Spoon Sports Valve Cover for L15/K20C/K20A/F20C

Spoon Sports Valve Cover - Honda & Acura

Spoon yellow is one of the few colors in the car world that needs no explanation. Open a hood at any Honda meet and a yellow valve cover tells everyone what they're looking at before they read a single badge. Spoon has been doing this since the 1980s, and it's still the single most recognizable thing you can put in an engine bay.

These Are Real Honda Valve Covers

Worth understanding, because it's what separates these from an aftermarket casting.

Spoon starts with an original OEM Honda valve cover, strips it, cleans it, and refinishes it in their signature color. You're not buying a reproduction that approximates the factory shape. You're buying the actual part Honda made, wearing Spoon's paint.

That matters practically as well as philosophically. Fitment is exactly right because it's the factory piece. Sealing surfaces are the factory surfaces. There's no chance of a casting that's slightly off or an oil filler neck that doesn't thread properly. And OEM gaskets are included, so you're not reusing twenty-year-old rubber on a fresh install.

Yellow Or Red?

Both have history behind them, and the choice says something different.

Spoon yellow is the brand's own identity, carried over from the blue and yellow livery that's been on their race cars at circuits around the world for decades. It's unmistakable, it's what people picture when they hear the name, and it stands out in a bay in a way nothing else does.

Wrinkle red is the nod to Honda's own history. Red valve covers meant Type R, and that association runs deep enough that a red cover reads as intent even on a car that never wore one from the factory. It's the subtler of the two, and it suits a build going for period-correct rather than loud.

There's no wrong answer. Yellow is Spoon's statement, red is Honda's. Pick the story you'd rather tell.

One Note On The S2000

The S2000 cover is available in yellow only. No red option for the F-series, so if you're in an AP1 or AP2, yellow is the choice.

The Best Value Statement Piece In The Bay

Engine bay presentation usually costs real money. Carbon panels, polished piping, custom hoses, it adds up quickly and none of it is cheap.

A valve cover is the biggest visual surface in the bay and the first thing anyone sees when the hood goes up. Changing its color changes the entire character of the engine in one part, and it's the piece everything else gets built around. If you're starting to dress a bay and want maximum impact from a single change, this is it.

Fitment

2016-2021 Honda Civic Si and 1.5T
2017-2021 Honda Civic Type R (FK8)
2022-2026 Honda Civic Si and 1.5T
2023-2026 Honda Civic Type R (FL5)
2018-2022 Honda Accord 2.0T
2009-2013 Honda Fit
2015-2020 Honda Fit
2011-2016 Honda CR-Z
2000-2009 Honda S2000 (yellow only)
2026+ Honda Prelude
2023-2026 Acura Integra Base and A-Spec
2024-2026 Acura Integra Type S
2019-2025 Acura RDX

Covers K20C, L15A, L15B, L15B7, and L15CA applications, plus the S2000. Select your application and color at checkout.

Who Should Run One

This is for the owner who opens their hood on purpose. Show build, clean daily, or a car where you've already got Spoon pieces scattered around the bay and want the centerpiece to match. It's a genuine Honda part refinished by a company that's been racing these engines longer than most of us have been driving. Pick your color, bolt it on with the included gaskets, and give people a reason to ask.

Fits: see the application list above. Construction: original OEM Honda valve cover, stripped, cleaned, and refinished by Spoon. Colors: Spoon yellow or wrinkle red. S2000 available in yellow only. Includes: OEM gaskets.