R-1 Concepts Inc. Performance Brake Rotors
 

Hey everyone!!!
I just picked up my pairs of front and back drilled and diamond slotted rotors! The Vents or whatever you call them (whats between the discs) are really well made, better than stock, for better cooling, the vents run the same way the slots run, at that exact angle, so it scoops more air easily to the center!...If you need a pair, or are interested in a pair, look at my sig or call R1 Concepts and ask to speak with Martin, Let him know that you are with the RX8Club.com and are interested in their brake rotors, let him know Ricky aka ZUMNRX8 sent you. So far I have these pics before the install! Also!, look out for a EPIC DIY brake rotor swap & G2 Caliper paint 980degree resistant! Guess which Rotors are the fronts (things are huge!)?
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/SDC11627.jpg
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those are freaking insane

those look sick

those look nice man, how much did you pay?

Hopefully no more than $350 which they sell for on ebay..

I believe Centric provides rotors to R1 and they drill and slot them. Centric may provide rotors to StopTech and other companies as well.

They Look good, We will Compare when I get mine rotorpros.

I think you might be right, because he had mentioned to me that they work closely with StopTech, *hint the diamond slots* R1 came up with em.

They do sell on ebay as well as their website. $350! no no no, When you're a part of the RX8club, you get special pricing....:rock: Call them (whoever is interested),

I got a good/special deal simply because he knew that I'd spread the word on the forum when I had spoke to him at the D1GP in Anaheim. If there was a Group Buy then everyone in the group buy can possibly get the rotors for the crazy price I got them for. They have some other Design rotors with the R1 Logo as the slotting, I seen them at the shop, they are super nice. They have super nice Gold ones like "BREMBOS" but those are special order. They have more than what is available at their website. You can Even get the Mazda Sign as the slotting on the rotor. They retail for $350-400 for all 4, but if you call him and let him know you part of the RX8 club, then you can get special pricing.:crazy:

Those are just pictures....In person they are huge! and super clean. Wait till I install them....:yesnod:

Trust me, they are!:yesnod:

We will see....

Although they do look very nice, I would rather go with RB myself if I were to get slotted rotors, they do much much more R&D.

I heard a lot of people go with RacingBreak ^ and those are the people who do track or autoX like you. These are less expensive and Im sure perform just as well, for those who want some for Daily Driving, these are defenitely the real deal and at a good price (Less than the retail for the RX8Club)! Or did you mean Racing beat?

no he meant racing brake... I'd be hesitant to buy these as I've heard drilled rotors crack more easily, and with a somewhat no-name brand, gets kind of iffy

^True, I have read about the R1 Concepts rotors breaking sometimes, but also know some people who have had them for 2+ years, such as Patrick, and he is very satisified with them. So they are a good rotor for someone who does not track their 8, and it does look very nice indeed. But if you are a track addict, I would just stick with OEM rotors, or possibly a Racing Brake two piece rotor.

Nice looking....hope the quality is really there at that price, worth a shot I suppose. BTW on disk brake rotors, air vents from the center of the disk out, not the other way around, for example, that's why brake cooling ducts put air at the spindle area.

I've been running these for 2 years and 5000 miles. No problems so far.

Yeah interesting topic of conversation especially one I was having last night with another that is in the industry. Sure all these are made at the same facilities but no QC or R&D goes into the Rotors. Another Famous Ebay brand that did this same thing was Ksport, huge on ebay cheap prices but the quality was lacking launched a national brand and there have been some horror stories on their coilovers having to be rebuilt.

Not to say that these are bad or horrible but there is a reason the price is so low.

I would be curious to see the weight of these rotors.

Gotcha, I just spelled it wrong...Ive also heard that about drilled rotors, however if thats what makes you hesitant, you can get them in a slotted version only, or OEM style...its available on their site, but its truely better to call them up so you can have them made to ur specs.:yesnod: A lot of people told me to just get them in a slotted version, but having 20" rims you can tell Im more of a visual person, and I also dont drive that hard, so I went with the Cross-Drilled and Slotted.:D: They also have gold rotors similar to BREMBOS, but you have to call. There is more options available for a type of rotor at their shop. Online its only E-Line, or Performance, like mine.

