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Volvo's 16' five spoke turbine rim--non-directional? 850

I never noticed before until I started shopping for a set, whether the 16-inch rim five-spoke rim that came standard with the turbo's, were unidirectional or not. Friend of mine has a 96, and when you look at the direction the flat turbine veins turn, two turn toward the shoulder of the vein on one side of the car, two in reverse on the other. I thought these turbo rims were made to suck or push air across the rotors or out from under the car, but not if they are non-directional, as the set on my friend's 96 turbo wagon tends to suggest. He bought the car used, so doesn't know whether the set on it is factory or not. Dick








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    Volvo's 16' five spoke turbine rim--non-directional? 850

    Factory. Cheapskates!

    Klaus
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    98 V70Rawd(108Kmi), 95 854T(88K mi), 75 164E(173K mi)








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      Try directional tires! 850

      My Volvo dealer couldn't even figure out how to rotate directional tires correctly.

      The odds that those clowns could figure out both directional tires and directional wheels on the same car is as close to zero as you could possibly get without going to a negaive number.

      It's a VOLVO, not a race car!

      -BTC

      '98 V70 T5 5-speed, 159k mi, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, V-1, Mobil-1 since new







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