I found the "Bike Hoist" at www.brookstone.com. It is sku# 221440. It supports 50 lbs. and our hard top is closer to 40 lbs. With a little mountaineering rope and a couple of knots it now supports my hard top direcly above the car. Built in pulley system. Great storage location. Check it out.

 

Sounds positive, are you intending to have a custom setup in your own garage? If you get it successfully done, I might fly you a trip to Sydney to get it done for me as well ... Just kidding though.

 

It's already up in my garage. Works great. I'd love to visit Sydney but it is an easy do-it-yourself job.

 

Great it's affordable and practical! Do you have any pictorial archives by any chance? That would help me visualize if this setup is possible for my garage etc.

 

I'll try to take some pictures this weekend. Not sure how to post them here. If I can't, I'll ask for your e-mail and send them to you. It attaches to my garage ceiling with some simple wood screws into the joists.

 

Thanks, much appreciated. I was actually looking at the setup of your ropes and knots. Since the basic setup of the bike rack will hold the 2 sides of the hardtop frame easily with no worries.

 

Here's the pic of the Brookstone bicycle hoist:



From what I can see, it's going to be very unstable with only two hooks - all other hardtop hoists on sale have either three or four. I understand the biggest problem is finding a hoist which will grab the edges without crushing the seal - that's why the hoists available for the BMW, Merc, Miata, and Porsche will not work for the S2000; their design is somewhat different than ours.

S2KPHX: If you can take and post pics, can you show a close-up of how the hangers hook on to the edges of the HT?

 

I've got pictures. How do you get them in here? Or I'll e-mail them to sombody and they can put them in.

 

register as a owner on this board, and you have usage of the photo album. then just upload you jpg's, and post your images.

 

As S2R said - change from Enthusiast to owner, then go to MYS2000 and click on Photo Album. You'll be able to upload your pics there, and include them in your posts.