Type R and VTEC owners

I suspect it's a case of company X buying in roof kits costing £xx, then adding a fitting fee on top. Whereas Jack Smiths are cutting them from material and fitting them but charging for material + labour.
 
MilanoChris said:
£280 for a full roof, how long did it take?

Not knocking it, but why are some companies charging £800? Unless I'm missing something here, something has to give, be it quality of the material, the work, or all the others are making a fortune per job? Can someone enlighten?
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Hes in wales and makes the roof cloth himself, read the massive thread on s2ki about him. Everyone is happy with their roofs.
 
MilanoChris said:
Pretty sure Des paid somewhere around £800 for his a few years ago? I must admit, the worst thing on my car by far is the hood, I can stomach £280 but not £800!
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I think I paid just under £600? Was a few years ago so not 100% on that.
Mine took an entire day to fit.

Was fitted by monsoon roofs somewhere near Brighton I seem to recall.

Just found this

http://www.monsooncarhoods.co.uk/Honda-Car-Hoods.php

Price seems to have gone up a bit.
(that might even be my car in the pics :) )
 
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I paid £820 in February 2008 for a replacement Mohair Roof with Heated Glass Screen, fully fitted on my S2000 when I had it at Carhood Warehouse in Kingston Upon Thames. At the time it was the place to go to on S2KI to get a new roof.
 
Woah....What's going on with that red roof, not fussed on that i'm sorry to say.

Speaking of S2000s, been looking at them a lot today, what will £7k get me these days?
 
Having naughty thoughts about buying another S2000 now company car has arrived and the A3 will be sold.

Last time I bought one largely based on convenience as I needed a car asap and a decent one turned up for sale down the road, however I always preferred the facelifted models and it was 'only' an 02 plate (albeit with all the aero kit bits).

Would like a 2004+ model, preferably GT in moonrock please ;) Also been thinking possibly VX220 as well.

Must stop thinking about it....
 
dessimpson said:
I think I paid just under £600? Was a few years ago so not 100% on that.
Mine took an entire day to fit.

Was fitted by monsoon roofs somewhere near Brighton I seem to recall.

Just found this

http://www.monsooncarhoods.co.uk/Honda-Car-Hoods.php

Price seems to have gone up a bit.
(that might even be my car in the pics :) )
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Ah, I thought it was £800 for some reason, maybe I'm getting confused with the clutch on your Evo V.
 
Ev0 said:
Having naughty thoughts about buying another S2000 now company car has arrived and the A3 will be sold.

Last time I bought one largely based on convenience as I needed a car asap and a decent one turned up for sale down the road, however I always preferred the facelifted models and it was 'only' an 02 plate (albeit with all the aero kit bits).

Would like a 2004+ model, preferably GT in moonrock please ;) Also been thinking possibly VX220 as well.

Must stop thinking about it....
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If it helps you widen your net for a decent model - ANY S2000 can be turned into a GT. All it requires is hardtop strikers and fitments which are direct bolt in to a non-GT model. Then you just source a hardtop of your liking.

The only exception to that is pre 02 models with plastic rear screens, they don't have the wiring loom for the rear heated glass of a hardtop/glass screen. You can still put all the other kit in though.

Having a GT registered car has, in some circumstances, given better insurance quotes.
 
Yup I know the kits can be fitted afterwards, but the cost of them was silly last time I checked. So if buying again I'd just go for a GT as they seem to be fairly easy to come across and no huge price premium on them that I can see either.
 
You can make it like a GT, you wont change it into a GT on the V5 though.

Even if you dont want a GT, its worth buying one to flog the roof.
 
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