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Apr 20, 2009 | 01:35 PM

sUpErMaNGS

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Did I do my rotors wrong? =[ PICs inside

hey guys so me and my friends finished putting my front rotors but then i noticed that as i was putting on the rear rotors the cross drill slots are going the other way. The rear rotors were marked Left and Right but the front werent.

The pic below is the RIGHT side but look at the pattern of the holes. The rear rotors are going the opposite direction (looks like sonic the hedgehog) which i think looks right...so did i do them wrong? My braking is decent but does the pattern affect it at all?

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Apr 20, 2009 | 01:59 PM

sakataj

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Originally Posted by sUpErMaNGS

ha your garage looks so clean compared to mine....
is that a bucket under your car btw sir? thats def FTL...

i think yours might be on backwards but verify this with the vain direction....this is what my front rotora ones look like (i think this is my front right but i forgot and since car is in the shop i pulled this from my photobucket account)

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Apr 20, 2009 | 02:12 PM

kamlung

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it may depend on the manufacturer how they are designed... I have rotoras on my TL and the direction goes the same way you currently have your front rotors on... (reverse sonic the hedgehog)... it is done this way as supposedly air should flow into these grooves as the wheel turns forward and the slits cut into the wind... my wheels that are sawblades are also mounted in the same direction as the rotors...

but i have seen some cars with them the other direction (sonic the hedgehog)... not sure if they have them on backwards or that is how the manufacturer designed them...

Apr 20, 2009 | 02:14 PM

GSteg

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The vain direction should dictate how the rotors should be installed. If the vain has no orientation (straight out rather than curving in one direction), then it doesn't matter how it's mounted.