i bought stop tech slotted rotors for my 04' and they have to go on to the car a certain way for directional purposes. the rotors are marked L/R but, do they mean left side from inside the car, or standing in front of it using your left hand which would make it the passenger side. im thinking driver side= left side. any clues?

 

Put the marked 'L' on the left hub and the one marked 'R' on the right hub.

 

is the right hub the passenger side?

 

left is the driver side, right is the pass side.
-GP-

 

In America, yes.

 

okay good, cuz im from california.

 

 

im going to have to post pics now my friend is arguing with me that i should put the rotors on the other side because the slots are facing the wrong way.

 

it doesnt matter what your friend says. If the rotor is marked with an L it belongs on the driver side of the car, same for the pass side.
-GP-

 

i agree 110%. but my friend actually has a valid argument i took some pics for us to see,
first pic is of the front driver side installed. now, of all the slotted rotors that ive ever seen the slots face the other way. my know it all buddy also said that they put them that way to pull air from the center of the rotor through the slots and yadda, yadda, yadda. dont know about that cuz as far as i know the slots are strictly to escape the gases that build up between the rotor and pad under hard or extended braking periods.



second pic is of the driver side rotor prior to installation next to the stock rotor and you can clearly see on the white sticker that the rotor is infact marked L for left.


this pic is of the passenger rear note the way the slots are facing


this last pic is of the passenger rear prior to installation also clearly marked with an R for right.


im thinking its right. the only way it would be wrong is if the guy at stop tech was taking bong tokes on his lunch and mis-labeled my rotors. OR, my friend is correct and the slots on the rotors are supposed to face the other way for a reason. and im only taking this into consideration because all the slotted rotors ive ever seen in my life, the slots did face the other way.

 

Dude, "L" is driver's side, "R" is passengers side. When working on your car you have to look at it as sitting in the car, or standing behind it; not in front of it.

 

your obviously not getting the argument.

 

I'm pretty sure it 's installed correctly. Last night I saw brembo rotors on a shop owner's car, he's got a G. The slots were facing the same direction. The slots near the outside edge of the rotors were slanted towards the calipers in the direction of travel. Hope this helps.

 

does it installed like this?

*edit* oh wait... your is slotted. but it should be the same

 

that's a nice kit man, looks like they face the same as mine. i knew it!