is it worth getting the mugen hard top or should i go oem and have it wrapped in carbon???
you tell me your opinion... oh and if n e wun has an oem up for sale i have a friend that may be interested too...

 

i like the look of the mugen better.. but the carbon fiber one is way way way to expensive..

 

ohhh and if you get the mugen one.. get the mugen wing also... they are windtested together..

 

i like the oem because of price, its already painted and its got a defroster

 

i would probably get the oem one just cause i already flip one. Trust me i wish i would have one.

 

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holy **** you flipped an s2k? how? i hope it was not on the street....and on a track.... hope you are o.k.


the big advantage of the mugen over the oem hard top is it is lighter weight and better aerodynamically....

 

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you have to be kidding

 

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you have to be kidding</TD></TR></TABLE>
haha, exactly what I thought when I read that

 

i have pictures of my wrech *** car

 

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you tell me your opinion... oh and if n e wun has an oem up for sale i have a friend that may be interested too... </TD></TR></TABLE>

pssssh like you can afford the mooogen

 

I think bulletproofautomotive used to carry Amuse hardtop as well. They were really really expensive, I think it was like 5xxx or 6xxx dollars. I don't see them around anymore though.

 

lol I hope your not getting CF just because of the looks, you might as well wrap the soft top with CF vinyl than.

 

I don't understand why no one gets why you would wrap the OEM hardtop in carbon fiber....

When a layer of carbon fiber, such as from a roll of it, is laid onto a metal, a chemical reaction occurs. This bonds the carbon fiber to the metal, where it then reduces the weight of the metal, and gains the strength of carbon fiber. It only gets tricky when you try to go carbon-kevlar.


....I wonder how many people will go start wrapping stuff in CF now.
--And miss this entire bottom of my post.

 

Its still going to weigh more than the original peice! Simply physics, you cant add matter to something and have it weigh less than before.

 

If you have the $$$ get the Mugen its lighter, aerodynamically sound, its CF (duh), plus you get brownie points just for having it. Only down side is that there is no defroster and the OEM one i think has Honda written on the interior part of the roof. I know i dont need a defroster myself but if that sways you...

 

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The only other down side is that you will like the looks of the Mugen CF hardtop SO MUCH that you will not use the car as a convertable as much.

 

Also wouldn't wrapping that much of CF on OEM HT would cost you a fortune? Especially if you want to 'bond' it. Resale value might go down also on the hardtop. I hardly doubt that just wrapping will improve any structural rigidity. Strutbars with CF wrapped on it are usually inferior to the ones that are full CF or Ti. And if you don't get a perfect fit, you will cause drag from the gaps. Wrapping CF will make the HT slightly thicker so you probably won't get that 'perfect fit' look.

Does anyone know if Amuse CF HT are still around?

 

Can someone post pics of the different ones in here?

 

with the cost of the OEM + CF, you might as well have gotten the Mugen

 

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no, the OEM hardtop does not have honda written on the interior part of the roof or anywhere else for that matter.

The mugen CF hardtop does have a serial badge on the inside, for somethat has the fiberglass mugen top, does it have one too?

 

I wanna see pics of the flipped S!

 

Both are clean, but I've seen and heard many complaints about how the Mugen top doesn't fit perfect. The gap is at the back, there is a small gap.

 

One of my team mates has th CF Mugen one its f^cking sexy as HELL if u can afford it I say buy it But if u can't then why even talk about it, the hard tops still look great IMO

 

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it fits perfect if you follow the directions and take the time to properly install it

 

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The mugen CF hardtop does have a serial badge on the inside, for somethat has the fiberglass mugen top, does it have one too?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, the mugen FRP hardtop does have a serial badge too.