The sad sad story of a girl who was stupid.

[kelli217]

Allow me to dive right in on my first post and tell you the story of an embarrassing moment I recently had with my 89 LX-i coupe.

I had a flat. I was able to pull it off the main road onto a smaller road, and as luck would have it, right next to the house of a guy who does a little bit of rice-racing performance work on cars. He let me pull the car into his driveway so that it wasn't in the road. It was no real problem for him because he had a loop driveway.

We discovered that for some reason I had a 13" donut spare. That would have been fine if my flat had been in the rear, since the drums in the back will clear a 13" donut, but this was on the front, and the discs in front need the 14" rim in order to clear. He directed me to a junkyard where he said I should be able to find not only a new spare, but a new tire as well.

So, the next day, I take off from work and go to the junkyard. After a bit of a comedy of errors (they got me a 13" tire and rim at first), they went and got me a proper 14" full tire and rim and spare. I was happy. Little did I know.

They told me that they had not had any 14" rims from any 86-89 Accords, and that they had gotten the two items of rolling stock from a later-model Accord. Knowing that Honda doesn't usually change mechanical things on a whim, I (in my stupidity) assumed that they would be fine. After all, it's not as though they had five lug holes in the rim or something.

So I take these parts back to my car. Guess what I discovered. Yep, that's right. The bolt pattern is just slightly wider on the later Accords. ARGH. Okay, so I took the rim with the flat on it to a retail tire shop and got a new tire put on the existing rim. That's what I should have done in the first place, and it would have saved me the $50 (plus tax) I spent on the other tire/rim/spare combo.

No more junkyards for me unless I know exactly what I'm looking for.

Does anyone live in middle Tennessee and need a 14" rim, tire, and donut spare from a 90-93 Accord?

[Vinny]

I would have just put the wheel from the back on the front and put the 13" spare on the rear. Of course at the time with a flat and all that was probably the last thing on your mind. But hey now ya know incase it happens again

[markmdz89hatch]

Originally posted by Vinny
I would have just put the wheel from the back on the front and put the 13" spare on the rear. Of course at the time with a flat and all that was probably the last thing on your mind. But hey now ya know incase it happens again

Better luck next time.

[cdscowboy]

I think just the 4gens had the 114.3 bolt pattern. We have 100. Sucks you wasted money, but live and learn


Oh, welcome to the board!

[HostileJava]

Ours is 4x100 and I believe the later models are 4x110. It's to bad they changed them. Tell them they can get one from a teg or civic if they have it.

[k-roy]

Hey kelli217, you should try to take them back and exchange them for the correct size. Most yards I have been to are pretty cool about that sort of thing, especially since they gave you the wrong size.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

You could return them, I found most junkyards have a 30 return.

[kelli217]

Originally posted by kroy
Hey kelli217, you should try to take them back and exchange them for the correct size. Most yards I have been to are pretty cool about that sort of thing, especially since they gave you the wrong size.

This place has signs all over that say "All sales FINAL" and "if you bought something you didn't need, now you have a spare" and such things.

Plus, we're talking about tires here. Mosquito haven, and potential hazard of nearly perpetual fire. I talked to the guy about getting a credit if I gave him my old 13" donut, and he not only said no, he said he'd have to charge me a $5 environmental fee because the Department of Environment and Conservation was always on his back about disposing of tires properly.

[k-roy]

Wow that really sucks, time for a molitov coctail....

[89accord_lxi_coupe]

hey kelli, what area of middle tenn do you live in? i'm in east tenn. just wondered what yard you went to.

[DBMaster]

You know that Discount Tire commercial where the voice over says something about not being happy with one of their tires. The one where the old lady throws the whole thing right through the front window?

For some reason, this story made me think of that.

[kelli217]

Originally posted by 89accord_lxi_coupe
hey kelli, what area of middle tenn do you live in? i'm in east tenn. just wondered what yard you went to.

Nashville. I don't remember the name of the yard, but it's in the Neely's Bend area, on Kawakwa Trail.

[3G Jester]

Originally posted by 89accord_lxi_coupe
hey kelli, what area of middle tenn do you live in? i'm in east tenn. just wondered what yard you went to.

*Guy talk decoded*

where are you in eastern TN? all the girls in my area know my rep and i seriously need to get laid!!!!!!

[Vinny]

Originally posted by 3g Jester
*Guy talk decoded*

where are you in eastern TN? all the girls in my area know my rep and i seriously need to get laid!!!!!!

be nice let him screw things up on his own :lol

[carotman]

yup, you should have put the spare in the rear... anyway, youre nor supposed to put a spare tire on a wheel that moves the car.....

[kelli217]

Then why do they even make donut spares if you can't use them on half the wheels?

[k-roy]

Originally posted by kelli217
Then why do they even make donut spares if you can't use them on half the wheels?

Good question. I have always hated donuts.

[biggybaz]

Hey folks im new to the aerodeck scene but am already hooked. can anyone recomend a good set of wheels for my 89 EX

[k-roy]

Originally posted by biggybaz
Hey folks im new to the aerodeck scene but am already hooked. can anyone recomend a good set of wheels for my 89 EX

Enkei or Mugen

[biggybaz]

you really think they would look good?

[k-roy]

Hell yea.

[biggybaz]

ok fair enough they do look good but i aint come across either of them b4. got any other ideas?

[k-roy]

BBS makes some nice ones too.

[biggybaz]

what sort of size would you recomend. im not a big fan of huge, but they got to be big. i think the aerodeck would look more sturdy on a resonable size wheel

[89accord_lxi_coupe]

hey thanks for the translation to what i said 3g jester. i'm not like that, if i wanted to know i would ask. and thanks for sticking up for me Vinny, i CAN screw it up on my own thank you very much. whatever.