Hi All,

I just got my dc2 and it came with Spoon rims. I have posted them up for sale. however today I took them out to take better pics and now I am wondering if they are FAKE.
How do I tell if the rims are real or fake?
On the lip on the back of the rim, it says MADE IN RUSSIA 16x7 45 offset.
And I also noticed that I dont have the holes next to the holes for the lugnuts.
The rims are very light though.

Any idea?

 

They're real, if they're made in Russia.

Those are 2nd gen SWs, with the decal/sticker

 

Thank you. I can go ahead selling them now... Didnt wanna sell some fake stuff....
Wierd how they are made in Russia. Any idea?
And why do some Spoon rims have extra holes next to holes for lugnuts and some dont?

 

Maybe because Desmond has a factory in Russia.

The 4-lug SWs have the extra "holes"

 

all legit Desmond wheels were manufactured in Russia...

 

all 15" spoons have holes...5 lug or 4 lug....and the all 16" spoons dont have holes....5lug or 4 lug....and on all the 16" the lip is flat like yours...

 

why sell them there a much sought after wheel keep them and just buy a diffrent set

 

ill give ya $500

 

Im not a big fan of the wheel, I have a few sets of wheels already

 

as will i. those are fake and are rotas.

 

Thanks

 

My old Spoon wheels had white stickers. If you damaged the sticker, you'd find that it was hard to find the small white stickers, and some people put the yellow stickers on.

The wheels have been around for such a very long time that it might be hard to make an assumption about how old they are based on the size and colour of the stickers.

For a few years, the Desmond/Spoon wheels came with no stickers at all.

 

Does spoon rims require special spoon lugnuts?
I see that the angle of the lugnut is different from other lugnuts. I assume its used to match the angle on the spoon rims?

 

You should not use the Honda/Acura OEM rounded nuts.

Regular conical nuts normally used for other aftermarket wheels would work just fine.