I'm looking to buy a hardtop and I wanted to know what the best year for hardtop production was?

Can anyone help, I've done a search and can't find anything. Also, would the car go faster (or at least look faster), if I got a hardtop in a color that wasn't the same color as the car?

Thank you....sorry for being such a noob.

 

S2000 hardtop suck ... get the miata one, if it doesnt fit right, just ducktape the f@ck up ...

Urmil, ur car LOOK like its fast already

 

Man I almost didn't get this joke.

 

I just wanted to be apart of the group. It seemed to me that I was the only one that hadn't asked about the hardtop yet or about years of car. I decided to ask about years of hardtops....I wanted to consolidate my "initiation into H-T S2000 knowledge" into one thread.

So seriously, what year was the best for hardtops?

 

00-01 cuz they had plastic windows and defroster, and made of dry carbon, so its like... 12 lbs.

 

Did it stiffen the chassis up anymore than the '04 hardtops or was it because it didn't, that they switched over to glass windows from plastic ones?

 

Please shoot me.

 

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hang me as well.

 

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Don't worry about Sideways, he's full of crap.
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It's made of wet carbon. 15 lbs.

Seriously, the best years for a hardtop are 2000-2006+. THE CAR HAS ONLY ONE HARD TOP!! '02 BERLINA? '04 SILVERSTONE? '00 NEW FORMULA? THEY'RE THE SAME THINGS! DOESN'T ANYBODY NOTICE THIS?!! I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!!

 

Just some harmless humor. He drives a teg.

 

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HEY!!!!......I drive an S2000 as well (soon to be 2 s2000's once the motor swap is done in the second one)

Here's a pic of the actual one I drive:

 

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S2k NUB,

Don't worry...I'm no NUB with S2000's or import tuning in general. I've owned mine ever since it came out back in 2000 (...yes I know some somehow got there's as early as Sept '99). I've been into (and doing) import tuning since '93...and no, I'm not that old.

I pretty much know all the S2K enthusiasts/owners in the Illinois area, hopefully you can make it out to a meet sometime soon.

 

I found my hardtop in the secret compartment in the middle console...i was so happy, i pee'd a little...

 

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DAMN!! i should check mine ...

 

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Theres a secret compartment?? WTFBBQ????!?

 

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Delicious.

 

One a Serious note. anyone know where i can get a good deal on an OEM HT with hardware. I'm in So Cal. Thanks.

 

hardguys.com .. i meant hardtopguy.com LMAO

 

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Don't worry about Sideways, he's full of crap.
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It's made of wet carbon. 15 lbs.

Seriously, the best years for a hardtop are 2000-2006+. THE CAR HAS ONLY ONE HARD TOP!! '02 BERLINA? '04 SILVERSTONE? '00 NEW FORMULA? THEY'RE THE SAME THINGS! DOESN'T ANYBODY NOTICE THIS?!! I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Man you ARE smoking crazy rocks if I'm full of ****. That **** isnt wet carbon. I felt it and it was dryyyyyy. So bleeehhhh

 

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Scary..

 

OEM hardtops are no longer available. honda has stoped production because of low sales. Hardtopguy.com has bought the remaining hardtops from honda.

 

Well that sucks^^^ Good thing Mugen hasn't quit.

 

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you got this from?

 

say wha??????/ No more OEM hard tops being produced by Honda? I'd like to see this press release...

 

I doubt it because the old factory burned down or whatever. A new one was built, why shut it down right after just building it? Makes no sense