Besides the Kaiser silver color and matching the paint next to a set of center caps, do the stampings on the back of CR wheels identify them as unique to the model?

My regular AP2v3’s have the below stamping in addition to the Made in Japan and Honda logos.

Fronts: S2A 770D
Rears: S2A 735D

I saw somewhere that maybe an authentic CR wheel is S2A 770E stamping.

Any owners able to verify?

 

Curious about this myself.

The AP2V3 and CR wheels appear to be identical other than color and since the numbers are cast (not stamped) into the wheels I'd be surprised if the was a separate casting die just for the different CR color. Simply my guess based on the reality of production of a couple hundred CRs. There may be an additional "stamping" to denote the CR but the color should be enough.

BTW I have an AP2V2 front wheel sitting in my shed marked S2A 770C (Charlie vs Delta). Don't worry I didn't pull a wheel it's a spare from when I thought I damaged a wheel.

-- Chuck

 

That’s interesting. There is a set that is brand new listed on eBay right now with a different cast number on the back of the wheel which I stated above. Being the wheel set is in Europe. I wasn’t sure if the type S had a different casting number. He wants $5500 and shipping from Holland, but they are BNIB. I’d love a CR owner to check and clarify. It would make identifying future authentic CR wheel sets easy.

 

Sources for the 2008+ wheels shows HITACHI as the OEM -- any manufacturer listed? My 2006 wheels are made by Enkei. Maker listed for yours? Yeah ya gotta pull one.

The part numbers for the CR wheels are different -- different suffix -- but that's not surprising as they're a different color.

CR wheels
42700-S2A-A61 - Rear 17x8.5
44700-S2A-A61 - Front 17x7

2008+ wheels
42700-S2A-A71 - Rear 17x8.5
44700-S2A-A71 - Front 17x7

2006 & 2007 wheels are suffix -A81
2004 & 2005 are -A91
(Interesting that the newer wheels have lower part numbers.)

All we need now is for a you and a CR owner to pull a wheel or two to check the manufacturer and casting code!

-- Chuck

 

pulled one of my CR wheels out of storage. indeed says S2A 770E

 

Thanks for posting! The front wheels show 770x consistently (no surprise).

S2A 770C -- AP2V2 (Chuck's 2006 wheel)
S2A 770D -- AP2V3 (HondaTN)
S2A 770E -- CR (Apinecone's wheel)

H404 on the inside of the CR wheel indicates HITACHI? This mark on the AP2V3? Since these marks are in the casting die there's evidence that the AP2V3 and CR wheels are different (D vs E) other than just color or at least made on different dies. My 2006 wheels are made by Enkei.

-- Chuck

 

My MY08 (EU version) came from the factory on normal silver V3 wheels. The cast markings on these wheels were S2A 770E (front) and S2A 785E (rear).
I had also bought completely new original Honda V3CR wheels (kaiser silver) and these had the following cast markings S2A 770D (front) and S2A 785D (rear).
As this is in contradiction to what was reported here so far, my assumption would be that the cast markings do not indicate the difference between regular and CR V3 wheels. I would also not expect that the wheel itself (from cast and structure) is different and only the finishing differs. The cast markings might reflect different manufacturing lots.

 

Thanks for posting this information!

The cast markings are from different dies or molds for sure. Since we're dealing with thousands of wheels -- a minimum of 12,000 2008-2009 AP2V3/CR wheels were required for the US market -- the suffix is more likely a mold revision indicator rather than identifying a specific mold or finish color as just posted.

Molds can wear out of be damaged. Seems these are more likely cast one at a time. I doubt we have enough samples of even the ~700 2008-2009 CR wheels to determine any differences between the suffixes -- consider that a challenge Y'all!

Several year old video -- but our wheels are several years old.


-- Chuck

 

We have a few sets of CR wheels sitting here not being used so we can check the markings tomorrow.....


Has anyone here considered getting a set of MITA wheels and keeping your OEM's in storage for safe keeping?


Personally we love the 02+ NSX wheels on the s2000 and will continue to run those wheels since we have 3 sets of those siting around.

 

Considered MITA wheels? Yes, of course. Unfortunately, it's currently impossible to drive MITA wheels street-legal in Germany due to missing TÜV certification. It's a real pity, as these wheels are quite good.