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79cord
09-09-2007, 07:15 PM
http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/ProductDetail.aspx?id=106
http://www.bsawheels.com.au/pic%5C52200644715PM.jpg

Sorry to frustrate those on 4x120 but I just bought a cheap set of 2nd hand 4x100 alloys for mine... & hopefully I won't regret it, since they apparently come courtesy of a customised GM/Holden/Izuzu Gemini, AKA Chevette/Kaddet that met its end. So I still have to get them checked out to make sure none are bent etc.

It is a delicate design more commonly seen in rediculous 16"/17" sizes on cheap Mitsubishi Lancers or Civics to show-off their weedy brake drums... But since my 'cord now has 4 whl discs...I won't have to remove the wheels to check my brake pads, though I'll have to repaint them now!

They're 14"x6" so not too big (I admit I'd prefer 15") with a 38mm offset & will need refinishing since they've been kerbed -& their spoke design protrudes past the rim to make it more obvious.

& I have to get different wheel nuts & center-hole adaptors & tyre valves before I can fit them properly.

Too RICE ?
They're missing their center caps so I'll probably leave the wheel nuts exposed.
Any colour/finish suggestions welcome more pictures to follow...

Civic Accord Honda
09-09-2007, 07:31 PM
cool thay would look good in black or gun metel

79cord
09-14-2007, 04:21 AM
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770064_medium.jpg

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770065_medium.jpg

Finally get the pic's off the camera!
Jacked the car up to try a rear wheel on to find wheels center hub hole too large so a spacer ring will be needed so the car isn't being supported by its wheel studs, & my wheel nuts don't fit in the hole for them either... But you get the idea... even if the back is in the air as a result of the jack.

Thinking I might be partial to polishing the wheel up to a chromey finish... or a dark tinted clear coat for black chrome... Gunmetal center.... Honda badged bearing caps, buy some of the intended center covers... or make my own ?

edit On second thoughts & looking at top publicity picture, definitely not with wheels' ctr cover in chrome. waaaay to 'bling' . Though without it chrome might work.


While I was at the wreckers I also picked up a plastic '79 Civic steering wheel I was thinking of wood-grain painting like this:
http://www.1stgencivic.org/world/c1zr/m1/forum/files/78_interior_139.jpg

Cheaper & far easier than getting the proper wood Civic wheels which look the same... though I don't suppose it would really suit the character of the Accord... Prelude maybe....

Skinny hard wheel rim would really give things a retro feel though!

Hazwan
09-14-2007, 04:59 AM
doesn't look that bad.

2ndGenGuy
09-14-2007, 08:06 AM
Yeah the wheels like that look good in a 14. At first, I thought you were going to put those rediculous wheels on in 17's. I was gonna barf, and then not post. Good job picking out nice wheels! I like the retro centercaps too!

MessyHonda
09-14-2007, 08:47 AM
poor car needs a lil drop.

2ndGenGuy
09-14-2007, 09:18 AM
I'm down with that 4x100 conversion. Do you have a writeup for that? Also, where did you run the e-brake cables? If you want that skinny wheel feel, the '84 Accord sedan has got it! You'll just have to find one that matches your color, or get some good interior dye. God, the interior in those old Civics is just amazing!!!

Hazwan
09-14-2007, 01:07 PM
Yeah the wheels like that look good in a 14. At first, I thought you were going to put those rediculous wheels on in 17's. I was gonna barf, and then not post. Good job picking out nice wheels! I like the retro centercaps too!

yeah lol thats what I thought when I say the 1st pic. I was like, he better not ruin his accord by puttin that pos chrome :Owned:

as for the 4x100 conversion, check his cardomain page.

Ichiban
09-14-2007, 09:57 PM
Looks pretty good with the center caps. I wouldn't worry about spacers for the hub centering, there are plenty of wheels out there that don't use that, and it's the clamping force generated by the lug nuts, not the nuts/studs themselves that keep the wheel on.

79cord
09-16-2007, 12:33 AM
Alloy wheels

Thanks for the support on the wheels.
I'll admit I'm still a little unsure how clever their purchase was as they weren't super cheap, & I still like my set of 5 '88 Rover 416i Vitesse / Integra wheels (badge engineering):
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770037_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770037_large.jpg)http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770047_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770047_large.jpg)click larger

which I think look more 'dignified', if subtle... & I still like the idea of 15"... though 14" made a big visual difference over the original 13's...while modern 13" alloys often look quite unfortunate.

