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Nice, but please don't farbon (fake carbon) wrap anything! It's chavy and tacky and fools no-one.
Get the hardtop colour matched, spray the mesh in the bumper black.
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Get the hardtop colour matched, spray the mesh in the bumper black.
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lol dont panic, selling the hardtop.
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What why, it makes them look decent versus girly/hair dresser spec
You don't want to be 'that guy' having a mid life in a small feminine soft top roof down convertible.
If they'd offered a coupe, it'd be of legendary status.
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It's OK, we're not living in the 80s anymore, you don't have to show off how manly you are in front of everyone.
Imagine having such a fragile masculinity you're afraid to drive a car where the roof comes off.
What why, it makes them look decent versus girly/hair dresser spec
You don't want to be 'that guy' having a mid life in a small feminine soft top roof down convertible.
If they'd offered a coupe, it'd be of legendary status.
Most hairdressers I've seen/known drive Mercs and BMWs tbh
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Don't forget Z4 convertiblesMost hairdressers I've seen/known drive Mercs and BMWs tbh
women LOVE them haha!Don't forget Z4 convertibles
Along with giant SUVs. Mostly these as convertibles mess up your hair.
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I love popping the roof down on my little girly mx5 NB on the way home from work in the manly/gruff trading estate 
Everyone at work judges me but they are just jealous!
Everyone at work judges me but they are just jealous!
If its a genuine GT which came with the hardtop when new, I would keep it with the car. You see quite a few S2000 GT where at some point the hardtop has been sold off and it devalues the car.
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yeah its not a GT car, the hardtop was purchased separate along with the fitting kit, hence why its a different color. I don't really have a need for it as the car will be garaged over winter months and only used on nice days in the summer.
What why, it makes them look decent versus girly/hair dresser spec
You don't want to be 'that guy' having a mid life in a small feminine soft top roof down convertible.
If they'd offered a coupe, it'd be of legendary status.
Rule 1 - Roof always down.
Unless it’s raining…
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Pansy. Just drive faster.
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Rule one only buy coupes
Na jokes aside, an S2K is probably THE only vert, that I'll give a pass to if tastefully modified, as they're very agressive little twitchy cars if driven hard on the limit, so still have a fair bit of the 'I will kill you if you don't respect me' factor, and I've a sweet spot for Honda, and worked for them
Plus the J's Racing touge S2K monster was undefeated for a long time, I really like what Spoon did along with Amuse.
I just wish they'd offered a coupe option, as that would make it an awesome tiny rwd coupe that'd be stiffer and just perfection, but I'd rather have it come with a K24A (but that's another story for another time)
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Yeah, they often crack a Ringland, and despite the power figures, not much happens till it does, then it dies off before the 8900rpm redlineYou anti F20c heretic!
My mates mate built a 'Super 2000' which is a K24/20 head frankenstein, with some spicy parts, circa 330bhp N/A, once you've seen that thing, you think why didnt they make it that way in the first place.
Other mates have built both Rotrex supercharged (which is a build boost turbo style supercharger so isnt instant power) and turbo builds, and neither boost well and lower rpm like a K, and go bang a lot easier
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Imagine not being able to spot a textbook car joke, nor take it without being 'offended' and instead turning it into a pathetic attention seeking woke me2 statement, now THAT is a fragile mentality!
You must be a joy at parties/standup comedy clubs!
And FYI, I don't like vert's for the simple reason, they're usually very loose/floppy chassis' compared to the native coupes, which are also lighter, stiffer, and handle way better.
The idea of taking a coupe in general and cutting it's roof off on a performance car, is pure wrong and blasphemy!
Regardless of all the added underside bracing, they're never as good.
The same applies with people buying rubbish torque converter autos back in the day when a manual option was offered, ruins everything about the car and it's slower, with awful kick downs.
An S2K however gets a pass, as there was never a coupe version, and the chassis' does handle awesome, but as anyone would agree, a coupe would still handle better/be faster/lighter.
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Wrong, the term was coined in America, it refers to a 2 seater without a retracting/folding convertible top roof, which the term spider/spyder also refers to...
Like a Shelby Cobra...
In modern times even the Morgan 4 seater convertible can be classed as a roadster/convertible, so the term hasn't meant the same thing since 1950's-60's.
The fact that convertible literally means convertible roof, from a roof to no roof, should be the give away why an S2K qualifies as one, as does anything with a roof like that regardless of the seats
Nice try though.
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Talk about an overreaction to being called fragile
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