Comming up on my third month of owning my 2005 S2000 (after a decade of waiting) and I am sick of my rattling rollbar covers. I don't know if the previous owner removed them or if they just separated as some people on these forums complain. In either case, I was wondering if anyone has a picture of their car with the covers completely removed. I'm not big prettied up cars, so I think I might like the look, but if it looks terrible or exposes the trunk too much, I might just epoxy them back together. However, if you epoxy them together permanently, will it be significantly harder to run wires to the trunk for an amp?

Currently I have them taped together with one stripe of tape right wrapped around a few times at the apex of the rollbars, which helps, but still rattles some.

This will be my first in a long line of "how do I fix this rattle" posts.

 

it wouldn't interfere with any wire routing to the rear. You normally go under the roll bar where the vent is. If you can get them to stick together with something, let us know.

I don't know of any solutions that keep the plastic together, once it separated.

Good luck!

 

A lot of people are using all sorts of adhesive, such as silicone adhesive, hot glue, etc etc. but in the automotive section, I found this stuff called "goop", it's just a normal sort of clear adhesive, but it dries like the stuff you peel off the back of your credit card when it first comes in the mail.

Anyways, after you put the automotive goop on, it'll dry almost immediately, and just use some clamps to hold it together (i used shoe lace tied around the narrow part of the roll covers, then slid down over the thicker part for tension). Because of the dried rubbery texture of the goop, you'll be able to cleanly peel the leftover goop off of the top of the covers, while the goop on the bottom holds it all together. It holds it together very well and has not been a problem for me yet. It's been a month so far.

I figure this way If i need to separate the covers again for whatever reason, I can and it's not permanently stuck together forever.

From the factory, there is a metal wire that melts to two covers together, but I doubt it can be reheated and recombine those two covers. Try the goop thing.

 

that's great news, do you have any pics? i sourced an 06 hoops with speakers to retrofit into my 02, but one of the plastics is separating and intimidating me not to do it because of the horror stories.

 

Uhh pictures?! It looks exactly like stock. Except when I had the hoops apart, I pulled out the wire so there was more space for glue and also because the wire was bent towards the bottom and made it hard to put back together.

I don't know if it'll work the same if you've got speakers mounted on your hoops due to the extra weight. But, it's worth a shot. The goop comes off cleanly so you can always "undo" it.

 

I have tried alot of glues and nothing has worked as well as Crazy Glue! It has stayed together for 2 months so far!

 

it's CRAZY!

 

Actually, I meant pictures of what the stock rollbar looks like with the covers entirely removed. Thanks for all the replies though. I forgot to subscribe so I'm only just now seeing them. The tape held them well enough temporarily, but now that I'm going to autox events, I don't want to be seen with tape on my car.