S2000Si

my roof gets replaced on tuesday. Roof is ripping over the drivers shoulder but the plastic is perfect. But then again maybe the plastic has been replaced in the past.

Muzzsjm

I really don't want to post this but touch wood my soft top has always worked fine and I'm on the original screen. I guess though being a MY06 that should be the case.

Hollywood Wheels

My roof has obviously been looked after by the previous owner. Being my third convertible car in a row, I've learnt to take care of the fabric etc. Touch-wood, there's plenty of life left in it.

DaDoRonRon

I swapped mine last year for a glass new roof, not much difference in area of visibility and much clearer. The fact it is heated really helps too.

Rob88

I’ve been told by a car dealer in Birmingham that you can get the plastic in the window replaced for about £60.
They hack the old one out with a knife, clean away the old stitching and glue then curt a panel from a big sheet of plastic and stitich it in place with a handheld sewing machine.
It’s of course not Honda approved and it’s not an OEM panel and the stitching and finish might not be quite as neat and clean.

But on a 10 year old roof it might not matter that much.

Of course, Birmingham car dealers have been known to tell untruths.

tomkbucks

well ive got the sticky tape mod on mine.. were it cracked, cant afford to get it replaced ! interesting idea cutting out the plastic - id be interested in that any details ?

noizyboyz

Garage queen, 30K miles, still on the original, in immaculate condition. Roof only stays up when it is in the garage. Biggest dissadvantage is not being able to wack it down on those crisp cold winter days, have to wait to warm it up first.

Rob88

A few phoneclls to birmingham based roof companies and the best I find is
http://www.thehoodguys.co.uk/ = £230

I suspect the salesman may have been lying to me.
Good job I didn't buy that one.

Paul_J

Rob I think you need to stop telling people about this, when this fact is clearly not backed up by any reality.

Mine cracked and on reading your post in a thread saying I could get the plastic window replaced for £80 I hung on to find a golden unicorn. However, as I soon found out... NO WHERE does this for s2000's for as cheap as £80.

You find some places that do mgf / mx5 rear plastic screens for £100-£150 - but even those companies ask for close to £250-£300 for the s2000 rear plastic screen replacement.

The key problem is, they insist on removing the s2000 hood to do this procedure... this alone is a lot of labour costs.

As I say, I researched this and found prices ranging from £250-£600 ...

I've now just gaffa tapped the crack up some clear tape, as in the summer I'll be driving with the top down anyway.

Still, I don't think you should be advising people they can get their plastic screens changed for £60 -£80 - when it is not the case, and the only reason you believed this to be true was because a dealer said 'We'll do it for £60-£80'... you may of found either A ) they wanted to make the sale so were happy to cover some of the cost or B ) it'd of turned out more expensive in the long run.

Ste_Nova

garage not heated????