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Just recently picked up a shadow 2 carry. Been a few years since I’ve had a P01 and I’m kinda leaning towards thinking a P01 is better for me than the S2 carry. Anyone who has both a P01 and shadow 2 carry, can you confirm that the P01 slide fits on the S2 carry frame? Maybe throw a picture in the comments? I’m just curious

For those of you wondering why I would prefer the P01. I went with the S2 carry for the optic mount and better slide ergos. Now that I have the pistol it kinda feels like a “big” small gun. I can’t fully explain it, and it’s not that I hate it, just for a daily use case I think the P01 is over all slimmer with a more sleek profile even when milled for an optic.

So I’ve narrowed down my niche size and feature set that I’d like in an everyday pack. BUT I need a bit more water resistance and durability than this bag. The bag pictured is a Vertx any day bag - https://vertx.com/products/any-day-backpack?srsltid=AfmBOop1uSTsIdVYBjOgU5CXuAzpxv4AtejXqL-BD996\_bdmi9lA52Xr.
Website linked so you can read more about it if you want.
It rains a good bit where I live, it’s humid as well and I tend to use my bags at theme parks and when I travel as well. So again a decent bit of durability, water resistant zippers, and external waterbottle holders are a must. A padded laptop sleeve or iPad sleeve is also nice but not a total must.
I ordered the vertex bag and carried it a few days and got heavily rained on and it soaked through which made me return the bag, otherwise I liked everything else about it. So any recommendations would be appreciated.

PPF’d the roof black, look dope but also park near a tree and Honda’s paint is kinda bad with sap and stuff.
Finally broke her in, changed oil and finally did a few WOT pulls. Meh it’s a 4 banger, I wasn’t expecting much. The saying “there is no replacement for displacement” kinda rings true here, but I knew what I was getting with this car and am still happy with the car overall. The suspension has broken in a bit, or at least I’m used to it. My friend still complained that it was very stiff.
First thing on my list to change is the steering wheel. I don’t like with how thin it is. Mugen wheel is on the way. Rubber “leather” shift boot has got to go too. Possibly thinking of retrofitting the integra type S knob and collar for an oem+ kinda look and feel. Very expensive though for no reason.
I think overall very basic bolt ons is where I’d end up with this car. Springs and wheels. Bit more cooling and airflow for the engine to wake things up a bit and then leave it there.

My initial thought are, I’m happy overall with the car. A million settings in the CTR I had to sit down and change that felt like nonsense, but I assume that all modern cars now. FWD is something I’m still getting used to. It’s not as “in your face” with this car as it is with some other, but I notice the subtle differences here and there. Interior is fine. Wish they had the racing black package in the states, I’m not crazy about red interiors. It’s slow in comparison but a lot more fun to live with day to day and in realistic driving conditions its power is fine. Could use a wee bit more for my personal tastes buts its fine. The M4 later in its life started to show its “BMW-ness” leaking diff, leaking oil pan, suspension bushing wearing out pretty quickly. Subframes have to be dropped for a surprising amount of repairs and it’s not cheap at all lol. I’m excited to enjoy this car, don’t plan to get crazy with it, but who knows. I’ve heard from a lot of friends the CTRs eat rear brakes if you drive in +R. I like the throttle response though so I guess I’ll budget for brakes. Great cars though, never owned a Honda before but if past type R’s are similar to this in anyway I can say I “get it” now.

I wish it shared similar dimensions to the cc9 like the length of pull, trigger guard undercut and an extended base plate that looks like it’s supposed to be there. I’m aware the flush mag has a pinky baseplate. I’d probably run that if I bought one. The CC9 is a tiny gun for babies that I can manage to hold and shoot just fine although it’s not fun. Just holding the VP9cc I can tell it’s just too small for me personally where it counts. Which is a shame because it looks so freakin good in comparison to the cc9. Maybe I need to try it with backstraps or something, I was only able to mess with it as it’s shown. I like the optic mount though. Maybe in 25 years HK will bless us with a vp9CC L that’s a smidge bigger for those of us that aren’t 4’11 and bake cookies in trees lololol

Just got my grit grips frame. Shipping took about 9 days from ordering to assembling. I got the stripped model and just plopped my oem parts into it. It has a completely factory fit and finish. Grit’s FDE looks nice although a little on the lighter side. I’m more of a fan of the coyote of the OEM. I might end up cerakoting darker to match better. But over all I’m very happy with the frame for the price. Good edc traction on the grip. I can’t “feel” the grip angle difference but I pick up the dot much more naturally so it makes a difference. No Glock knuckle thanks to the smooth undercut. I’ll take it out shooting next weekend. Well worth the money in my opinion.
Also was gonna try and squeeze a radian magwell on. Don’t know if it’ll fit or not though