I thought we had to use it, didnt someone say that without the cover, the plastic would get screwed up when folded under the sun. Like it would heat up or something?
please let me know, cause i would rather not use it.
Andre

 

I use mine (the original, not the recall replacement) all of the time. That being said, it is a third car that I have never drive the car with the top up.

Why do I take the 60 seconds to put it on? How else am I going to keep my Muz Mat clean?

 

So I can follow thread updates....
I have problem of two black tabs popping out at high speeds.

 

I had the same problem with my original boot cover, the tabs wouldn't stay put. I pulled into Norm Reeves Honda in Huntington Beach and asked for a lesson. Svc mgr took a look, fiddled and announced it was defective. He ordered a new one, came 2 days later, and works well.

I have Rick Hessel's larger aeroscreen and headrest inserts of my own design, they cut down on the turbulence in the passenger compartment. When I started using the boot cover, I noticed that there was even less of a draft in the car than without.

I like the way it looks. It would have been nice if Honda had designed it so that it popped into place when the top retracted, but hey, I can do it.

2x6spds

 

Discussed in some depth in this earlier thread also.

http://www.s2000online.com/forums/showthre...p?threadid=7867

 

Never! Its a pain to put on and take off

 

I found the installing and removing of the tonneau cover (convertible top cover) almost impossible from the time I got my car until about a week ago. Last week, on a reasonably warm day, I used my hand to add some force as the motor retracted the top.

I WAS AMAZED. The top apparently retracted more than I had ever seen before (with a towel rolled in the to the window too) and all of a sudden the pegs on the backs of the roll bar structure were really accessable. I got the top on alone in about two or three minutes.

THIS IS HOW IT IS MEANT TO BE!

I've left in on for now, but I think I have the answer to that part.

It seemed to fit with enough snugness to hold in place, but it popped loose at 70 mph. I'll try again and if it doesn't stay put, I'll ask the dealer to order a new one.

Barry....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Barry WY Silver/Black '01
[B]I found the installing and removing of the tonneau cover (convertible top cover) almost impossible from the time I got my car until about a week ago.

 

I love the top cover, use it all the time. Put mine on in under 3 minutes, and have come to enjoy the bit of fiddling required. Mine does not fit perfectly, but I've learned to work with it, and, as it breaks in, it gets easier to put on and remove.

The earlier British roadsters all had stuff that required "fiddling" and I have learned to love all aspects of my sweet little rice rocket roadster, even a bit of fiddling with the boot cover. I consider putting it on and off a labor of love. Those that expect the "no effort" aspects of a Ford Escort when driving a car of S2K caliber just don't know how to appreciate an affordable, high-performance roadster, in my opinion. Maybe some S2K owners are spoiled by convienience oriented and boring cars? Or are many stook owners too spoiled to look after details in order to care for and appreciate their S2K's? Only my opinion, you other S2K owners treat your cars however you want, I appear to be in a minority in this respect.

And, it looks so much better, and my ass is far from too lazy and impatient to lovingly care for my beloved S2K. I consider my top cover install procedure a ritual of high performance, open-air motoring. It has become practically a zen experience, installing my boot cover.

So many other stook owners I've met have forsaken their top covers; I secretly regard them as either lazy or somehow selfish and a bit disrespectfull of their S2K's.

Doug
silver/black

 

Before I got the top to retract that final little bit, it was a 20 to 30 minute, near impossible challenge to get the top on. There was too much top getting in the way. You had to work your fingers way down into a narrow crack to try to get the pins on the car to meet the holes on the cover. The last time, when I got the top down a bit more, it took about 3 minutes of enjoyable fiddling. Night and day.

Barry