I apologize if this topic has been brought up more than 100 times, but I will be a new R owner in April (cant wait) and looking to maybe buy heR something nice. I wont be tracking the car, just normal spirited driving in the summer, but I've been looking at the Spoon calipers as a gift. Just wondering, is it worth? I mean to those who have them, do you love them?

 

You answered your own question.

 

The Spoon calipers add some bling, but the ITR calipers were engineered for track use as well. If you're keeping your ITR stock, you will never need to replace them.

 

yeah I kind of figured that..lol


I do plan on keeping it stock so it would really just be the 'bling' factor

 

lol he said "do u love them" .. hahahahahhaha

 

well for $1500-$2000 you have to like them more than just a little, amirite?

 

Too bad the Spoon calipers only come in the color blue. Which absolutely doesn't match any of the red trim any year ITR has.

So for a bling mod, I'd much rather have a set of forged wheels, which you actually might get a performance benefit from and most definitely gets a looks benefit from.

If I were to buy a set of Spoon calipers again, I'd paint them black or OEM silver/goldish.

 

Already have a nice set of Volks, but I agree with you on the color, although I do like blue, red would be nice with the red interior. Not too sure who I would trust to paint them though

 

For street use, they're definately pretty to look at but no better than the stock ITR caliper (and they will limit some wheel selection unless you search or use spacers and extended studs).

For track use, they are definately lighter than the OEM caliper by almost half. the pedal feel is also much better (along with proper track-oriented pads and fluids) for modulation and the biggest bonus is the aluminum will shed heat much better than the stock caliper (therefore, you won't boil even RBF600 under most track circumstances!).

hope that helps!

 

For the performance side of it, this definitely helps...thanks

 

I slightly disagree!!(no offense) Twin blocks wont limit wheel selection they even fit under the factory 15 inch itr wheels w/o modification .... Mono-blocks different story..The rest is on point ..

 

what's the story with mono-blocks?

 

none taken! i'm running 15" ITR wheels with mine as well, but my15" MF10's needed a 5mm spacer, and i know the JDM 16" ITR wheel does not fit without a 3mm spacer as well. 15" Advan RG's also need a 8mm spacer to clear the caliper so i guess it depends what size wheel you'll be looking at for your ITR as well as offsets

mono-blocks are a larger caliper as they're for the DC5/S2000 application (requires a larger rotor as well).

the funny thing is; even though the caliper is larger, the pad itself is smaller than the twinblock/ITR pad

oh, and to my understanding, the Spoon Monoblock is not a 'true monoblock' design compared to the Brembo or other mono-block designs!

 

get the car first

 

Why do asshats like you insist on making threads in the ITR forum far before you actually own an ITR and ask which parts you should buy? (This is rhetorical because the answer is in the question, you're an asshat.)

 

Agreed, get the car and see how you like it before you start ordering aftermarket parts.

 

But the car is in his signature--it's like he already has it! lol.

I swear though...people mod just for the sake of modding. Even though the only thing those parts sometimes do is make their wallet lighter.

 

His signature also says "stock and staying that way".

I have nada against ppl modding just to mod.

 

^agree'd to each his own.

 

FWIW the car has a deposit on it, the seller is just storing it for me until April as my storage space is limited right now, if I had the space it would be in my garage...not that I have to justify anything to you, but that's cool. And I never asked whether I should buy them, if I want to buy them I will (unless I have to ask for your permission first)... I was simply wondering about them and how people liked them. I am happy to be an R owner, but I don't understand the hostility displayed towards my post (if you like bringing people down to somehow bring yourself up, that's seems to be your MO, I don't mind,...and judging by your sig you probably consider yourself a pretty important person around here, good for you)...anyway, here's the car, and if you scroll down you can see the car has been "provisionally sold" to me, and I don't expect anything but another simple minded response that contributes nothing to the thead, so carry on.

http://forums.itrexpo.com/zerothread?id=13535

You have never modded a car just for the sake of modding it?

 

 

Why take off perfectly good/capable OEM parts that you've paid for, only to replace with parts that you really won't see any benefit from?

A $50 shift **** I can understand (although the OEM ITR 00/01 shift **** is very nice), but a $1500 set of calipers?

The ITR is not a Civic Dx. Upgrades don't need to happen to every part of the car as Honda has already taken care of a lot of stuff.

Not sure how many miles are on your "new" ITR, but that $1500 would be much better served toward fresh OEM or Mugen bushings than bling-bling Spoon calipers.

 

The ITR doesn't have many miles at all, but you're right a new set of bushings would be nice. I was really just wondering about the Spoon calipers, just wanted some info and what people thought of them. I already have to get new rotors, pads for the car to pass safety here in Quebec and even though there is low KM's, I will be doing the water pump and timing belt as well, that's money better spent.

 

I had Spoon calipers and sold them. Other than being lighter and a PITA to bleed, I didn't really see any difference. But, I bought them to save the weight. I just got really tired of the smurf blue color and the bleeding procedure, plus there was other mods for the $$ that made more sense, so that's why they went.

The ITR has plenty of brake in stock form, unless you are doing hard-core track time (then heat becomes an issue).

 

You're so witty.