Spoon Sports Street Type Axle Back Exhaust for Civic/Integra

Spoon Sports Street Type Muffler - Civic, Integra & RSX

Spoon makes two mufflers for these cars, and this is the one for people who don't want to announce themselves. The Street Type uses a smaller tip and a more restrained tone than the N1, which means you get the Spoon look and the Spoon presence without the volume. On a clean EG, DC2, or DC5, that restraint reads as confidence rather than shyness.

Street Type Or N1?

Worth understanding, because this is the actual decision and both are legitimate.

The N1 is the loud one. Bigger tip, more aggressive tone, and the muffler most people picture when they think of a Spoon-equipped Honda. It's the race-derived option and it sounds like it.

The Street Type is exactly what the name says. Spoon describes it as a sporty, street-oriented sound, and the smaller tip suits a car where the whole build is understated. You still get better flow than the factory muffler and you still get the Spoon plaque on the canister, you just don't get the attention.

Neither is the better product. They're built for different owners. If your car is a clean street build, or you daily it, or you'd rather people notice the badge than the noise, this is the one.

It's An Axle-Back, So Set Expectations

Being straight about what this is. You're replacing the rear muffler section, not the whole exhaust. That means it's a direct swap for your factory muffler with no cutting and no fabrication, and it's about as approachable as exhaust work gets.

Spoon notes increased muffler flow rate over the factory unit, but nobody should buy an axle-back expecting meaningful power. What you're buying is sound and appearance, and the honest framing is that it's the most affordable way to put a genuine Spoon piece on the back of your car.

If you want flow gains, that comes from the sections ahead of this one.

Why The Spoon Name Costs What It Does

Spoon has been building and racing Hondas since the 1980s, and their blue and yellow livery has been at circuits around the world long enough that the color alone identifies the brand. That history is what you're buying into.

On a chassis like the EG, EK, DC2, or DC5, where the aftermarket is enormous and most of it is generic, a genuine Spoon muffler signals that the person who built the car knows the history. It's the difference between a car with parts on it and a car that was put together with intent.

Check For The Authenticity Markings

Worth knowing, because counterfeit Spoon exhausts turn up regularly and they're convincing in photos.

Genuine Spoon mufflers carry a Spoon Sports plaque above the tip and a serial number plaque on the underside of the canister. If a muffler you're looking at anywhere is missing either, that tells you what you need to know.

Buy from somewhere you trust. On a part where the whole value is that it's genuinely Spoon, a fake is worth nothing.

Pick Your Chassis

Each version is built for its specific car, so match yours carefully:

Note the coupe and sedan split on the Integra. The DC2 and DB8 take different mufflers, so check your body style rather than going by model name alone.

Fitment

1992-2000 Honda Civic hatchback
1992-1995 Honda Civic sedan
1994-2001 Acura Integra GS-R and Type R, coupe and sedan
2002-2006 Acura RSX Type-S and Integra Type R (DC5R)
2006-2011 Honda Civic Si and Type R (FD2)

Direct replacement for the factory rear muffler. Select your application at checkout.

Who Should Run This Muffler

This is for the owner building something clean who wants a real Spoon piece without the volume the N1 brings. Daily driver, tidy street build, or a car where you'd rather the details do the talking. Match your chassis, check the plaques when it arrives, and put something with actual history on the back of your Honda.

Fits: see the application table above. Type: axle-back muffler, direct replacement for the factory rear muffler. Sound: sporty and street-oriented, more restrained than the Spoon N1. Tip: smaller diameter for an understated look. Authenticity: genuine units carry a Spoon Sports plaque above the tip and a serial number plaque on the canister underside.