Does anyone know if sw388 spoon rims will fit a DC5? If so where can I find a picture. I couldn't find anything in the search. Thanks.

 

well the rim comes in a 15" (which wont fit cause it only has 4 nuts) and a 16" which does fit with the 5 nuts but im not sure of the tire sizes cause i couldnt read what the site said ... and i dont know if it clears the brake calipers which is usually your main concern ... if i find out more ill post again ...

 

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The original Spoon wheel was a 15" five bolt (5x114.3) wheel designed for the DC2 ITR. It will, of course, fit on the EP3.

However, the trend these days is for a wider wheel. The 15" Spoon wheels were kind of narrow.

The 16x7 Spoon wheels are 7" wide.

Either the +45 or +40 offset would work, depending on the tyre size you had in mind.

Please reconsider this, though. Spoon wheels are frighteningly expensive, and the benefits in every day driving are controversial, at best.

They are also not necessarily quite as strong as you might think. You can break <u>any</u> wheel. I had a set of five 16x7 +45 Spoon wheels that I used on my DC2 ITR track car for about 7 1/2 years. In that time, mostly in track use, we broke two of the wheels. Maybe that's enough track driving that it's to be expected...but I'm just warning you...you can break <u>any</u>thing!!

The newest Spoon wheels being sold in the USDM have gone back to having the logo on the spokes, but it's yellow now instead of the original white. They went from the old ones having white logo, to several years of no logo, and now back but a yellow logo.

 

my bad i thought it only had a 4 nut design for the older civics ... my mistake

 

Hmm...maybe I'll add the yellow spoon stickers to my black rota slipstreams...lol...

 

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They are also not necessarily quite as strong as you might think. You can break <u>any</u> wheel. I had a set of five 16x7 +45 Spoon wheels that I used on my DC2 ITR track car for about 7 1/2 years. In that time, mostly in track use, we broke two of the wheels. Maybe that's enough track driving that it's to be expected...but I'm just warning you...you can break <u>any</u>thing!!
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i believe the spoon wheels are made of magnesium, which like aluminum has a finite fatigue life so eventually they will fail. it all depends on how much stress and how often. you could always track some "steelies" since steel has an infinite fatigue life.