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Took the old front rotors off and I found several holes drilled in the hat. I've never seen anything like this before. Looks like it was done at a factory or at least someone had some good drilling equipment because the holes are perfectly aligned.Attached Thumbnails
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Put in there to keep rotors from getting (too) hot? Never saw it before either....
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Originally Posted by teamo
...Looks like it was done at a factory...
Maybe, but not GM.

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Took the old front rotors off and I found several holes drilled in the hat. I've never seen anything like this before. Looks like it was done at a factory or at least someone had some good drilling equipment because the holes are perfectly aligned.Attached Thumbnails
You take these off the front or the back???
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I've seen holes like that, before, on OE rotors, but don't remember what car, and in all honesty, didn't really give it a second thought. Balance holes, maybe??
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Mercedes used to do that on some rotors, sold em but never inquired the purpose
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I took these off of the front. They were riveted to the hubs. One had the holes and the other side did not.
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Like Leadfoot4 said, could also be for balance purposes, and I also think for heat dissipation....
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