Umm... Aren't they directional too?Originally Posted by mpt
I thought only the cast (non-forged) wheels were uni-directional.
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Umm... Aren't they directional too?
I thought only the cast (non-forged) wheels were uni-directional.
I'm not sure the wheels are "directional" as in they are designed to only rotate in one direction (there would be arrows forged into the rim itself - I haven't checked this) but they are directional in that they are not symmetrical and so they should all be pointed the same way for aesthetic purposes.
Last edited by strider; 06-02-2011 at 11:25 AM.
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That's what they look like, on one side of the car they go forwards, on the other, backwards. I'll leave it open as to which is which!
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Sounds like you might have gotten two sets of lefts or two sets of rights!
I think the usual mounting has them with the top of the blade pointed forwards (ahead of the bottom).
Notice how both sides of this car have the wheels "chopping" towards the direction of travel:
There was an old picture of VP13 long ago where people comment that the old style forged wheels seemed to be mounted backwards (wrong side wheel.)
Perhaps later in production they stopped trying so hard to get the correct side wheel on each car?
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Oddly enough, looks like the wheels are on backwards. I think we normally see the wheels oriented so that the spokes are angled towards the direction of forward motion, not away from it as we see here.
Old style Left vs Right directional wheels:
Apparently some cars were delivered with all lefts or all rights so not everyone got the advertised orientation.
Last edited by TEG; 06-02-2011 at 12:05 PM.
Mix/match directions:
(Is there a "correct" orientation? It seems early cars usually had the spokes leaning center outwards towards the direction of rotation, and later cars the other way around, but then we have plenty of exceptions.)
Last edited by TEG; 06-02-2011 at 12:41 PM.
All of the pics here: Roadster Image Gallery and here: Roadster Features and Specifications have the blades on the forged aluminum wheels sloping backwards.
On a personal preference note - That's how mine are and I like them better like that.
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