About a year ago i put my soft top down on my 2004 honda s2000 when all of the sudden i heard a loud pop. i could not find anything wrong at the time until i started driving with my top up and heard a lot of whispering sounds. there was a fine cut right above the release latch/hinge on my soft top. i brought it to the attention of the honda dealership of whom i purchased the car from. they said that there was a known issue with my exact problem from the year from 2005 to 2008 for the honda s2000. seeing that i bought my car used (from their lot), out of warranty, and not within the years the service bulletin was for, they were going to charge me over $2500 to replace the top for a defect that was on the car. i am providing the honda service bulletin number for your records: 09-033. honda can pull up that service bulletin and there it will explain the issues and what actions needs to be taken place. i have done my research and there are a lot of car owners with his car that have been having these issues and was force to pay to get it fixed! *tr