The S2000's factory mirrors are one of the platform's most consistently flagged weak points. The housings are small and the factory glass runs a 1400R curvature, tight enough that a genuine aftermarket market exists just for wider-angle replacement mirrors to cover the blind spot the factory setup leaves behind. This set swaps that in for 1000R glass, a smaller radius means more curvature and a meaningfully wider field of view, addressing the actual complaint rather than just changing the color.
There's also the roadster factor. These cars spend real time with the top down and see more direct sun, rain, and humidity at the mirror than a coupe would. Water-repellent and anti-fog treatment isn't a nice-to-have here, it's dealing with conditions this specific car is built to be exposed to.
And these cars are old now, most S2000s on the road are 17 to 26 years old. If your factory mirror heating element has degraded or your car never had heated mirrors to begin with, this set brings that back regardless of original spec, useful for anyone tracking or daily-driving through fall and winter.
The blue tint itself isn't just cosmetic either: it cuts glare from modern LED and HID headlights behind you, which matters more today than when this car was new, since S2000s are now sharing the road with far brighter headlights than 2000-2009 traffic had.
Installation
This set drops into the factory mirror housing, no special tools or trim removal beyond what a standard mirror glass swap requires. The mirror glass itself is a straightforward DIY job.
The heating element is the one part worth doing right. It needs to be wired through a relay rather than tapped directly into a constant 12V source, this is standard practice for any mirror or rear-defroster heating circuit, since these are designed to run on intermittent power rather than staying on continuously. The cleanest setup ties the new heating circuit into your factory rear defroster switch, so one press activates both mirror and rear glass heating together and shuts off automatically on the same timer your car already uses. If you're comfortable with basic automotive wiring this is a manageable job; otherwise any shop that's done a heated mirror retrofit before will have this done quickly.
