Originally Posted by canakami

Just watched your new vid.

Not sure if it's been a while or if it's the new mic, but the car sounds nuts. Reminds me of the old touring cars.

Soundtrack on point, as always

Originally Posted by Frida83

Do you notice any difference between the 255 on on the 9in Weds and the 255 on the 9.5in CEs? I always assumed something like that would be pretty negligible.

Header is gorgeous

Originally Posted by andrewhake

New exhaust and test pipe (EVS 70mm and Toda) as well as new mics. I have two Audio-Technica PRO35 mics mounted in the car now. One up in the passenger footwell cargo net area and another mounted in the trunk of the car which picks up the exhaust well. This mixed with GoPro 4 Black audio and I get a very good representation of how the car sounds to me. Took a lot of testing and trial and error to figure out. The Hero 4 black is WAY better than my older Hero3 in every way I must say. At night the Hero3 colors were pretty inaccurate and took a lot of color correction to get something I was happy with. Now with the Hero4 the footage looks good color wise right out of the camera. I also picked up one of those little foam covers that GoPro sells to put on the camera so that makes the GoPro sound actually useful with the windows down.

Originally Posted by canakami

New exhaust and test pipe (EVS 70mm and Toda) as well as new mics. I have two Audio-Technica PRO35 mics mounted in the car now. One up in the passenger footwell cargo net area and another mounted in the trunk of the car which picks up the exhaust well. This mixed with GoPro 4 Black audio and I get a very good representation of how the car sounds to me. Took a lot of testing and trial and error to figure out. The Hero 4 black is WAY better than my older Hero3 in every way I must say. At night the Hero3 colors were pretty inaccurate and took a lot of color correction to get something I was happy with. Now with the Hero4 the footage looks good color wise right out of the camera. I also picked up one of those little foam covers that GoPro sells to put on the camera so that makes the GoPro sound actually useful with the windows down.

Originally Posted by andrewhake

Windshield replaced! Had two nice cracks develop on my already pitted windshield after following my friends monster Audi S4 nice and close in the mountains. (AWD, 265 tires all around, rock launching monster). Windshields really are going to be a normal wear part for me, I wouldn't be surprised if I crack one every single year. All good though!

I went to:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/low-price-auto-glass-san-jose-2
http://www.mobile-glass.net



Couldn't be happier really, no issues at all. $150 out the door exactly as I was quoted. Not the most luxurious accommodations as you wait but I happily went and got some food from the food truck at the Pick N Pull nearby, and enjoyed watching the process of replacement. The owner actually showed me on the first piece of glass they brought from their warehouse had a tiny 1 cm long mark on it. I said no worries I am going to beat the crap out of it anyway, and they said no no no they won't install it, and went and got another windshield for me. I was in no hurry so I happily waited while they went to pickup the other windshield. They brought it in showed me the new glass was good to go, and installed it. They specifically mentioned that they use high quality urethane and gave good instructions on things to avoid while the urethane cures. Can happily recommend them. I sort of wish I would have paid $2 and strolled around the Pick N Pull next door while I waited. They have a nice simple waiting room, but it's nothing fancy, if you're pants are fancy, might want to find a different shop.

I asked for OEM glass and they mentioned APTech as a high quality OEM option. I actually did some research (have been sick the last few days) and learned that APTech apparently is a US subsidiary of AGC (Asahi Glass Company), which is who provides the Factory S2000 glass for Honda on the S2000. Go to any honda parts site or dealer, and their parts system will list (AGC) as the manufacturer for the S2000 windshield that you will get from Honda with Honda badging on it. They use many different glass manufacturers though, PPG/PGW, Nippon Glass, etc. Likely dependent on where the car was built. My new APTech windshield had AGC stickers all over it before it was installed, and is clearly labeled LAMISAFE as you would see on an AGC windshield. (LAMISAFE and TEMPERLITE were developed by Asahi Glass Company)



How much does all of this matter? Probably not much really, can't really go wrong with a good installer and good OEM spec glass from PPG/PGW, Pilkington, AGC, etc. I was very bored the last two days stuck at home so I though I would do the research, I even watched some nice windshield install videos, hahaha. I just like it when other people are thorough when they are providing info, so I try to do the same. The S2000 seems like a pretty straightforward car to install a windshield as it is nice and small and easy to align. I am not sure how people had issues with mis-aligned rearview mirrors as any replacement windshield seems to have a pretty clear spot for it to be reinstalled. The windshield that was on my car when I bought it (that was replaced) was made by FY, honestly I didn't notice any major problems with it, although it was pitted badly enough that I would be pretty blind with the sun at the right angle. But I would imagine that will happen with any windshield on the S2000.

Originally Posted by manystyles

I remember seeing this post, and I went there today to swap out a severely pitted windshield. Their rates went up a little, but still very professional.