First Post!!

I have recently bought a Dark Blue 2002 S2000. Sadly the wheels are very pitted and suffering from lacquer worms, a refurb from Honda is quite pricey. Add in the need for new rear tyres and I thought I would buy myself some 17" wheels instead.

If I fit 17" wheels then will I need to lower the car? am sure I would need to if I fitted 18" wheels. I am keen to fit staggered tyres (215 and 245) so as not to ruin the handling and will go for either a Goodyear or a Falcon.

I have seen some Honda OE 17" 10 spoke wheels (some of you might call them 5 spokes) for about £500, add on about £400 for tyres.

The alternative are these two wheels which are both variations on Honda OE designs (IMHO!!) and apparently fit the S2K.

Inovit 110:



Dare ST:



What does anyone think? anybody got a picture with them fitted?

Thanks, Tom

 

Personally I would go with the OEM's.
Do not like the look of some of the aftermarket wheels, expecially those with multiple stud patterns.

One of the reason for also sticking with OEM is that all the offsets etc are correct.

 

Stick with OEM - there are not many wheels out there with correct offsets for the S. Also, unless youre talking Volks, I prefer the look of OEM anyway.

 

Really? All tthese companies say that their wheels will fit the S2000....?

 

Go with the 17's or refurb your 16's to keep it easy

You dont need to lower the car for 17's. Just ensure that if you do tyou get your geometry sorted after.

Dont confuse lowering a car with geometry adjustment.

 

I've got 18s on my car. 8" at the front and 9" on the back. The handling is better as the car sticks to the road more but the ride quility is poor. If I had my time again I'd go for 17s

 

They will fit as in bolt on and go round but may make the car handle like a sack of weasles, often cheaper aftermarket wheels are a lot heavier than oem making the suspension seem unresponsive and heavy, it may be that you dont drive the car anywere close to its limmit so wheel and tyre choise is not an issue. I would go for the OEM wheels you need the tyres anyway and it will not limit the car when its time to sell

 

"Sack of weasles" - I like the expression.

I went from after market 18's to OEM 17's and let me tell you, the difference is v noticeable. Putting on wheels with incorrect offsets just upsets the balance of what is a well balanced car. Why mess with it?

 

I'm just trying to avoid the car on stilts effect!

 

There are so many S2000 fitment wheels advertised on ebay (i'm not saying the ones you are looking at fit into this category), and most offer wheels and tyres that are the same width front and back so are clearly not designed for the S2000 at all. When i was considering changing the alloys on mine, the only options are upgrade to the 17" OEMs or spend a lot of money on some light jap alloys (Volks etc). In the end I stuck with the 16s although i never really liked them!