I've always secretly admired the delicate 'open wheel' designs though, even if I wonder what they were thinking of when they came up with their center cover designs (the Rover wheels had odd ctr covers too).
& as for the over sized examples showing off brake drums......


"Good job picking out nice wheels! I like the retro centercaps too!"

Unfortunately though the original Accord centercaps shown don't really fit between 4x100 wheel-nuts unless I butcher a set...

Still undecided on a paint finish for the wheels. I think a little chrome wouldn't hurt on such an older car, especially given it's colour... but don't want to over 'Bling' things either....
Just saw a beautiful set of spanners in Black chrome though that left me drooling... If the effect could be duplicated... not sure how well a tinted clearcoat of paint would hold up for such an application though.


4x100
As for 4x100PCD conversion, like Hazwan said:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2051977/3 (http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2051977/3)
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770120_medium.jpg
Hope that covers it sufficiently.
Really makes sense if you're going to be doing brake work anyway... especially when your other car is 4x100.

Steering wheels

"If you want that skinny wheel feel, the '84 Accord sedan has got it!"

You wouldn't be making that comparison If you'd ever touched the 1st gen Civic steering wheel!
Very old fashioned.
Though I don't really think wood, would really suit the character of the Accord. Just thought they looked cool & have the added bonus of a center hub that can be unscrewed from the wheel as a cheap adapter for aftermarket wheels.

Like I said though I might consider it for the 1st gen Prelude though...(with small leather hand-grip areas {crazy?}) which had an oppressive std. wheel, & who's confused, more decadent "pseudo-luxury", personal-car character might stretch in that direction...I never thought of them as sporty myself.

& I have also collected an '84 Accord wheel in beige (PWR steer model) I was considering since Australia never got the colour-coded 1st-gen wheels. -just black. Though I'm still happy with the original... but might bind it in leather one day... & colour it.



"poor car needs a lil drop."
Defiantly a temptation, even if half the height of that picture is due to jack at the rear & frt wheel sitting beside the car!... Especially now that I have a spare set of struts to play with after an original started leaking!, currently fitted with 2nd had set given to me.

79cord
09-16-2007, 01:00 AM
P.S. Just refound a bunch of old photo's I'm scanning showing showing some of the harder times the old 'cord's been through I'll put up eventually...


& another trip to the wrecker today since they advertised $20 for a dash pad & actually had 2 Accord's there with uncracked brown pads !
Unheard of!

Hope it lasts a little longer than Hazwan's did.... Already a little sun dis-coloured... & I went for the lighter '81 beige, though will probably have to try painting it anyway to try & even out dis-colouration.
& try to ensure it gets as little sunlight as possible !


Also spotted a JDM B20 2nd gen Prelude there. Never even seen one before & obviously rare here too.

Wonder If I should go crazy & get its engine for twin-cam fantasy Accord project or just hold out & buy newer & more common B18 Integra parts (or parts-car) one day?

Project defiantly not first in list of current priorities !

2ndGenGuy
09-16-2007, 11:17 PM
P.S. Just refound a bunch of old photo's I'm scanning showing showing some of the harder times the old 'cord's been through I'll put up eventually...


& another trip to the wrecker today since they advertised $20 for a dash pad & actually had 2 Accord's there with uncracked brown pads !
Unheard of!

Hope it lasts a little longer than Hazwan's did.... Already a little sun dis-coloured... & I went for the lighter '81 beige, though will probably have to try painting it anyway to try & even out dis-colouration.
& try to ensure it gets as little sunlight as possible !


Also spotted a JDM B20 2nd gen Prelude there. Never even seen one before & obviously rare here too.

Wonder If I should go crazy & get its engine for twin-cam fantasy Accord project or just hold out & buy newer & more common B18 Integra parts (or parts-car) one day?

Project defiantly not first in list of current priorities !



Get that B20 man! Like they said on PP, worse comes to worse you could sell that engine to a loving Honda person instead of letting it get crushed. And hey, a B20 in a 1gee would be badass! It's been swapped into a 2gee already...

Nice to hear you snagged those dash's too. Funny, since we get no sun where I live, we've got tons of uncracked dash pads. Ours just get moldy and gross. Though most of the time they can be cleaned up. I'm happy to say the dash in my '81 is just like brand new. :D

79cord
10-08-2007, 02:16 AM
Well I've finally found some wheelnuts that fit the wheels, even if they are red. So here's some pic's...

