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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 05:03 PM
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OK.....can anyone help a mixed up dude with regards to what side of a vehicle is called the left or right?????

I have some parts I need to fit, to the correct side of my truck.

Is the right side of the truck looking towards the front, or from the back??

I think it's as you look at the truck from the front, so the drivers side is the right side of the truck.

Bear with me, as we over here in the UK have our drivers on the opposite side to my American cousins lol and I do have a USA truck over here.

So whats the convention on a USA truck please?

Ha ha ha.....I'm so confused now ???

Help.......

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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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Left is the drivers side on our trucks over here. We drive on the right side of the road too.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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Ha Ha Ha......cheers Weedahoe lmao!
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 12:24 AM
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yea we call it driver side and passenger side....
 
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by chefred112
yea we call it driver side and passenger side....
Ha ha ha ha.......This is sooo complicated.

My "drivers side" is next to the "sidewalk" over here in the UK.

OK kiding aside, the side where the steering wheel on an American truck is situated is called the left side and the pasenger side is the right side.

So my rear brake caliper stamped right must be fitted to the rear passenger side wheel.

Got it lol.

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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 10:06 AM
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LOL.....now see, if you guys were like us you would have those issues.....
 
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 11:20 AM
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Perhaps you should ring up the chaps you are buying the parts from.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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Yeah but that would be an international call
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:01 PM
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It is classified from looking forward from the front seat. So here in the USA, the driver side is the left side. Same over there. The left side of the steering wheel is the left side of the vehicle.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 11:42 PM
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I was the same way when i first came to the States.
 
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