I Strongly Agree, they do carry an OEM style rotor and just slotted version too. They are so F'in Sexy and I still havent put them on...cant wait. I love the fact that our rotors are huge! Maybe the cracking is due to the type of Pads Used?:dunno:

We will see after a couple of months. :yesnod: Thanks for educating me on the vents:yesnod: So i dont sound stupid next time....:suspect:

Im Glad they have not gave you problems! What pads are you running with the rotors? Martin from R1 suggested Ceramics, and dude up front told me any will do, but to use new ones and not the ones I currently have on. They are going to ship me some ceramics for $5 and again a discounted price! Front and Back only about $75 from what he told me. One of the guys brothers that works at R1 also has an RX8 and runs Hawks with these rotors.

Ill weigh them and let you know.

Also do you see any very small dimples on the rotors?

These are very important to check the consistency of the hardness of the rotors.

I am curious to know.

Sorry no dimples....they are so PERFECT.....Im going to install them today with the Socal Guys in a couple of hours I will post pics! Stay tuned!!

sounds good man, they should look pretty baller with the 20's

They are gonna look so fucking sexy I already know it, whenever I come to a stop/stoplight the person next to me is gonna be "stoked" like WTF!!!!!!!!!! My cuzin with an S2K and other cuzin with a Nismo 350 are gonna be drinking that "HATERADE", Ill post pics later today....Renesis is doing the install....they are doing an install meet at Dozers. Dozer should turn his house into a Shop....lol.

Care to clarify your position? No QC and R&D by who? Centric? Power Slot? StopTech? R1? Being a vendor who sells parts from competing companies you should be specific and detailed with such claims.

This is the norm of this industry of what it has become. I should digress and not say specifically this company or any of the ones you stated. It was a hypothetical situation of what actually occurs my statements were out of curiosity and previous experience with inexpensive brands and their cost of parts and why they are so.

I can name a dozen companies that buy from the same factory (overseas mind you) Even though they are a US based manufacturer, I have heard repeatedly from the people that work and have worked with these companies that this is what occurs.

QC & R&D are typically where the costs incurred determine value of said product, that is a safe assumption of what I have experienced.

Now mind you that there is also a significant margin in these lesser expensive brands. Which actually blows my mind.

I have reverse engineered many companies to see where they buy from, who makes their parts and circumvent the hierarchy of the BS dealer structures in place today. Out of curiosity mind you.

Two Perfect Examples:

I have found an authentic "HKS" wastegate for $27 do I buy them, absolutely not.

I have also seen a complete set of Muteki Lug Nuts for $7, are they the same..close, but look near the same.

I don't dabble in this river as the water is tainted with bad things....

I could go more in depth with many more, but this topic is already derailed enough.

If you ever catch me in person or on a group chat on AIM I would be happy to elaborate more my findings. If you want my AIM handle pm me, I don't go on the one in my profile much.

zumn any pictures?

Imma post pics today....when sun comes up, So I can wash my car because its a lil dirty....

I have Hawk HPS on all 4. I also only have the slotted rotors.

Why would somebody pick those over OEM when needing to replace rotors? Any measurable benefits? I'm going to need rotors pretty soon, so if you had any data on those rotors, I'd appreciate you sharing!

1. They are cheaper (in price) to purchase.
2. They stop just as good if not even better.
3. If cross drilled and slotted rotors didnt work a tad better, pros wouldnt use them. BTW I recognized, being honest here, a 20% harder bite with these rotors.
4. Measurable benefits, non that I know of unless you are talking weight as a measurement... and to tell you the truth, and you can even ask RENESIS that was there doing my install, that these rotors weigh at least -5lbs less than stock!!! Thats a lot of weight loss!!! A total of 24lbs

edit: these come painted black and look sexy as hell!!! not all rusty like the OEM....
Good shit, subscribed, and Im going to get pictures in a bit, I have to wash my car first...:yesnod:

Thanks - doesn't answer my question though. That provides background info on what things do.

I'm asking: For these R-1 Concepts - Is there any data that shows how they perform compared to OEM?


