I drive an 01, and the only major issue I have is the plastic rear window, I'm looking at a second replacement already....Note that it's always been a shop's fault. I was wondering if anyone has ever actually replaced the plastic job with a glass top? I know you have to remove the top and replace it with the glass top, not just the window insert. Anyone done this?

I talked to the local auto upholstery shop and he said he did it to an older Miata and had massive troubles with the spring loaded rear brace.

 

There's a PDF on here somewhere that describes the conversion. I believe you have to make a couple elastic straps but you do have to replace the entire top and I think that is a 10+ hour job.
-Alex

 

No offense, but why are you on your second replacement?

 

I haven't replaced a S2000 top (since I don't own a S2000, yet). But I've replaced the top on a miata. Top replacement should be a relatively routine job for an upholstery shop. It sounds like the one you went to doesn't have too much experience with them, you want to go to a shop that does top replacements on a somewhat routine basis. Also, I don't know if this is how it works on the S2000, but on the miata you can either buy a new top and the shop has to actually take your old top off the frame or you can buy a whole new top and frame and all you have to do is swap out the two.

 

do a few search...i have an 01' also and it bugs me ...it gets stratches, bent, etc... hardtopguy sell them for $800 and instructions on how to install it yourself is in this forum..just search it...

 

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Get Glass. That is all I would say.

 

Here's a thread on it...

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...&postid=1120489

 

Well, 1: Honda scratched the plastic when they replaced the top latches with the hard top latches.

2: Now I've got to get a quote to see if they can buff out these wierd spots that got put on there by another shop fixing a small ding. It's getting old.