I have heard that people that took it off dyno'd slower afterwards. That is inline with the information that the dealership told me. It was explained to me that it is there for speed.

 

That's true! The tape is slicker than the paint, thus reducing drag. Therefore I am going to put tape over my whole car.

Of course the District Service Mgr. told me it was to protect against paint chips. Of course he couldn't explain why black cars don't have the tape. And then if that was the reason why didn't the factory put black tape on the front bumper (much more susceptible to chips)?

 

The 2002 Honda full-line foldout brochure shows NO windshield tape on a Spa Yellow. And they still show the Prelude as being available thru December.

 

All the S2000's in the Honda UK site show a body color windshield frame - no tape. Download the product brochure (pdf file) for more photos to see how your car would look.

That said, I cannot see why the US market cars would hav poor quality paint under the tape. How does the pait room know to do a good job everywhere but the frame on a US car, and then treat all others at 100%?

 

The issue isn't the quality of the paint under the tape. The issue is that they often take fine sandpaper and remove the bumps in the paint before they put on the tape since the tape will show these bumps. If you happen to have a car that had a bunch of bumps that had to be sanded, you may be in trouble. Mine had a ton of marks and had to have that area re-painted. I'd do it again in a heartbeat evenso, since it looks so good without the tape.

 

this thread is 5 years old.

 

And? believe it or not there are new S2K owners everyday coming in here. I dont see a problem with drumming up old threads. Some of us actually OWN S2Ks.

 

I just took mine of last week and the paint was perfect. I think it looks great with the top down.

 

i took mine off as well. Perfect paint underneath. It was just a bitch to get it off.

 

There was someone sat. nite at our S2K hangout that had a silverstone with the tape off. It really looked good. Ive been tempted but the risk of the paint being screwed is what is keeping me and im sure all others from yanking it off. I seen some good suggestions and maybe the hair dryer trick would work best.

Is the paint Clear coated under there as well as, like the rest of the car?