I got a 1995 Civic EJ1 coupe with a JDM ITR 5 lug. I also maintain the 5 lug ITR OEM donut spare tire in my trunk. I want to go with Spoon calipers in the future.

Will the donut spare clear the Spoon caliper should I ever get a flat tire???

 

the donut will not clear the caliper.
But why would you want to put the donut on the front?
Don't be lazy swap the rear on to the front.

 

yeah that's the proper way to do it anyhow,
you'll want the donut furthest away from most of the weight.

such as if you're left front blows. put it on the right rear, so you can minimize the load on that donut.

i saw someone yesterday driving with a donut on the freeway in the front passing me at 140km/h i wouldn't even want to know what would happen if that donut blew. as its rated for 80km/h if i'm not mistaken

 

I keep a spare usdm itr gunmetal wheel for a spare and suggest you do the same if you have spoon calipers.

 

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such as if you're left front blows. put it on the right rear, so you can minimize the load on that donut.

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that makes no sense lol just jack up one side of the car and switch back to front and put the spare on the rear, main reason for putting the spare on the rear on the itr is because of the lsd and most of the performance tires we run are directional anyways.

 

Yep, don't want the donut in the front ever because of the LSD. If you get a flat on the front, rotate one of the rear wheels forward.

 

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that makes no sense lol just jack up one side of the car and switch back to front and put the spare on the rear, main reason for putting the spare on the rear on the itr is because of the lsd and most of the performance tires we run are directional anyways.</TD></TR></TABLE>

its not itr specific its just in general, your minimizing the load on the donut itself.

such as the whole left side, including driver. but if you want to do it itr related than yeah lsd

 

it just sounded funny how you stated it haha

 

lol i gues.
but i don't even carry a spare tire.

i use my phone , call up friend and tell him to get me a spare lol. good to have friends with all 5lug 5x114.3 cars haha

 

same here i had to use fix a flat once cuz it was sunday and i was 2 hours away

 

Thanks for all the replies. The last time I ever had a flat tire was something like 5 years ago. You guys actually brought up a couple of aspects that I never considered...............mostly having the LSD. I have a Quaife ATB LSD.