post. It looks good to me.

Worst case, I will paint the calipers a darker shade of blue!

[asmazda]

Should match the interior or exterior, but introducing a 3rd color just breaks continuity in my opinion. So blue or black would flow given your exterior and interior choices, but I prefer blue to highlight the calipers vs. black hides them.

[Hawkdog]

Originally Posted by Hawkdog

I think you’re good with red or black. (Or gold) Just stay away from blue, it doesn’t match TB. Lots of pics of each in the “official TBII thread” in the build forum.

Here’s the pic of TBII w/ blue calipers that ruled them out for me:

[KnightedBMW]

Originally Posted by Hawkdog

Here’s the pic of TBII w/ blue calipers that ruled them out for me:

Yea; not good. I'd prob go black with TBII even though the black calipers don't do it for me. Maybe get them painted afterwards to KO.
I'm not a superman look fan so I don't love red either.

[jpsimon]

I went with black for my SMB car. I didn't really love the red with blue, and I didn't want blue on blue. I'm considering maybe in the future having the calipers painted gold like the ceramic brakes have. That combo looks great on blue

[AhsanU]

I think calliper finish is based on personal tastes and also based on the car.

My Dakar Yellow will eventually have its calipers painted to match the exterior paint. The wheels I will have installed are brushed silver with gunmetal windows, so a yellow caliper will make the wheels pop even more.

So base it off what you plan to do with the wheels and/or you want a complementing caliper or a contrasting one. Personally, just stay away from blue as it looks mismatched IMO.

[bacardii]

Originally Posted by Hawkdog

Here’s the pic of TBII w/ blue calipers that ruled them out for me:

Thanks for the pic..yea don't want to go the blue caliper route given it's a totally different blue. Leaning towards black and painting them KO in the future. Thanks for the input all!

[Der_Wolf]

I went blue to match the BMW logo and laser lights. I think the blue BMS front-mounted CAI will compliment it nicely as well. My exterior is BMS and the interior is black as well.

Here is my car

[Fugazii]

Originally Posted by jpsimon

I went with black for my SMB car. I didn't really love the red with blue, and I didn't want blue on blue. I'm considering maybe in the future having the calipers painted gold like the ceramic brakes have. That combo looks great on blue

+1 agreed

[voyagergab]

Since mine came with black I kinda wish they were some colour as they get lost with the all black wheels.