raddway, that won't work. All s2000 replacement windshields come with oem mount already on it. They can't even order one without it. You'll still have to take it off.

 

Has anyone ordered it yet, or installed it?

 

You're right. I normally don't post without reading the entire thread (since I hate when people do that), but I was running out the door and figured I would either get flammed for not looking or get an answer. I lose. I had to read up. Lol... take it easy

 

Whomever believes heating glass will harden it is foolish.

Solids are colder than liquids which are cooler than gasses.

Glass technically is a fluid (which is why the glass in old houses is thicker at the bottom of the panes).

But anyway, if you EVENLY, steadily heat glass, it won't shatter, it'll soften.

If you unevenly heat heat-tempered glass (such as Corning's Pyrex), when it cools it may shatter.

The reason is due to stress structured into the glass when it's formed.

Unevenly heating it stresses it beyond the breaking point, and all that energy blows outward.

(It's actually more important to slowly cool it...)

An ex-girlfriend and I once accidentally turned the wrong electric burner on under a pyrex baking dish...

We noticed the orange glowing coil, turned it off, and she lifted the completely cool handles to move the dish to the counter.

(We were engrossed in discussion...)

After a few minutes, it spontaneously shattered, leaving small shards spread in an awesome blast radius around the base!

Hehe..

Melt a piece of glass over a propane torch for that ignoramus!

Randy

 

Don't RISK your windshield by heating the button to remove it. If you've read many of the responses, mirrors come off with a chunk of glass attached to the smaller GM or generic mounts. The after market mirrors are larger and are more prone to vibration. This is one reason that the mount is non-standard to begin with. All this works against the windshield button remount solution. I've successfully installed the Gentex mirror, supplied from MITO, using the foreign car mount accessory that cost an extra $9.95. It required 15 minutes worth of milling on a standard drill press with an end mill cutter to remove 3/8" x 1.25" along the two lower sides on the back of the adapter and two M5 holes drilled and bottom tapped into the face of the existing button. This also leaves the option of reverting to the stock mirror IF you sell or trade in the future.

p.s. - The mirror is a great accesory!

 

I have finally got my mirror back ont he car, thankfully.

I have had no problems with removing the buttom myself. The only problem came when the tech did the swap as mentioned above.

Oh yeah the vibration is 95% eliminated by getting the mirror seated correctly.

Raddray, the mirror mount comes standard fromt he windshield manufacturer, so there is no advantage to waiting other than not having to do the process twice.

 

Just got mine installed. Had a local w/s place remove the old mount. Then I bought a mounting button kit at PepBoys. Wiring the new mirror was fairly easy and I love it EXCEPT it vibrates. The mounting button I bought at PepBoys is plastic and sticks to the w/s. Problem is it holds the mirror away from the w/s (base of mirror is not tight and flat against w/s. That's why it vibrates. Does anyone know where I can get a metal "button" mount that you glue to the w/s.

 

Napa should have one or just go to the W/s shop and they can glue it better than the stuff we can buy. $10-15.00

Thats my experience, the button came off twice when I tried to glue it myself...

 

anybody think this Honda Pilot option will have the correct mounting since it's a Genuine Honda option?

http://www.handa-accessories.com/pilint.html

 

My dealings with the providers, suppliers, and installers turned up negative in all accounts. You can either get the standard US mount or the foreign adapter that accommodates the twist off style mount. Neither will fit the S2000 'as-is' unless you go the route of removing the existing windshield mount button or modifying the foreign adapter.