Stupid question but i have my R for 2yrs now with 12k miles and its mostly weekend car. I do drive it to work once a wk or so depends on weather and never rain or winter. My question is that my windshield is easily pitted many tiny specks.
Its looks like crap when glares hits it. I hate to replace it just for that reason unless its cracked. Anyone know if this windshield is somehow lighter or thinner then stock integras and its there any glass polish method avaliable in this matter?
Rest of the R is pit free so i think winshield's angle hits everything?
thanks,
eddie

 

all integras use the same glass...

let me see if I can find the part # for you....make sure you use HONDA glass!

 

couldn't find a HONDA part #, but here's a place you can get it...hope it's worth it to you, b/c retail is $500!

http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.net/...ONT+WINDSHIELD

 

I thought the windshield in the R was lighter than those in the other models?

 

nope, same glass

 

I know the UK cars have thinner glass, but definitely not in the US. DOT would never have let that slide.

You'll have to raise hell to get Honda glass, but do it.

 

I have a friend in Houston that had a crack in his wind shield. He owns a Yellow 2000 R. He replaced it with a regular Integra wind shield and noticed the regular wind shield was thicker than the Type R wind shield. We had a little Type R meet and everyone had a chance to hear the difference, feel the difference (by knocking on it), and see a difference between the two.
There is a market difference between the Type R vs the regular Integra wind shield.

Fuminsho,

"I don't pretend to know all the facts, I just call'm like I see them. (plus about 8 other people at that time.)

 

Was his replaced with OEM Honda or aftermarket glass?

When a rock broke my windshield, I went to the dealer and checked part numbers for '00 Type R, '00 GS-R and the other DC2 Integra(s). It was the same Honda part number for all three.

 

Maybe like the way of the OEM ground effects kit.....they are no longer making the Type R wind sheild........ *shruggs sholders*

damn bean counters.........

 

Does anyone have the ITR brochure handy? I think I remember seeing the "lightened windscreen" in there maybe?

 

Not in the US for 2000, at the very least. That quote appeared in several UK magazines when they tested the Euro DC2R.


Pat, who had his OEM Honda windshield replaced with an OEM Honda windshield and checked DC2 part numbers for an hour

 

Yeah, I've had my windshield replaced as well, and at the time, confirmed that the Honda part number for the ITR glass is the same as the other Integras. It may be different in JDM land, but not the US versions.

 

I've been wondering, how strong is lexan??
How much weight would you save if you replaced all the windows with lexan??

Sorry this is OT

 

Ever notice why there is metal bar going down the middle of all the Nascar cars, some WC cars, and all the GT and GTS ALMS cars? Cause they all have lexan windshields. Lexan is weak and has a lower threshold to blowing out compared to glass. Not the case with the glass in windshields which is tempered and multilayered.

Oh one other thing I forgot...lexan scratches too easily. The windshield is replaced every race in Nascar if I'm not mistaken.




[Modified by 98LSTypeR, 8:51 AM 5/20/2002]

 

You're smoking crack. Lexan is much stronger than glass. Much more impact resistant. The bar down the middle of NASCARS is a recent (last couple years) addition for safety. I forget who it was, but someone had a tire hit directly on the windshield. I wanna say it was Dale Sr. but I forget. That's why the bar was installed there.

I cannnot speak on scratching.

 

But...ever notice has windshield glass does not blow out? It may shatter, but does not give. I may have worded it incorrectly on the strength part.

 

ALMS cars relace them not only every race, but during their enduros they hold. Lexan on a daily driven car will not last 2 weeks.

One day with the wipers on and forget it..