Spoon Shocker!

[dc5-2ltr]

Had a small hole appear on my exhaust so I patched it with the usual quick fix, a Pepsi can,until I took it to be welded...however this is what I found when I took the rear wheel off..my Spoon Progs are badly rusted!These have been on the car for about 3 years and were bought from a dealer on here(cant remember who though)...I had to wait about 10 weeks for them and they came in a Spoon box, had the correct serial number,were blue and had the Spoon logo on the springs too...I just dont think that these are the real deal as I`m sure that they would have lasted a lot longer than this :cry:

 

[lockwood77]

Hmm, mine were on the car longer than that and were dirty but corrosion-free when they came off earlier this year. Spoon stuff is often not the quality they would like you to believe though...

 

[tomlin]

for a 05 teg there is alot of rusty bits, weere you by any chance out in the winter just there ???

 

[madrab]

mines are certainly not as bad as this but there is paint flake, i though this was normal, has it was the same with my tiens aswell?

 

[darquinn2006]

Mine is a 02 model and has not got one bit of rust on any of them parts, i just went out and checked

Is it the salt they use on british roads during winter that causes it???

As far as i no we dont use salt on our roads in Ireland and im delighted judging by those pictures!

Your spring should not have went like that so quick tbh but i have heard stories about some Spoon products not being up to scratch

If i was you i would remove the springs and give them a good cleaning with a wire brush then re spray them or if you could get something like underseal on to them even better mate

 

[Dan2020]

I personally avoid Sppon parts, over priced and poor build quaility except when they have just modified/re-packaged OEM Honda parts!!

I had a Spoon 4-1 manifold on my B16 civic and that cracked all the way the collecter in less than a year!!! :xmad:

 

[blueguy]

I'm sure it's the road salt mate (if you do take it out at winter). I always spray my coilovers/arches down when I give it a clean as I'm paranoid about rusting.

 

[kazmo]

OMG that is rusty for an '05 !! makes me feel good about mine

did it fall off the boat between Japan and here? :lol: :lol:

 

[armjoker]

did it fall off the boat between Japan and here? :lol: :lol:

Nice one :lol:

Now I understand why people say dont buy cars imported from UK.
How long it is in UK if not a secret. When u bought it, it was rusty? Its possible that the car had "problems" in Japan also. Heavy rain or tornado or something and the car stack in some deep water.

 

[donkeykong]

thats a lot of rust yeah, mine 2001 just a bit...guess it's never undersealed???
mine was imported end of 2007 to uk and since march 2009 in netherlands, got it undersealed february 2010

 

[armjoker]

my car is 02 model since 05 its in cyprus. U dont find even one think that has rust on it. I checked it from top to bottom. I think the problem is the water in UK. At winter usually they put some chemical on roads so they wont freeze, this chemical is destroying the cars.