AWESOME! Thank you for sharing the pics! They are beefy rotors and they are a very well made product as well. I do need to clarify a few things about them though. The rotors you received are actually the R1Concepts Premium Series rotors with the black military grade electrocoat coating for corrosion protection. I am not sure why they didn't fully coat the rears, I will have to ask about that, I asked them to fully coat those because that is actually an extra option we have been playing with. They do not need turned before installation and the added coating on the pad surface will not hurt the braking performance of the rotors. The pads will make easy work of cleaning their "bite surface" on the rotors, but the added coating puts the coating into areas that the NON Fully Coated rotors wouldn't normally have on the outer edges of the rotor itself. Inside the drilled holes and slots and on the outer edge of the rotors. Without the added coating in those areas, the outer edge can and will develop a little rust in those areas and while not being as bad or building as quickly as OEM rotors, it is there nonetheless and I have been working with R1Concepts to try to make the extra coating a regular option for everyone. I have sold a few sets with that added protection and at this point, anyone that wants them can ask for that added coating when ordering.
Now, as for the Zinc coating. The R1Concepts Eline series rotors are the shiny zinc coated rotors that are seen in the link below. Their zinc coating, while being good, isn't as good as the military black e-coating and they are made from G3000 cast iron where the Premium rotors are made from G3500 cast iron. So although the Eline series are a great option for smaller vehicles, the Premium rotors with the black coating are a much better option for the Raptor because of the size of the truck and the way that most of us use them.
As for R1Concepts no longer coating with the Zinc coating, that is ONLY with the OEM Blanks, the rotors with no drilling or slotting. The reason for it is that the Zinc coated rotors, even when not fully coated, still get some of the zinc on the pad surface of the rotors. When there aren't any drilled holes or slots on the pad surface, that zinc coating will sort of build up and "roll up" under the pads and cause them NOT to brake as well. They still coat the slotted, drilled and drilled & slotted versions of the Eline series rotors because the drills and slots help to cut away the excess zinc coating from the face of the rotors and pads and the "rolling up" of the excess coating on the rotors is eliminated. SO, if you are buying OEM blanks, you will NOT receive coated rotors, they will come the same uncoated finish that you can get at any auto parts store.
Click here to use the year make and model look up for a 2010 F150 4x4 6-lug and the parts listed in that page are the required parts for the Raptor up to 2010-2011. They are still working on adding the parts for the 2012+ Raptors and the 2012+ trucks rear brakes are different, so anyone with 2012+ should contact me personally for a quote on them.
R1Concepts - OEM, Drilled & Slotted Brake Rotors - Brake Pads - Brake Calipers
Again, I truly appreciate your sharing the pics! Enjoy your new parts, you will not be disappointed!
