Barry, I can't really see the detail in the advert. photos. Perhaps you're right. Is it possible, though, that you guys didn't get complete sets when you did your group buy?

I'll ask Tokyo_James to take pix of all four corners of his car so we can really have a look. Again, my '88 'lude had different wheels ("symmetrical," as you say) for each side.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chazmo
Barry, I can't really see the detail in the advert. photos.

 

Uh Barry, he was referring to the fact that the TREAD of the rear TIRE was facing the wrong direction, not the wheel itself.. the rims may not be directional, but the tires are..

 

No, I'm referring to the rims. Barry understands what I mean. If he had the 88 4WS, then he knows.

Of course, directional tires facing the wrong way is an obvious problem (and one that any reputable tire shop wouldn't make). The rim "orientation" on the other hand was an easy mistake on the 88 4WS...

 

I understand that you're referring to the rims, but I was addressing the first comment made by Cashout to which Barry responded to. I also noticed that the tire, not the wheel was facing the wrong direction, and that is what I think Cashout was also referring to. The jdm wheels on the S aren't directional unlike the Preludes. As for the Prelude, it's not limited to the 88 4ws model. The last gen Prelude (non SH) also had directional wheels, I noticed this when I attempted to do a rotation on a 2000 model and had wheels facing two different directions..

 

Thanks, Douglas. Sorry, I thought you were talking to me earlier.

Are you sure about your comment on the JDM S wheels? That twist that they put in the spokes is very much akin to the outer fins on my '88 4WS 'lude's wheels.

Again, I am not saying that the 4WS wheels were directional (indeed, you could physically mount them on either side of the car), but they were "symmetrical" (to use Barry's terminology). I.e., two of the wheels were meant for one side of the car, and two were meant for the other side. They didn't actually have anything written / engraved on the wheels to tell you where they belonged, but that's how they all came from the factory. The hub of the wheel appeared to be pulling the rim around in the forward direction.

Anyway, it's more curiosity than anything. I apologize for the language, but it's hard to describe.

 

Chazmo, you mean Asymmetrical. Meaning they are only meant to be on one side of the car. If they were symmetrical they would look exaclty the same regardless of where you mounted them.



OK OK ... I am being anal.... it is xmas day and there is nothing to do between movies.....

 

Okay, I have been asked to pipe in here ...... Ummmmm, they don't look like the same wheels that I have

I don't think that the spokes on mine are twisted like that. From memory they look almost like the stock wheels but with 6 spokes instead of 5 ......

I will take a look this evening and get some pics and post them.

 

Cashout, I will not argue the finer points of the semantics of symmetry. Instead, I'm going to grab a glass of wine and just bite that dog back that bit me last night.

James, cool.

I think what we will find is that ultimately Barry is correct. In order for Honda to get the twist to look right, they'd've had to make four different wheel types (because we have wheel stagger). This would be a significantly more costly undertaking than the Prelude, which (at least on the 4WS) did not have stagger (thus could be done with just two wheel types).

Anyway, rock on guys. The guy who did the model still has my kudos (if he swaps the tires around! )

 

And just as an aside ...... the wheels aren't made by Honda ..... the 6 spoke wheels that we get in Japan are BBS wheels ....