New Owner from Ohio - Hello and 1 question
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New Owner from Ohio - Hello and 1 question
Hello all,
I just purchased a 2001 New Formula Red S2000. It is a single owner car with only 19K miles !!
It is in nearly perfect condition and I am thrilled to own it.
I've been lurking on the board, and there is plenty of good info here, I will be doing a lot of reading.
So, here is my first question:
I have the plastic rear window and whenever I put the top down the rear window does not fold properly, it gets a crease running up and down in the middle of the window. So for now my procedure is to put the top half way down, get out of the car, push the crease in so that the window folds width wise and then get back in the car to put the top the rest of the way down.
I have already installed new Modifry elastic straps.
Does anyone have a suggestion to prevent the window creasing ? It is a shame to have an electric convertible top and still have to get out of the car to lower it.
Thanks !!
I just purchased a 2001 New Formula Red S2000. It is a single owner car with only 19K miles !!
It is in nearly perfect condition and I am thrilled to own it.
I've been lurking on the board, and there is plenty of good info here, I will be doing a lot of reading.
So, here is my first question:
I have the plastic rear window and whenever I put the top down the rear window does not fold properly, it gets a crease running up and down in the middle of the window. So for now my procedure is to put the top half way down, get out of the car, push the crease in so that the window folds width wise and then get back in the car to put the top the rest of the way down.
I have already installed new Modifry elastic straps.
Does anyone have a suggestion to prevent the window creasing ? It is a shame to have an electric convertible top and still have to get out of the car to lower it.
Thanks !!
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Welcome, great low mileage find! Try posting in S2000 Talk for more responses: https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/forum/1-s2000-talk/Levi
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Welcome to the forums, being that your car has OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODLES of life left, I would consider upgrading to the glass back top. I have a MY00' and did not want to deal with plastic window Algae problems. The glass is very easy keeping clean which helps rear visibility a lot, even though my top is down 95% of the time I drive this car lol.
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Welcome to the forums, being that your car has OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODLES of life left, I would consider upgrading to the glass back top. I have a MY00' and did not want to deal with plastic window Algae problems. The glass is very easy keeping clean which helps rear visibility a lot, even though my top is down 95% of the time I drive this car lol.
Yes, I will undoubtedly get a glass rear window when I replace the top, but of course I want to put that expense off as long as possible.
The glass window looks a lot smaller, does it significantly hurt visibility when backing up ?
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Welcome to the board. When I had my '01, I was worried about the plastic as well but I used Plexus and some other plastic cleaners and it was fine. Just make sure to be careful not to crease it. The plastic window has much more visibility compared to the glass one.
check out the Ohio forums sometime and introduce yourself there. We will be at Mid Ohio next weekend
check out the Ohio forums sometime and introduce yourself there. We will be at Mid Ohio next weekend