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 dammitjim |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 09:08 AM
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Member  S2KI User #: 101473 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 103 days PPD Average: 6.9 Owner 2002 New Formula Red/Black WI   |
I'm curious at what temps people are using the top without damaging it. If you have damaged the top by using it when it was too cold out feel free to post details in the thread.
Please excuse any incorrect or strange F to C conversions in the poll. --------------------  Vortech-AEM-Volk-Tein-Comptech 
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| thomsbrain |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 11:53 AM
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Guest S2KI User #: 97104 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 224 days PPD Average: 1.4 Owner 2006 Laguna/Bermuda Blue/Black Santa Cruz, CA |
I've done it in the 40's and nothing happened, but after reading threads, I won't be making a habit of it anymore unless I've run the heater or let it be in the sun for a while to warm it up.
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| Gigdy |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 12:12 PM
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| JLUDE |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 12:39 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 38731 S2KI Age: 5 yrs 87 days PPD Average: 0.7 Owner 2002 Sebring Silver/Black Culpeper Virginia |
What changed with the top in 2002?  I wouldn't operate it under freezing but if you're opening the top that cold you are crazy and the top is the least of your worries. --------------------  2002 Sebring Silver S2000 2000 BRM Toyota Tacoma V6 5sp TRD xtra cab 2006 Yamaha FZ6 1993 Civic LX 5sp "Winter Beater" |
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| lols2000 |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 12:47 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 93282 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 323 days PPD Average: 0.2 Owner 2003 New Formula Red/Black Calgary, Canada  |
I have seen someone put their top down in -35*C and nothing happened.
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| JLUDE |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 12:50 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 38731 S2KI Age: 5 yrs 87 days PPD Average: 0.7 Owner 2002 Sebring Silver/Black Culpeper Virginia |
Why would anyone do that? Just to see if it would work. Surely no one drove like that? That's around -31 F! Can you even breathe in air that cold? 0 F is the coldest I've ever experienced and even without wind it hurt to breathe. |
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| SheDrivesIt |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 02:35 PM
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| PanteraKitty |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 03:20 PM
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Member S2KI User #: 53219 S2KI Age: 3 yrs 348 days PPD Average: 1.4 Owner 2001 Spa/Indy Yellow/Black Stockbridge, Georgia |
2002 and later had a glass rear window. 2000 & 2001 are rear windows plastic. 40°F is about the coldest that I have had the top down in the S. Some years back I had the top down in my '62 Impala at 25°F. That car had a plastic rear window and it survived without cracking. -------------------- No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. Drag Racing is for fast cars. Autocross is for fast drivers. 'You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats.'- Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006) "Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Obama, Pelosi, and Reid lose theirs." Assorted Pictures  SPA KITTY • Click Here to join the Enlightened Force  
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| dammitjim |
Posted on Nov 3 2009, 05:56 PM
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Member S2KI User #: 101473 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 103 days PPD Average: 6.9 Owner 2002 New Formula Red/Black WI |
I'd like to hear from the person that damaged a part of the top that isn't the window. What happened? How cold was it? Were you putting it up or down?
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| dundonr |
Posted on Nov 4 2009, 12:48 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 12824 S2KI Age: 7 yrs 101 days PPD Average: 0.2 Enthusiast Elko Nevada |
coldest that I put the top down was the winter of 03/04 in Maine.. I had to let it get warm with the heater otherwise it wouldn't even begin to fold.. temps without windchill were around 50 below zero.. (colder than the north pole) but my policy was, it's not raining or snowing, the top is down.. also, with the windows up, and the heater turned to the position where your legs and abdomen stay warm and wearing a coat and hat, it wasn't bad inside the car.. -------------------- Have 03 SVT Cobra Coupe Have 01 Explorer Sport with Warn winch Had 04 Nissan Murano Had 02 GPW/full red interior S2000 Had 98 Corvette Had 97 Cobra 
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| JLUDE |
Posted on Nov 4 2009, 01:26 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 38731 S2KI Age: 5 yrs 87 days PPD Average: 0.7 Owner 2002 Sebring Silver/Black Culpeper Virginia |
No thank you! I wouldn't survive 2 minutes in 50 below zero. What is the point of driving with the top down in weather like that?  This post has been edited by JLUDE on Nov 4 2009, 01:27 PM |
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| DCs2ooo |
Posted on Nov 5 2009, 11:38 AM
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Guest S2KI User #: 78244 S2KI Age: 1 yrs 348 days PPD Average: 0.5 Owner 2002 New Formula Red/Black PA |
thats the coldest i've heard, by far.
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| NoContest |
Posted on Nov 5 2009, 04:08 PM
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Member S2KI User #: 104349 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 15 days PPD Average: 0.5 Owner 2002 New Formula Red/Black |
I had the top down at 35 degrees only because I thought it was a lot warmer - usually it's down until around 40. I do get looks though.
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| Tripleblackap1 |
Posted on Nov 5 2009, 04:19 PM
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Gold Member  S2KI User #: 96172 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 247 days PPD Average: 1.4 Owner 2001 Berlina Black/Black |
Stupid plastic rear window, i cant see sh*t out of it. and my top just got a tear in the side. Damn!
I am going to have the top shop in my area put a new top with the glass window and defrost on my ap1. It isnt quite hard top money, but close. --------------------  |
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| dammitjim |
Posted on Nov 12 2009, 07:07 PM
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Member S2KI User #: 101473 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 103 days PPD Average: 6.9 Owner 2002 New Formula Red/Black WI |
A few days after I posted this it hit 70 here. Bumping in hopes of more good weather.
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| OMG VTEC |
Posted on Nov 12 2009, 07:29 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 47857 S2KI Age: 4 yrs 153 days PPD Average: 0.3 Owner 2007 Berlina Black/Black |
40F, per your owner's manual.
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| Requiem |
Posted on Nov 12 2009, 08:45 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 97664 S2KI Age: 0 yrs 211 days PPD Average: 0.6 Owner 2000 Silverstone/Black-Red Tampa |
I'm a Florida Boy. My top stays up at the slightest bit of cold.
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| scottrunsxc |
Posted on Nov 12 2009, 09:25 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 43641 S2KI Age: 4 yrs 274 days PPD Average: 1.1 Enthusiast Fort Myers, FL |
I cracked my plastic window when it was ~65F a few years ago.
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| S2-3456789-K |
Posted on Nov 12 2009, 09:52 PM
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Member S2KI User #: 70877 S2KI Age: 2 yrs 184 days PPD Average: 0.4 Owner 2001 Silverstone/Black |
last winter, i broke my rear plastic window. IIRC, it was in the low 30's one night, and tried to put the top down. it stopped in the middle, but i was stubborn, and soon heard a pretty loud pop. after putting the top back up, i found a vertical crack (around 7-8 inches).
good news is...it made me replace that old, foggy piece of plastic with a new one. cost me $200 and a half day's work.
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| dn7309 |
Posted on Nov 12 2009, 09:53 PM
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Guest S2KI User #: 90846 S2KI Age: 1 yrs 35 days PPD Average: 0.3 Enthusiast |
honda manual say dont do it below freezing.
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