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770093_large.jpg?v=0
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770094_large.jpg?v=0


Wish I'd washed the car before I took them! & still have to sort out some hub/bearing caps that will fit.
Unfortunately the tyres have been flat-spotted badly & still need balancing so they'll be off again though.

& they could still do with repainting to clean up curbing; originally I had thought about darker spokes but am now thinking the car's beige paint needs with the brightness of the current silver.?

Like the look although they aren't forgiving in showing up the cars factory ride height, & I'd consider their 38mm offset the minimum fit wise for their 14x6.0" size; just fitting under the arches & may not fit if I were to lower it dramatically... though 1-2" at the frt would probably be the most I would want anyway (don't want to stop for speed-bumps).

I also got around to confirming the 40mm offset of my last wheels, which would be more appropriate since there's 15-25mm clearance to the struts with the 175 tyres currently on the new wheels.

And just for interest I weighed them as well as a few other wheel options I have about, with the tyres fitted to them, so precise weights may vary:

BSA245 (-the new wheels) 14x6.0
13.8kg
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770065_medium.jpg

Accord 13x4.5
13.6kg
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770051_medium.jpg

Rover/Integra vitesse 14x5.5
14.8kg
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770050_medium.jpg

Integra directional 14x5.5
15.1kg !
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/member_images/3/web/2055000-2055999/2055109_34.jpg

CR-X 14x5.0
13.6kg
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/member_images/3/web/2055000-2055999/2055109_33.jpg

So much for the theory that alloy wheels are better because they weigh less!

Hazwan
10-08-2007, 02:41 AM
Hot!

Now drop it :D

MessyHonda
10-08-2007, 01:22 PM
the rims really fit it well.

2ndGenGuy
10-08-2007, 01:31 PM
Man looking good! Wheels are fantastic on that car!

PS I want your taillights!

79cord
10-09-2007, 01:26 PM
Yes I agree the earlier style tail-lights are a little smoother & simpler than the Horizontally divided ones that followed, & have bigger reverse lamp lenses, though they still aren't as flush as they could be.
For some reason Japan & N America seem to have made the change for '79 while everyone else kept the older design another year !?

79cord
06-11-2010, 03:19 AM
4x100 PCD fun

Got some more wheels with my Integra project in mind (Ebay @ $130!)
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/342/1521/38353260035_medium.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3835326/1 (http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3835326/2)

Naturally I had to try them on the Accord:
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770123_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770123_large.jpg)
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770122_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770122_large.jpg)click larger

Speedy Holotype-R 15x6.5", also 38mm offset. Well worn 195/50R15 tyres make them seem to protrude out closer (or past) the wheel arches though!
(seems more obvious than the 14" ?) so might rub on the arches if it were sitting lower.

And still have to wash/polish the car properly...

eduardo i.
06-11-2010, 04:57 AM
That integra was a nice project to watch:D. I was going to buy one but decided to buy the first gen accord instead.The new rims look good but hope you find a matching pair for the old 14 rotas, those are the best imo:flash:

79cord
06-13-2010, 05:06 AM
The new rims look good but hope you find a matching pair for the old 14 rotas, those are the best imo:flash:

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/342/1521/38353260017_medium.jpg

Funny you mention that, a friend just pointed me towards someone selling a similar set.... Still in negotiations since I think he wants too much money while he advertised them as Watanabe (not) & fairly good tyres (165/50R14 !?, far too small for me!). Might go look at them. My finances are hopeless at the moment though.

Will have to fit the pair I have on the Accord & take photos.

The Holotype 15" still sometimes look great & other times silly/weird, those photos leaning towards silly/weird.
Need to lower front!

79cord
06-16-2010, 02:35 AM
Some more pictures of the Holotype-R wheels now that I've washed the car
(& maybe the front suspension has resettled a bit lower than the earlier shots ?)

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770124_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770124_large.jpg)http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770125_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770125_large.jpg)clicklarger

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And teasing myself with the incomplete wheel sets I have:

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770126_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770126_large.jpg)http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770127_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770127_large.jpg)click larger.
One of the wheels of this set was badly damaged when bought & I cannot even identify them properly to find a replacement: "DW-FORMULA" on the center caps. 15x6.5" 38offset.
And the good 205/50R15 tyres I was hoping to transfer to the Holotype-R wheels actually seem to rub slightly on the rear struts :(
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http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770128_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770128_large.jpg)http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770129_medium.jpg (http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770129_large.jpg)click larger

And the old 14" Rota(?) wheels; Watanabe style, that we were talking about. 14x6" 40 offset, with skinny 165/65R14 tyres that were on them when I stumbled across the two wheels I have at a wrecker.

eduardo i.
06-16-2010, 04:32 AM
They do look better on the car.Watanabes win in my book:)

2ndGenGuy
06-16-2010, 07:23 PM
Yep, I agree! I do like those wheels! My plan is to get some that are similar. The Konig Rewinds, I am pretty sure I can get redrilled to 4x120, so that's my plan for now. :) Glad to see how they will look on a hatchie!

