Another Brembo BBK

[PencilGeek]

Custom paint color: Lamborghini Yellow with blue Pearl.
Wheels: HRE 540R 20"

Purchased and installed by Auto Talent in Los Angeles, CA.

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[EDELWEISS]

sick man , i like it ,i want that on my ride :)

[malter2.0]

nice estoril blue E46 M3

[bkms1]

lower please

[OC kid]

:thumbsup: looking good pgeek. Glad to see Sam and Zolti were able to help you out. AutoTalent is #1.

Don't forget to give them the proper bed-in.

[PencilGeek]

:thumbsup: looking good pgeek. Glad to see Sam and Zolti were able to help you out. AutoTalent is #1.

Don't forget to give them the proper bed-in.

Long story short...my car is down in SoCal for a few weeks while one of the big suspension folks develops their coil-over kit for it. The brakes just happen to come in while the car was down there. So we flat-bedded the truck over to Auto Talent, and had them do the install, then flat-bed it back to the suspension folks.

So for all you guys telling me to lower the car...just be patient...it's coming.

[lucid]

Yellow looks good on red. :thumbsup:

[skierman64]

Long story short...my car is down in SoCal for a few weeks while one of the big suspension folks develops their coil-over kit for it. The brakes just happen to come in while the car was down there. So we flat-bedded the truck over to Auto Talent, and had them do the install, then flat-bed it back to the suspension folks.

So for all you guys telling me to lower the car...just be patient...it's coming.


Negative, don't lower, it looks good right now.

[Socale92]

lower please

+1

[skierman64]

Pencil, can you discuss brake pedal feel between the stock brakes vs the Brembos on the street.

I love the look of the Brembos.

[M3BALLER08]

6 piston front looks sooooo hot!

[SHADY1]

:coolpics: can't wait to see it lowered either way it still looks good :clap:

[335IAlpine]

Yellow looks good! Hurry up and lower that peice of crap!!

[PencilGeek]

Pencil, can you discuss brake pedal feel between the stock brakes vs the Brembos on the street.

I love the look of the Brembos.

I'd love to, but I won't see my car for at least another week. My car is 400 miles away in SoCal -- being the development car for one of the big coil-over companies.

[MagicMtnDan]

Looks great and should perform very well.

Personally I think red brakes would look amazingly hot on your car.

[PencilGeek]

Here's an update, and a chance for all of you to know what's been going on with the car, and why the HRE 540R's are being replaced by HRE P40's. This story has a very happy ending, so stick around for the rest.

When I bought the HRE 540R's from Wheels Boutique, they gave me an incredible deal. I ordered the wheels to be compatible with Brembo BBK's.

However, when the wheels arrived, I wasn't completely satisfied with the look on the car. I was thinking they would look more like my similar style BBS wheels looked on my Z3, but they didn't. But that's the risk I took being one of the first guys on the block to do this. My risk, my problem...but I was willing to live with it.

When the Brembo's were installed, we discovered that the front wheels fit, but the rears didn't. According to all those folks involved, Brembo had changed the specs of the rear calipers after I had already ordered the wheels -- and the new specs didn't catch up in time. Nobody's fault really...just one of those unfortunate things.

So I called HRE and Wheels Boutique. They were willing to remake the two rear wheels -- obviously at no cost to me...but I wasn't sure I wanted them because I wasn't completely satisfied with the look on the car. On that same day, pictures of two M3's with HRE P40's appeared, and I REALLY liked the way it looked. So I emailed Wheels Boutique, and asked what it would take to swap out the entire set -- since they had to remake the two rears anyways.

Here's what I was thinking, and thought this could be a VERY workable (win-win) solution for everybody. The P40's are a Monoblok wheel, forged, lighter, and much easier to manufacture. Whereas the 540R is a 3-piece and VERY expensive and time-consuming to make. Since the MSRP is about the same, I figured the manufacturing costs of the P40's should be less (don't know if this is true), and a reasonable argument could be made for a swap with little or no extra $$$ from me. So, I made that proposal.

Within 5 minutes, Wheels Boutique called me, and seemed very interested. I only wanted to know how much $$$ it would cost me -- if anything. In the end, they charged me a very modest restocking fee -- which was so small it was a no-brainer to accept.

So next week, the P40's are coming and being installed on the car.

I believe Wheels Boutique and HRE really showed how much they were willing to work together to come up with a solution that made sense, and satisfied all parties. It's not often that you see a potential nightmare turn into such a great solution. Thanks to both of them.

[a burrito]

The bbk looks awesome.. One question, how long do the pads and rotors usually last for the bbks? Sorry if its a dumb one, i dont know too much about the bbks.

[PencilGeek]

The bbk looks awesome.. One question, how long do the pads and rotors usually last for the bbks? Sorry if its a dumb one, i dont know too much about the bbks.

Sorry, it's too soon to tell. I've had mine for 7000 miles so far, and they still look very new.

[Jack28]

Wheels and Brakes Look SICK! Very Nice! Congrats! The 540R's were the first wheels
I got when I just bought my E46 M3... I Love 'em... Timeless Wheels! VERY NICE!!!!