Roll Bar install underway (pics)
no floor mats in the back but the frronts actually fit in quite well without cutting.....
I took out my rear seats completly seat belts, brackets, evertthing from the back. might put back in eventully but no one is riding back there so why have it in. Looking at a k-member to help offset the extra weight that was added with the bar.
I took out my rear seats completly seat belts, brackets, evertthing from the back. might put back in eventully but no one is riding back there so why have it in. Looking at a k-member to help offset the extra weight that was added with the bar.
Originally Posted by rule 7 ss
no floor mats in the back but the frronts actually fit in quite well without cutting.....
I took out my rear seats completly seat belts, brackets, evertthing from the back. might put back in eventully but no one is riding back there so why have it in. Looking at a k-member to help offset the extra weight that was added with the bar.
I took out my rear seats completly seat belts, brackets, evertthing from the back. might put back in eventully but no one is riding back there so why have it in. Looking at a k-member to help offset the extra weight that was added with the bar.
My daughter rides in the back, so the seats went back in right away. She is ten, and fits back there like the roll bar wasn't even there.
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Originally Posted by Brian2001SS
My daughter rides in the back, so the seats went back in right away. She is ten, and fits back there like the roll bar wasn't even there.
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looks great, i've been mulling putting one my my vert too. how tall are you? i'm 6'-3, and like my seat WAY back - where the seatbelt guide on the seat back is about an inch from touching the bulkhead. would i be losing any seat travel?
how intrusive are the removable door bars on these? also the removable seatbelt bar (or whatever you call the one behind the seats)? do the mounts for them stick out far enough to hit them in an accident?
i put a 4-point bar in my wife's 2000 Miata (now sold); hre are my impressions:
I put it in for safety concerns, and ended up really liking the looks of it when it was done, but the safety benefit was questionable. obviously it makes the car safer in a rollover, but other more common accidents became my concern. it was OK for her since it was behind the head restraint in her seat position, but actually reduced the safety for me because my head could've hit it if we got Tboned. there's a reason you wear a helmet in a racecar. it had a really nice looking but thin pad on it that matched the interior, but the pad also reduced the clearance to the top when putting it down.
i wouldn't put anyone in the back seat whose head came above the seatback. below that i think they would be safer than without the bar, above that and IMO they're worse off.
how intrusive are the removable door bars on these? also the removable seatbelt bar (or whatever you call the one behind the seats)? do the mounts for them stick out far enough to hit them in an accident?
i put a 4-point bar in my wife's 2000 Miata (now sold); hre are my impressions:
I put it in for safety concerns, and ended up really liking the looks of it when it was done, but the safety benefit was questionable. obviously it makes the car safer in a rollover, but other more common accidents became my concern. it was OK for her since it was behind the head restraint in her seat position, but actually reduced the safety for me because my head could've hit it if we got Tboned. there's a reason you wear a helmet in a racecar. it had a really nice looking but thin pad on it that matched the interior, but the pad also reduced the clearance to the top when putting it down.
i wouldn't put anyone in the back seat whose head came above the seatback. below that i think they would be safer than without the bar, above that and IMO they're worse off.
Originally Posted by Donny O.
that is part of my conscern is back seat usage as this is jsut a weekend family car for us so our kids have to use the back seat and i don't want it to interfer.....mostly I like the looks of a roll bar and the extra safety idea if the kids are going to be in there and something were to happen. any thoughts on padding the bars?
Originally Posted by tracetrimble
looks great, i've been mulling putting one my my vert too. how tall are you? i'm 6'-3, and like my seat WAY back - where the seatbelt guide on the seat back is about an inch from touching the bulkhead. would i be losing any seat travel?
how intrusive are the removable door bars on these? also the removable seatbelt bar (or whatever you call the one behind the seats)? do the mounts for them stick out far enough to hit them in an accident?
i put a 4-point bar in my wife's 2000 Miata (now sold); hre are my impressions:
I put it in for safety concerns, and ended up really liking the looks of it when it was done, but the safety benefit was questionable. obviously it makes the car safer in a rollover, but other more common accidents became my concern. it was OK for her since it was behind the head restraint in her seat position, but actually reduced the safety for me because my head could've hit it if we got Tboned. there's a reason you wear a helmet in a racecar. it had a really nice looking but thin pad on it that matched the interior, but the pad also reduced the clearance to the top when putting it down.
i wouldn't put anyone in the back seat whose head came above the seatback. below that i think they would be safer than without the bar, above that and IMO they're worse off.
how intrusive are the removable door bars on these? also the removable seatbelt bar (or whatever you call the one behind the seats)? do the mounts for them stick out far enough to hit them in an accident?
i put a 4-point bar in my wife's 2000 Miata (now sold); hre are my impressions:
I put it in for safety concerns, and ended up really liking the looks of it when it was done, but the safety benefit was questionable. obviously it makes the car safer in a rollover, but other more common accidents became my concern. it was OK for her since it was behind the head restraint in her seat position, but actually reduced the safety for me because my head could've hit it if we got Tboned. there's a reason you wear a helmet in a racecar. it had a really nice looking but thin pad on it that matched the interior, but the pad also reduced the clearance to the top when putting it down.
i wouldn't put anyone in the back seat whose head came above the seatback. below that i think they would be safer than without the bar, above that and IMO they're worse off.
)I am very happy with the fit, quality, and all the looks I get now since the install. I got some looks before, but now everyone stares at the car as I drive by.