Civic Accord Honda
06-16-2010, 11:04 PM
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770124_large.jpg
those win

EM1 ADCT
08-09-2010, 01:26 PM
Looks good!

amirul
07-02-2011, 06:28 AM
hi, i'm new here. i the 4x120 rims so hard to find now.so i think i should change the pcd and find new rim. but i have a question about changing the front part. in the diagram show disc and caliper from 4g. but hub from 2g. can i just use the 4g hub?

1GCustomAccord
07-02-2011, 11:38 PM
hi, i'm new here. i the 4x120 rims so hard to find now.so i think i should change the pcd and find new rim. but i have a question about changing the front part. in the diagram show disc and caliper from 4g. but hub from 2g. can i just use the 4g hub?

My setup was:

1g Prelude hub
1g Prelude disc (not ventilated)
1g Prelude caliper

Perfect fit but i still want some ventilated discs, does'nt mean i race the car but just to improve. In fact the car is parked since 2005 :(

Hazwan
07-03-2011, 07:04 PM
hi, i'm new here. i the 4x120 rims so hard to find now.so i think i should change the pcd and find new rim. but i have a question about changing the front part. in the diagram show disc and caliper from 4g. but hub from 2g. can i just use the 4g hub?

Where are you from? I believe I've seen your name someplace before. If you're local you are more than welcomed to buy mine :p They're0 4x120 Enkei 14"s like the one in my sig.

79cord
07-04-2011, 02:56 AM
2g Civic & '79-80 Prelude share the same outer driveshaft splines & wheel bearings as the Accord. Don't know about 4g Civic parts but assume both would be larger... but may still be possible.

2g prelude wheelbearings with larger inner diameters should still fit in the Accord hub carriers. The '81-2 Prelude also had sightly larger diameter outer driveshaft splines if that matched the 4g Civic . in a length to suit the Acccord.

Late 2g accord vented discs & calipers fit 1g Prelude don't they 1gcustom?

reYmo
07-04-2011, 08:25 AM
That was easy to say when preludes are all over the place there...
Here, almost impossible to find prelude. and really impossible to find its spare part..
any other option? I am tired of searching 4X120 rims also..

lostscotiaguy
07-04-2011, 10:19 AM
Also spotted a JDM B20 2nd gen Prelude there. Never even seen one before & obviously rare here too

Holy crap you should definitely get it if you can. Even if you never use it you WILL find a buyer for it...at least I'd get the motor, hood and computer. I own a second gen Lude and it's the only direct swap that's available. I've searched and lusted over a b20a for a while. That engine is a hot commodity (and a rarity) in the right circles. Plus, even if you just use it yourself for a crazy project it's a great engine. It may come from the "pre-vtec" days and "only" have 160 HP, but those engines are NICE AND TORQUEY and you don't have to wait till it hits 7 grand to feel it in the seat of your pants!

1GCustomAccord
07-04-2011, 05:37 PM
Late 2g accord vented discs & calipers fit 1g Prelude don't they 1gcustom?

I dont know cause i just used the Lude discs and calipers -not vented 1g-. If i ever swap to vented, i will try to use the 4g Civic ones, but to do that i may need to do some custom work tough.
Rear discs are also interesting.

amirul
07-09-2011, 09:30 PM
Where are you from? I believe I've seen your name someplace before. If you're local you are more than welcomed to buy mine :p They're0 4x120 Enkei 14"s like the one in my sig.

yes.iam from 'pahang'.really appreciate your offer but i hope to use bigger rim maybe 15" or 16". but if i change my mind, i'll tell you later and if you have any other extra part like usdm tail light maybe:bow:, just offer it to me.

reYmo
07-10-2011, 10:05 AM
yes.iam from 'pahang'.really appreciate your offer but i hope to use bigger rim maybe 15" or 16". but if i change my mind, i'll tell you later and if you have any other extra part like usdm tail light maybe:bow:, just offer it to me.

