Brembo on a budget! Let's make x5 great again :)

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

I'm hoping the slots help with noise by helping keep the surface clean of dust

I actually just got shipping info for my kit so that's good news.

I decided to go cheap and take a total risk on the paint. I ordered a yellow G2 kit and a Lime Green kit. I'm going to mix them and hope to end up with a color similar to the Porsche Acid Green. If it fails miserably, it will only have cost me about $80 and more time delayed getting my kit installed.

What kind of brake fluid should I use to do the bleeding? Just any dot4 fluid?

[2euro]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

I actually just got shipping info for my kit so that's good news.

I decided to go cheap and take a total risk on the paint. I ordered a yellow G2 kit and a Lime Green kit. I'm going to mix them and hope to end up with a color similar to the Porsche Acid Green. If it fails miserably, it will only have cost me about $80 and more time delayed getting my kit installed.

What kind of brake fluid should I use to do the bleeding? Just any dot4 fluid?

post pics if it turns out good!

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by 2euro

post pics if it turns out good!

I’ll definitely post pics. Good, bad, or ugly.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

I actually just got shipping info for my kit so that's good news.

I decided to go cheap and take a total risk on the paint. I ordered a yellow G2 kit and a Lime Green kit. I'm going to mix them and hope to end up with a color similar to the Porsche Acid Green. If it fails miserably, it will only have cost me about $80 and more time delayed getting my kit installed.

What kind of brake fluid should I use to do the bleeding? Just any dot4 fluid?

Ya I mean unless you're tracking it won't matter really just DOT4 or higher.

[Maverik259]

These things are massive!!! And a bit heavy. I wish I had an oem set to compare.

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

These things are massive!!! And a bit heavy. I wish I had an oem set to compare.

Nice! Weigh it! What does it compare to the rotors on this thread?

https://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1450854

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

Nice! Weigh it! What does it compare to the rotors on this thread?

https://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1450854

Ya working on it. Wife still doesn't know I bought them and I'm not looking to explain again why I keep buying brake parts when I don't need to change my brakes yet lol. She can't wrap her head around it yet. But hey it was Black Friday! Lol I'll weigh when I get home from work tomorrow

[yewlock]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Ya working on it. Wife still doesn't know I bought them and I'm not looking to explain again why I keep buying brake parts when I don't need to change my brakes yet lol. She can't wrap her head around it yet. But hey it was Black Friday! Lol I'll weigh when I get home from work tomorrow

[82Nate]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F202517907656

Will post outside of the UK if additional postage cost covered.

Cheers

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Ya working on it. Wife still doesn't know I bought them and I'm not looking to explain again why I keep buying brake parts when I don't need to change my brakes yet lol. She can't wrap her head around it yet. But hey it was Black Friday! Lol I'll weigh when I get home from work tomorrow

Yea its kind of sad. My wife has come to accept that when a new car joins the family, new suspension, wheels/tires and brakes are soon to follow. She lost that battle a long time ago.

On another note, my rotors should arrive today so I'll try and beat you to the scale.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

Yea its kind of sad. My wife has come to accept that when a new car joins the family, new suspension, wheels/tires and brakes are soon to follow. She lost that battle a long time ago.

On another note, my rotors should arrive today so I'll try and beat you to the scale.

Lol just for that comment.

39lbs and for you nerds the F85 M (drilled) are 35.27lbs so there about 4lbs heavier which isn't terrible.

OEM E70 M (blank disk) is 37.5lbs so only 1.5 lbs more than that.

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Lol just for that comment.

39lbs and for you nerds the F85 M (drilled) are 35.27lbs so there about 4lbs heavier which isn't terrible.

OEM E70 M (blank disk) is 37.5lbs so only 1.5 lbs more than that.

Nice, not bad at all. Thanks for that.

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Lol just for that comment.

39lbs and for you nerds the F85 M (drilled) are 35.27lbs so there about 4lbs heavier which isn't terrible.

OEM E70 M (blank disk) is 37.5lbs so only 1.5 lbs more than that.

Your scale is dead on - just received mine and my scale agrees with yours. 39 front.

For those interested, the rears are 27.4lbs. Rear rotors on the Mperfomance are 24.9lbs so 2.5lbs heavier than those. I'll weigh the stock (smaller) 50i rotors when I install this stuff in a week or so.

[yewlock]

Mine is here too

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

Your scale is dead on - just received mine and my scale agrees with yours. 39 front.

For those interested, the rears are 27.4lbs. Rear rotors on the Mperfomance are 24.9lbs so 1.5lbs heavier than those. I'll weigh the stock (smaller) 50i rotors when I install this stuff in a week or so.

2.5lbs 😉

We shoulda pushed for a 3 man group buy Hahahaha

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

2.5lbs 😉

We shoulda pushed for a 3 man group buy Hahahaha

Ah damn, way to burst my bubble. Fixed my post.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

Ah damn, way to burst my bubble. Fixed my post.

Ya what's crazy is the M5 rotors are still another 6.6 lbs lighter and they're 5mm larger! Riddle me that lol

I have the F85 rear rotors so I'll have to weigh one of those for comparison too. Although it's pretty worn down now so we may need to estimate a bit.

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Ya what's crazy is the M5 rotors are still another 6.6 lbs lighter and they're 5mm larger! Riddle me that lol

I have the F85 rear rotors so I'll have to weigh one of those for comparison too. Although it's pretty worn down now so we may need to estimate a bit.

Did your rear rotors come with the calipers you bought?

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

Did your rear rotors come with the calipers you bought?

Yea

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

I actually just got shipping info for my kit so that's good news.

I decided to go cheap and take a total risk on the paint. I ordered a yellow G2 kit and a Lime Green kit. I'm going to mix them and hope to end up with a color similar to the Porsche Acid Green. If it fails miserably, it will only have cost me about $80 and more time delayed getting my kit installed.

What kind of brake fluid should I use to do the bleeding? Just any dot4 fluid?

Well my paint experiment failed miserably and then I made another mistake. First, I tried mixing two drops of the lime green with two drops of yellow and it was still VERY green so that's not going to work. So I returned the G2 paint.

Then I ordered Porsche Acid green 2M8 caliper paint only to realize that its coming from Italy and will take 20-30 days! If I would have paid a little better attention, I would have just paid up and had them powder coated locally.

I guess I'll revisit this in a month and go focus on my tune and muffler delete.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by mikew2069

Well my paint experiment failed miserably and then I made another mistake. First, I tried mixing two drops of the lime green with two drops of yellow and it was still VERY green so that's not going to work. So I returned the G2 paint.

Then I ordered Porsche Acid green 2M8 caliper paint only to realize that its coming from Italy and will take 20-30 days! If I would have paid a little better attention, I would have just paid up and had them powder coated locally.

I guess I'll revisit this in a month and go focus on my tune and muffler delete.

Agh man that stinks. Sorry about that.

[mikew2069]

Originally Posted by Maverik259

Agh man that stinks. Sorry about that.

Yea man, I tend to get hung up on the little things and everything gets delayed. Paralysis by analysis. Kind of like the muffler delete. I'm all hung up on magnaflow bullets vs borla.