W215 CL55 AMG Brake Upgrade...

[topgun1978]

Hi all....... I have a MY00 CL55 AMG and wanted to see whether anyone had upraded the calipers on their car of a similar year? I find the current black calipers a little too subtle for me and wanted to see whether anyone has either painted or changed theirs with aftermarket ones.

Cheers!

 

[seymansey]

Well, changing the colour and after-market are 2 quite different things.

You could repaint your existing calipers yourself or get someone else to recolour them for you. Probably not that expensive.

A brake upgrade just to get red brakes though? Probably thousands!

 

[trainer]

There is a brake painting link on this forum to a Lexus site. The guy shows the steps required to paint your own caliper and how to apply a logo. You will need to search to find the thread.

 

[d w124]

I find the current black calipers a little too subtle for me and wanted to see whether anyone has either painted
Cheers!

I did paint my calipers,but i wish i did`nt

 

[mercedescl500]

Please dont paint them. As you already have a cl55, you could go down the calliper cover route, many different colors and sizes 6 pot, 8 pot etc (available on the usual auction site). I know this is not acceptable amongst the "purists" but having seen them fitted on an S+Class I think they look good, and not everyone is a car nut so you would fool the majority of people on the street so to speak. The bonus is, if you dont like them ? then simply pull them off and you have your standard un-fettled calliper underneath. Hope this helps.

 

[KDBCOM]

I did paint my calipers,but i wish i did`nt

But I painted mine and am glad I did

 

[carlsson_dude]

Well, changing the colour and after-market are 2 quite different things.

You could repaint your existing calipers yourself or get someone else to recolour them for you. Probably not that expensive.

A brake upgrade just to get red brakes though? Probably thousands!

correct - serious difference