USDM taillights? I want it too:D

79cord
07-11-2011, 12:46 AM
Regarding 2g Prelude B20A; sadly I didn't have much chance to investigate that option, spotting it days before I was due to fly to Germany for some work, & car was gone when I returned. But the financials of it were not looking good with the costs of buying all the required bits from the wrecker. I'd love a B20 even though I wouldn't expect 160hp from a standard JDM example given the output of the 3g Prelude B20, (& I wonder at its extra long stroke given the CRV B20 was bored rather than stroked from the later B18) I wouldn't get carried away wanting Vtec again either, also having an '89 CR-X SiR B16a... whose torque & gearing are sadly miss-matched with the (fully optioned) weight of the car.
Eventually I bought a complete & running 2g integra with B18 non-vtec (130hp? :( ) for half the likely cost.

A little more info researched on wheel bearing sizes for alternative hubs{ I could be wrong}... (with no idea of driveshaft splines/diameters to fit or if those CV-joint ends could be fitted 1g Accord shafts)

1g Accord, early Prelude, Quintet, 1g & 2g Civic wheelbearings
Width : 34 mm (or 2x17mm)
Outer Diameter : 72 mm (hub carrier/knuckle)
Inner Diameter : 35 mm (hub)

2g Accord (non SEi), early 1g Prelude, 2g Prelude 1.8l
Width : 34 mm
Outer Diameter : 72 mm
Inner Diameter : 35 mm

2g Accord SEi, 2g Prelude 2.0l
Width : 34 mm
Outer Diameter : 72 mm
Inner Diameter : 38 mm

3g/4g Civic, 1g Integra
Width : 40 mm
Outer Diameter : 72 mm
Inner Diameter : 38 mm

Not sure how well the hubs would fit when intended for 40mm wide bearings compared to the old Accords 34mm.

Dredging older comments in this thread I might as well toss in a picture the wood-grain painted 1g Civic wheel, though I gave it its own thread somewhere too.
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770112_large.jpg

And the Accord is currently back on the old Integra/Rover wheels after the (heavy) 15" "HOLOTYPE -R" tyres wore out & were punctured visiting wreckers...

amirul
08-12-2011, 06:33 AM
is it possible to change 4x120 to 4x114.3 pcd because it would be much more easier to find retro rim with great offset.

reYmo
08-12-2011, 08:13 AM
Regarding 2g Prelude B20A; sadly I didn't have much chance to investigate that option, spotting it days before I was due to fly to Germany for some work, & car was gone when I returned. But the financials of it were not looking good with the costs of buying all the required bits from the wrecker. I'd love a B20 even though I wouldn't expect 160hp from a standard JDM example given the output of the 3g Prelude B20, (& I wonder at its extra long stroke given the CRV B20 was bored rather than stroked from the later B18) I wouldn't get carried away wanting Vtec again either, also having an '89 CR-X SiR B16a... whose torque & gearing are sadly miss-matched with the (fully optioned) weight of the car.
Eventually I bought a complete & running 2g integra with B18 non-vtec (130hp? :( ) for half the likely cost.

A little more info researched on wheel bearing sizes for alternative hubs{ I could be wrong}... (with no idea of driveshaft splines/diameters to fit or if those CV-joint ends could be fitted 1g Accord shafts)

1g Accord, early Prelude, Quintet, 1g & 2g Civic wheelbearings
Width : 34 mm (or 2x17mm)
Outer Diameter : 72 mm (hub carrier/knuckle)
Inner Diameter : 35 mm (hub)

2g Accord (non SEi), early 1g Prelude, 2g Prelude 1.8l
Width : 34 mm
Outer Diameter : 72 mm
Inner Diameter : 35 mm

2g Accord SEi, 2g Prelude 2.0l
Width : 34 mm
Outer Diameter : 72 mm
Inner Diameter : 38 mm

3g/4g Civic, 1g Integra
Width : 40 mm
Outer Diameter : 72 mm
Inner Diameter : 38 mm

Not sure how well the hubs would fit when intended for 40mm wide bearings compared to the old Accords 34mm.

