Brakenetic GT Series rotors
 

I'll probably get blasted for buying cheap eBay rotors, but I don't mind being the guinea pig. Besides, there seems to be two trains of thought: 1) Most rotors are essentially from the same blanks; just machined differently 2) Buying anything less than top shelf will kill you.

Without further ado, I present my new Brakenetic GT Series rotors:

https://i.imgur.com/EUKvWVs.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/dZ94DVr.jpg?1

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Not much in the way of weight savings, with the fronts weighing ~30 lbs and the rears weighing ~19 lbs. I'll get these installed sometime this weekend hopefully.

I don't have any experience with aftermarket rotors, so I wouldn't know a quality slotted rotor if it bit me. If anybody wants info, more pictures, whatever, just let me know.

Posts in other forums say Brakenetics uses Centric rotors, then slot/drill as needed.

Sub'd to see how this turns out...:drama:

They'll be fine for street driving.

Any way to confirm? A stamping or anything?

I'll be trying these out on the track. I wouldn't be the guinea pig if I just cruised around town with them!

after shipping, were these cheaper than blanks from your local autoparts store?

I saw them on ebay for a little less than $500... sounds like I need to get into the brake rotor business if all I need to do is machine some slots into some generic blanks.

$500 for ebay rotors?!? For that price you might as well buy Z1 2-piece front rotors and save some weight, too.

The sports brake package rotor blanks are typically $59 apiece at the stores around here.

Not sure, I didn't check. A quick look shows generic rotors ranging from $80 to $120 at my local parts store.

Go for it, Z1 does the same thing.

These were $463 shipped. Z1 2-piece rotors would be $1,193 shipped. I know they're a good product, but not worth the extra $730 for my purposes.

For a daily, i don't know why you aren't using auto parts store rotors.

Those "slots" aren't doing anything for you on the way to the grocery store

hell

for a dual purpose car

I'd be running all-season tires, OEM level pads, autoparts rotors, and swapping in some 2 pc rotors, aggressive pads and tires when i actually need to go fast. No sense burning up the good stuff in traffic

This car isn't my daily driver. I drive it some weekends, and take it to the track maybe once a year. If I went more often, I'd probably have 2 sets of rotors as you said. Until then, I'll continue using one set of rotors and just change pads.

If you'll read my post again, you'll notice I specifically said front 2-piece rotors. The rears do less work but they cost more than the fronts because of the integrated e-brake drum.

At least the sprinkle slotted looks good.

I think mismatched rotors would look ridiculous. I'm guilty; I do care about aesthetics a little.

i have slotted brakenetic for 18k miles hard street and some track no problems and like other brands because they are painted they dont look like rusty **** after 3 days.

Cool, thanks for the feedback!

I have perfect oem rotors with under 8k i'm looking to make a deal on if anyone is interested.

You can always get Z1 front 2-piece sprinkle slotted and generic 1-piece rear sprinkle slotted rotors to match.

Which non 2 piece rotors offer a sprinkle slotted option? Ive never seen that.

lol check the first post in this thread

LOL That is NOT a match for sprinkle slotted.

It is sprinkle slotted. But you're right that it doesn't match Z1's pattern. DBA makes a 1-piece sprinkle slotted rear rotor as well. But it doesn't match either (it matches their front 2-piece sprinkle slotted rotors).

I don't know of any other rotor besides the 2 piece Z1 that refers to their pattern as sprinkle slotted. Just because other rotors have multiple, random, whatever slots, does not make them "sprinkle slotted". Unless you can find a definition for "sprinkle slotted" it's just Z1's name for their particular pattern. DBA calls theirs T3 Slot Design for Tri-Symmetrical. So, maybe since these eBay rotors also have a 3 slot design, you should say they are T3 Slot Design rotors. I'm sure DBA would be fine with that :) I wouldn't call them T3, I also wouldn't say they are sprinkle slotted, but I guess thats just me being particular about my words. For what its worth, Brakenetic calls theirs "an array of symmetrical curve slots".

Personally, I would define "sprinkle slotted" as a sprinkling of slots on the face of the rotor. It doesn't seem to me that you can assume a particular layout of the slots from the word sprinkle. And therefore, in my opinion, all of the rotors I referred to in fact have a sprinkle slotted option even if their patterns are different and the manufacturers use different names for them. Others may feel differently.

I have the 2-piece Z1's front and rear. Love 'em! They are not like some past slotted rotors I had on other cars that made a ton of noise and vibration. Had "power slots" on my SC300 sold by Les Shwab(never ever go there!), and some EBC slotted on my WRX. The wrx made a ton of noise if you enjoyed having the windows down, the Lex it was major pedal vibration.

I'm thinking either the sprinkle pattern or just smaller staggered slots = benefits without the noise? Whatever the case is, they do the job seamlessly.

:driving:

How do they compare to new OEM rotors besides looks and weight?