Guys with wolfe roll bars and rear seats, come in!
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Guys with wolfe roll bars and rear seats, come in!
Really not sure where this should go, so if there is a better place for it then mods please feel free to move it. Anyway, it won't be for a while, but I am thinking of eventually getting a wolfe racecraft roll bar and would like to keep my rear seats usable if possible. As amazing as it may be, I actually use them I know the cross bar behind the front seat can present a challenge, but I was wondering if somebody (less than 6 ft tall of course, not a giant) can still sit back there without hitting their head against the rear bars? I've never seen one in person but in pics the clearance looks like it might be a tad close.
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The center bar is the one that's a problem. I am 5"9" and its a PITA to try and get into the back seat. You might as well take them out cause anyone you ask to sit back there will only do it once.
I have a Wolfe 6 point BTW
-Mike
I have a Wolfe 6 point BTW
-Mike
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Here's mine:
I have a simple 4-point set up, without the cross-bar. I know my car isn't NHRA legal, but it works for me on the street. I can recline the front seats all the way back, and access to the back seat is not hampered.
I didn't want the bars going through the speaker grills so I purchased a set of sail panels for an earlier model f-body (without the mutliple speaker option). I relocated the factory speakers to the rear of the new panels, and installed a set of grills that I found on E-Bay for $4.00.
I have a simple 4-point set up, without the cross-bar. I know my car isn't NHRA legal, but it works for me on the street. I can recline the front seats all the way back, and access to the back seat is not hampered.
I didn't want the bars going through the speaker grills so I purchased a set of sail panels for an earlier model f-body (without the mutliple speaker option). I relocated the factory speakers to the rear of the new panels, and installed a set of grills that I found on E-Bay for $4.00.
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Hey thanks for the responses. Zig Zag, I like your idea with the earlier model sail panels! It looks a hell of a lot cleaner than through the speaker grills. Now I just have one other question and that is if you have the type that hooks in on the deck behind the rear seats rather than through the interior panels is the same thing still true that only the harness bar is the issue? I'm just wondering because I notice on the ones that go through the interior panels the bars slant outwards instead of going straight back.
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Hey thanks for the responses. Zig Zag, I like your idea with the earlier model sail panels! It looks a hell of a lot cleaner than through the speaker grills. Now I just have one other question and that is if you have the type that hooks in on the deck behind the rear seats rather than through the interior panels is the same thing still true that only the harness bar is the issue? I'm just wondering because I notice on the ones that go through the interior panels the bars slant outwards instead of going straight back.
As far as the crossbar on the main hoop is concerned, you have 3 choices from Wolfe. #1 Welded in crossbar (renders the back seat useless), #2 Removable crossbar (not positive, but pretty sure it isn't NHRA legal), Also I am not sure if you can fully recline the front seats with the removable cross bar option, #3 no cross bar (definately against NHRA rules, but the back seat is accessable).
There are other companies other than Wolfe that make roll bars for F-Bodys. I have seen some where the rear bars that come off of the main hoop tie into the front of the rear wheel wells (and go through the area near the rear passenger compartment arm rests).
Hope this helps.
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here is a discussion from the Drag Racing Section about using a backseat with a 6 point
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...back-seat.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...back-seat.html
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Alright, thanks a lot for all the info and pics I know I am going to need a roll bar eventually and if it makes the back seat useless I will still do it, but I was more just wanting to know if its possible to have the rear seat functional. Looks like it kind of is, but barely, lol. And definitely not the safest.
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Alright, thanks a lot for all the info and pics I know I am going to need a roll bar eventually and if it makes the back seat useless I will still do it, but I was more just wanting to know if its possible to have the rear seat functional. Looks like it kind of is, but barely, lol. And definitely not the safest.
even if they were wearing a helmet in a serious crash i think they would still suffer life threatining head injuries.
yes the back seat is still definitely usable for anyone who is still "athletic" however i would not recommend it
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