alex2324

Is it just me or has anyone else just noticed that the "Turbo Twist" wheels have opposite swoosh on each side of the car? I noticed this yesterday for the first time. So the twist "swooshes" backwards on the drivers side, and forward on the passenger side. Couldn't they have designed wheels with left and right designations to keep the swoosh the same on both sides?

allill

I don't think they have directional twists. They are the same wheels so they do end up with opposite swooshes.

Terry Adams

Wheels in the southern hemisphere have the swoosh going the other way.

Jack of Hearts

My wheels have an "A" part number and a "B" part number so when I put them on correctly all the swooshes go backward. You don't have this?

Bill Verburg

Are yours oem? there isn't a l/r on oems

trickydisco

i think he's probably just messing withya

brucec59

Just be sure you put them on with the T at the top. You wouldn't want our wheels to go on upside-down!

Jack of Hearts

I would never do such a thing! "Mirror image 18" technology twists." A $7,500 option on my sticker.

cabrio993

They are designed to push hot air out of the brakes on one side and pull in cool air from the other side. Brilliant design!

md11plt

Same with the $12,000 dollar Eclipse I had in the early 90s.

Fred's 964

I switched sides and they still look the same...but the tires turn backwards... Damn...

black ice

I recall reading in Excellence a long time someone asked this question. The answer was something like, "Porsche tested this forward/backward arrangement in the wind tunnel and it had no impact on the aerodynamics of the car."

But then it's been a couple of years...

Ed Burdell

Did they test with the engine tray off, I wonder?

Tania W

Relax...it's only a problem if your eyes are wide apart enough to see both sides at the same time!
Took me ages to discover that a Toyota Corolla GT I owned had different coloured wheels on both sides - design was the same, but with subtly different colours.

David in LA

The cross venting of air also helps with initial turn-in, so Euro-spec RHD cars have rims which are different than US-spec LHD cars...