1. Cheaper than ~$120 each for the fronts?
2. How so? What's better?
3. That's a logical fallacy friend. The pros use equipment which works for them on a racetrack. Most of us don't have corporate sponsors to replace cracked or broken or otherwise bad parts from the stress of racing. We buy parts, in large part, we intend to keep for more than a few track session
4. Yes. I'm talking about actual benefit in stopping distances or fade resistance. 'at least' 5lbs less than stock? What's the actual weight? Reducing mass can reduce a rotor's ability to handle heat. BTW, if they are 5lbs less than stock, that's a 20lbs savings, bro ;).

Ah gotcha, didnt realize you were asking about these rotors specifically. I'd be interested in data as well for these compared to RB and others

I searched the R1 website and couldn't find much as I was curious what they had to offer and what research and development they had completed or what benefits they had over others.

I then looked at Racing Brake and they have tons of information on what their rotors are all about and why they are better. Not just a sentence or two, I am talking pages of information and data about what they do. When I called and talked to Racing Brake, hands down best customer service and knowledge seen. Stoptech would not even take the time to talk to me.

Check them out for yourself:

http://www.racingbrake.com/v/main/technology.asp

http://www.racingbrake.com/v/main/faq.asp

http://www.racingbrake.com/v/main/product_features.asp

http://www.racingbrake.com/v/main/manufacturing.asp

http://www.racingbrake.com/v/main/product_knowledge.asp

Plenty of information to go over and review.

It was no contest for me to decide what brake system was going on my car and which I would distribute.

Some Pictures of the DIY that Im going to do type up tomorrow for taking off rotors.....:yesnod:
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/p...Y/SDC11752.jpg
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We accidently started to put the rotors with the slots backwards but I fixed that today as you will be able to see in the DIY....Heres a pic of yesterdays install, yeah thats my daughter in the Third pics trying to ship herself to CHINA:lol2:
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/SDC11650.jpg
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Dude - you've got your rotors on the wrong side of the car! They should spin open-side forward - like this:

(at least true for stop tech)

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/img/slotted_rotor.jpg


That is unless the cooling vanes are going the right way...just double check, aight?

lol he said that above^^

So much for the DIY. Fail.

LOL, give the guy a break, he was just excited. Nice lookin rotors. In Zumn's case it doesnt really matter whether or not these rotors are as good/better quality than RB, its not like he Autox/tracks his 8. They are pretty much for show, and will do fine for DD use... they look great.

I mentioned that I "fixed them today earlier" in post #34!

I know! but some people read books by looking at only the pictures :lol2:

Theres no DIY fail here. When I swapped the rotors to the correct sides, I took DIY pics and will make the DIY later today after I get sleep.

:yesnod: Thanks, and I Agree!

Heres some night pics I took a bit ago when I got off work....:Eyecrazy: SO FUCKING SEXY!!!:Eyecrazy::Eyecrazy::Eyecrazy: They look way better because as you can tell I washed my little hotwheel BLING BLING:icon_no2: and the Rotors are right now...I said earlier I "fixed them":yesnod:
Rear
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/SDC11756.jpg
Front at an angle (huge sexy rotor!:yesnod:)
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/SDC11759.jpg
Rear at an angle
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/p...s/SDC11762.jpg

Sorry - I read threads by looking at the pictures first.

:)

:lol2:

Words? What words?

nice zumn they look bad as*

Now just get some wheels that look good.

^ im working on that, searching everywhere, works....volks RE.....wedsport.....gonna look hard before making up my mind....need dope wheels with dope rotors....are you coming to Sevenstock?

dude. buddy club pf, 17x9. 14lbs. $500/rim.

its like the enkei rpf1 on cocaine. more expensive but less weight too.

fluid motorsports has them.

500/rim is pricy even for 17's :shocking:

Not a fan of Buddy Club.... and I at least wanna go 18-19, if I wanted 17's I could get some wheels off an S2ki.com S2000 forum....but no can do...and all the 18's they have are really curbed or road rashed....thats a nono :nono:

$500 wheels for good wheels is cheap, TE37 volks run about $800+per ouch! :banghead:

"Enkei RP-F1 17x9, 45mm offset 5x114, 15 pounds, $249"

That's "1" expensive pound I'd say, @ an extra $251 each for the pleasure of it! :Eyecrazy:

^^^ ITS Hard enough going from 20" all the way back down to 18" stock and here you ask me to go even lower with 17".....dont think so....Im looking for 18-19 so i can clear easily when i drop my car....