Just had mine replaced with the generic safelite glass. Looks fine to me and saved a crap ton off the OE glass prices.

 

Not close at all really. Often opposing traffic does it. My S windscreen took a huge hit from a rock a truck kicked up that was opposite direction on a 2 lane road. It left the classic cone shaped bullseye. Fortunately I did not try to do it myself (making professional repair impossible) and had a free Safelite visit; they made it virtually invisible. They had time to kill so the guy left the vacuum pump going for about 15 minutes letting the resin completely fill the crack.

I have only 57K on my car but there were a bunch of small pits and hard water etchings that did not respond to cleaning and vinegar. I used 3M glass polish ($65 on Amazon for liter bottle) and my Porter Cable DA with Chemical Guys pads and did several round on the glass to polish everything out. What a difference! Keeping the old windshield.


https://www.amazon.com/3M-Glass-Poli...m+glass+polish

 

now that I think of it I do seem to have more rocks flung at me from opposing traffic, from semi's or just big obnoxious trucks with big tires. I got a chip on my old civic that had a new windshield installed, but usually it's just dirt and debris in my face(windows down or top down)

 

We have quite a bit of traffic, sitting at number 6 in city size cars, trucks, and tractor trailers that throw up rocks daily. You don't have to be very close at all for a pebble to come flying at your windshield. The S sits low and picks up flying debris easily. If not repaired, a simple bump can cause a "star" to crack in one or several directions. I've found an installer who has worked on S2ks, so I've lined him up to use the same "Honda" glass without the Honda logo.

 

is there a "pilkington" decal/label on the glass ( at the bottom corner)?