Yeah, I cut the mirror open. Mine was leaking fluid so it was no loss to destroy it for the ball mount.

 

you could just heat up the button, pop it off and glue a standard one on. i did it on the wife's car and its been fine for at least 7 years.

 

I looked into this and you're the first person I've seen that hasn't said they broke their windshield when they tried. I'm just not up to it. I'd rather sacrifice my old mirror with tarnishing sides and keep the stock mirror position and pay $100 for a clean OEM mirror if it doesn't work out.

 

Yeah exactly, that's why I didn't try to remove it. I saw SO many posts about cracked windows.


btw, this is the updated version of mine. using the 370z mirror now
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-el.../#post24962111

 

no idea what people are doing wrong. it took 10 seconds and i've done it on multiple cars. i definitely applaud the time and effort to make a solution, i guess it just comes off odd to me cause i have no issues popping the button off.

 

Maybe you got lucky. Maybe you knew how much heat to add. Maybe you're just good.

But since we're not you, we all cracked our windshields.

What are the chances the op is like you, vs like the rest of us? A big risk to find out.

 

+1 to the cracked windshield gang... I'm going to ask the professionals to remove the button prior to installing the new windshield so I can just epoxy on a new button when I get the car back.

 

Here's how mine turned out using the OEM mount salvaged from my original mirror on a wolfbox G930




Screw backed out on the bottom right on the drive to take these photos, replaced and tightened, hasn't been a problem since

Excellent setup with front and rear cameras and a 256gb SDcard that keeps about a month or two of footage, including time lapse footage for 12 or 24h after each drive. No battery drain issues.

 

Looking to do this with my Wolfbox G850 that I just took off my Pilot. I'm okay with sacrificing the OEM mirror since it's in pretty bad shape, the mirror is like discolored.

 

Would love a back-up camera! Almost seems as if the S2000 was intentionally designed to make backup/reversing difficult!

Whenever possible I back into parking spots (when I can't spot a drive-thru) so I don't have to back out into traffic (!), and always back into my driveway and into my garage. This is nearly impossible (for me!) with the roof up so I typically drop it before attempting. The S2000 is our only car without a back up camera so a turn-key solution for this has always been on my "list" but I've little hope for one since demand is minuscule.

-- Chuck