My 'new to me' 2011 F01 730D SE Luxury
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d_a_n1979 said:
Rear brake calipers wire brushed & repainted this morning (only just had time to do them)
Wheels look much better now the calipers have been cleaned & painted
That looks really good! Can I ask what paint you used on the callipers please?Wheels look much better now the calipers have been cleaned & painted
I’ve got those exact wheels on my F11 and I’ve had them refinished in Ferric grey II, yours look great in the silver. GLWTS.
Huskyman said:
d_a_n1979 said:
Rear brake calipers wire brushed & repainted this morning (only just had time to do them)
Wheels look much better now the calipers have been cleaned & painted
That looks really good! Can I ask what paint you used on the callipers please?Wheels look much better now the calipers have been cleaned & painted
I’ve got those exact wheels on my F11 and I’ve had them refinished in Ferric grey II, yours look great in the silver. GLWTS.
This is what I used (gloss silver):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MP-Essentials-Motorbike-T...
And used these to apply the paint:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foam-Brushes-20-Pkg-1-Wid...
They are lovely looking wheels and suit the F01 IMO; shame they never did them as factory spec for the 7'er
d_a_n1979 said:
Cheers
This is what I used (gloss silver):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MP-Essentials-Motorbike-T...
And used these to apply the paint:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foam-Brushes-20-Pkg-1-Wid...
They are lovely looking wheels and suit the F01 IMO; shame they never did them as factory spec for the 7'er
Thank you for the links, I need to do my brake callipers. You’re right the 351 wheels the look at home on the 7er. This is what I used (gloss silver):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MP-Essentials-Motorbike-T...
And used these to apply the paint:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foam-Brushes-20-Pkg-1-Wid...
They are lovely looking wheels and suit the F01 IMO; shame they never did them as factory spec for the 7'er
Huskyman said:
d_a_n1979 said:
Cheers
This is what I used (gloss silver):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MP-Essentials-Motorbike-T...
And used these to apply the paint:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foam-Brushes-20-Pkg-1-Wid...
They are lovely looking wheels and suit the F01 IMO; shame they never did them as factory spec for the 7'er
Thank you for the links, I need to do my brake callipers. You’re right the 351 wheels the look at home on the 7er. This is what I used (gloss silver):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MP-Essentials-Motorbike-T...
And used these to apply the paint:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foam-Brushes-20-Pkg-1-Wid...
They are lovely looking wheels and suit the F01 IMO; shame they never did them as factory spec for the 7'er
I'd highly recommend a few sizes of wire wheel attachments for a corder hammer drill too if you have one; used my Ryobi cordless but no where near as powerful as the plug in one and it makes a huge difference
Front calipers seem to be aly (I think) as their corrosion was more white than anything else; the rears are iron/steel as there was plenty of nice orange surface rust
You'll want plenty of brake cleaner too as the dust goes everywhere!
And yup; glad I went for the 351Ms
Looked at lots of different 19" OEM alloys but wasn't overly keen on them and then was lucky enough to find a set of the 351Ms very local to me! Glad I looked for them now..!Court_S said:
d_a_n1979 said:
And sold...
Away it goes off to Fife with its new owner; smooth/easy transaction
End of ownership & this thread
Good to hear a normal human being finally showed an interest in it!Away it goes off to Fife with its new owner; smooth/easy transaction
End of ownership & this thread
Are you going to jump into search for a replacement or hang fire?
But I've got my watch list, I'll see how they fair over the next few weeks and have a harder think towards the end of the month
It'll be painful to watch them and not be able to do anything about them
d_a_n1979 said:
Evening pal.. selling up already?
Evening. Yeah looking to go a bit bigger, mrs wants to downsize.
I do enjoy the car. Still brings a smile to my face when I give it some beans against the local boy racers. But feel it’s time for me to go a bit more sensible too. Thinking F11 or E Class wagon with the 7 seats. Got a few cars on shortlist.
88LG said:
d_a_n1979 said:
Evening pal.. selling up already?
Evening. Yeah looking to go a bit bigger, mrs wants to downsize.
I do enjoy the car. Still brings a smile to my face when I give it some beans against the local boy racers. But feel it’s time for me to go a bit more sensible too. Thinking F11 or E Class wagon with the 7 seats. Got a few cars on shortlist.
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