Dredging older comments in this thread I might as well toss in a picture the wood-grain painted 1g Civic wheel, though I gave it its own thread somewhere too.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3208/4541/20519770112_large.jpg

And the Accord is currently back on the old Integra/Rover wheels after the (heavy) 15" "HOLOTYPE -R" tyres wore out & were punctured visiting wreckers...

that is a super lovely steering wheel.......

loa706
09-07-2011, 10:24 AM
wheels looking good

79cord
02-15-2012, 03:07 AM
Remember these:
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/342/1521/38353260017_medium.jpg

I FINALLY managed to get a complete set! I spotted them at a swap meeting... so $100 later...
http://carphotos4.cardomain.com/images/0015/24/39/15594293_medium.jpg (http://carphotos4.cardomain.com/images/0015/24/39/15594293_large.jpg)
http://carphotos3.cardomain.com/images/0015/24/29/15594292_large.jpg

They do need a repaint though having been Silver, Red, & this darker grey metallic.
I love the idea of the current colour but it does leave them looking a little lost after the brighter silver of most of the other wheels the car has worn.

Tyres on them probably aren't all that great to judge from the amount of lift-off oversteer I felt in a city center intersection last week (had been accelerating hard before I backed off.)

I must admit the search for these caused me to buy a number of other Ebay "bargains" such as early Mazda MX-5/Miata 'sunflower' and MX-3 5-spoke wheels, 1g Prelude, 3g Prelude, 2g Integra, 2g CRX factory alloy wheels. Have I developed a problem..

Hazwan
02-15-2012, 07:37 AM
Moar LOW and moar PICS!

obdriver6
02-16-2012, 10:44 PM
They look good!

2ndGenGuy
02-17-2012, 10:09 AM
Yeah man those look great! They are a good color to go with your paint job too. I need to do the 4x100 conversion NAO! :) Though I did just pick up a set of the factory Enkei alloys that I'm itching to install.

SylusMk2
06-30-2012, 07:57 PM
dude! what color is that?

79cord
05-13-2015, 02:35 AM
Well I FINALLY got around to painting & fitting the Mugen RNR wheels I've had for several years now, from an Ebay bargain/gamble upon a damaged set from a seller who didn't know what they were & only had them for their tyres, the black one had to be bought & brought from Japan by a friend to replace a cracked wheel & complete the set.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0016/19/19/16359191_large.jpg?v=1


So here's some pictures of the Accord with 15"x6.5" Mugen RNR wheels (38mm offset) & fitted with the slightly dubious cut frt springs from my green '78 Accord project having 4 3/4 coils instead of 5 1/2 of other springs I have.
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0019/12/59/19082195.jpg
I think they lowered the frt 40mm. Also had to repaint the brakes as a result, and it was due for it's timing belt as well. Bonnet needs attention next for rust about its hinges. Recent Accord badge added to rear window.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0019/66/20/19106602.JPG
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0019/66/30/19106603.JPG
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0019/66/40/19106604.JPG
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0019/66/50/19106605.JPG

195/50R15 tyres fitted are probably about the limit without touching the wheelarches; with tyres of two different brands I had to swap them frt/rear as one set touched the rear arches when suspension was compressed with one wheel on kerb.
Mugen center caps mountings foul with current rear bearing caps as well so I still haven't resolved that yet.

Dr_Snooz
05-17-2015, 03:34 PM
That is a tasty car! Those rims make it. Very tasteful mods.

PDXAccord79
05-28-2015, 10:41 AM
Your springs still seem really tall. I took one coil out of mine all around and the top of the rear tires are just about even with the rear fender. I also have Koni oranges on it at full stiffness and it can be a bit of a tooth rattler on uneven pavement. It rides like a skateboard on the freeway. Here's a picture.

http://i.imgur.com/zkMBnb2h.jpg (http://imgur.com/zkMBnb2)

79cord
05-29-2015, 07:14 AM
I've bought some of the Koni inserts, though yet to gut a strut to fit them into & haven't got around to cutting springs yet either, but I figured I might as well fit the front ones from my green project (already cut), to show off. Rear are still original so it has a bit of rake.
Very glad to have it sitting at a better looking height now, though agree yours does still look slightly lower.

Wonder how much extra weight the USA spec. bumper reinforcements & struts add to the weight of the car. My '79 factory w/shop manual suggests 930kg/2051lb for Australian, Canadian & general export 3dr, already 25kg heavier than the 905kg/1996lb European spec. models without side-intrusion bars in the doors (one reason they shut so solidly!).

Yours makes me regret the fact that we didn't even get the variety of steel wheels US & Japanese Accords had over the years.

Willemsw
12-17-2015, 03:46 AM
Hi guys. I'm a member and having problems. I have a77 accord with cool rims. I want to change over to my 1983 accord. The bolt pattern does not line up. What do I need to make it fit? Any help is appreciated. Thxs

MessyHonda
12-17-2015, 10:07 PM
i believe you need 4x120 bolt pattern.