Jeg's Rollbar done/pics
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Jeg's Rollbar done/pics I bought the Jeg's (CE) 6pt rollbar about a year ago, and finally got sick of the tech yelling at me to put it in. So in it went. My buddy Travis helped out a ton with the welding and measuring/cutting of this bar. This was both of our first time doing a rollbar install and I think it came out very good. Here are some pics of the install.
We did this over about 2.5 days, would have been less if the rain would have stopped(we did this outside
)
We left the carpet in the car
but had a huge welding blanket and stragetically placed wet towels to keep some danger down
The Jegs bar wasn't that bad, all the interior pieces fit back in
and things mounted up properly. If you have some time and a little skill, doing this bar on your own is very doable.
We didn't put the crossbar in because I have to put my 1 year old back there and this is my only car so the tech can accept the fact that its a street car.
J
We did this over about 2.5 days, would have been less if the rain would have stopped(we did this outside
)We left the carpet in the car
but had a huge welding blanket and stragetically placed wet towels to keep some danger downThe Jegs bar wasn't that bad, all the interior pieces fit back in
and things mounted up properly. If you have some time and a little skill, doing this bar on your own is very doable. We didn't put the crossbar in because I have to put my 1 year old back there and this is my only car so the tech can accept the fact that its a street car.
J
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Originally Posted by frcefed98
We didn't put the crossbar in because I have to put my 1 year old back there and this is my only car so the tech can accept the fact that its a street car.
J
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Nice install for it being both of you guys first time looks very proffesional, think it would have looked better painted black but the grey works well also goes with the interior. Nice job guys!!!
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Ryan J, the tech is pretty easy going, I've been running 11's for quite sometime now, and only in the past 8 months has he been getting on my case, but still let me run. Then he got tough this past month and made me do only 1/8mi passes and gave me two weeks to put it in so in it went.
Thanks for all the cool compliments, that really makes a project like this worthwhile.
J
Thanks for all the cool compliments, that really makes a project like this worthwhile.
J
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Originally Posted by WAHUSKER
That looks GREAT! Will the back seat still fit? I'll be needing one next year....
Bos, 550-944503K 8-Point Roll Bar Kit $149.99 (the d-bars I guess count as the other two points?) Plus 80 for freight.
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Looks really nice... 
I'll be trying to do my own cage in the near future (but I won't be doing the final welding, just the fitment/tack welding)...
I'm going with a cage from A.R.T. since they're somewhat local and shipping will be less. My sources tell me their stuff is top notch, too.
I'll be trying to do my own cage in the near future (but I won't be doing the final welding, just the fitment/tack welding)...
I'm going with a cage from A.R.T. since they're somewhat local and shipping will be less. My sources tell me their stuff is top notch, too.
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Thanks GeorgeC, Blur and Big Mike, you all have wicked nice cars, I just wish to have mine run as strong as them one day, I'm chipping away at it slowly but surely
As for the welding, my buddy Travis is pretty good with the MIG, and showed me how to lay a decent weld down in a short amount of time. With the both of us welding, it wasn't that bad at all. We tried to get things as close as possible so all was a tight fit. We just took our time and measured, remeasured and then remeasured again, then got out the level to make sure it was somewhat decent lol. I kinda botched the carpet cuts but it isn't that noticable. I was real intimidated by welding but got the hang of it right away and after a install like this I am comfortable with my lil mig welder.
Thanks guys,
J
As for the welding, my buddy Travis is pretty good with the MIG, and showed me how to lay a decent weld down in a short amount of time. With the both of us welding, it wasn't that bad at all. We tried to get things as close as possible so all was a tight fit. We just took our time and measured, remeasured and then remeasured again, then got out the level to make sure it was somewhat decent lol. I kinda botched the carpet cuts but it isn't that noticable. I was real intimidated by welding but got the hang of it right away and after a install like this I am comfortable with my lil mig welder.
Thanks guys,
J
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We didn't put the crossbar in because I have to put my 1 year old back there and this is my only car so the tech can accept the fact that its a street car.
J
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Looks like you guys did a pretty good job with the bar. The only negative comments I have are the obvious and thats with safety. There's a reason that crossbar is there and it isn't just for convienence. Putting that bar in without it was really no better than not having it in at all and if your track let's you run without it then thats pretty sad. Coming from someone who almost lost their life to a tragic car accident I can tell you your not only putting yourself at risk, but your child at risk which in my opinion shouldn't be in the back of that car with any kind of bar in it. My brother broke his arm just holding on to the bar (he was in the back) trying to brace himself for the impact that he got to witness first hand. Something you should think about and maybe ask yourself what's more important.
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Originally Posted by The Big Show
Looks like you guys did a pretty good job with the bar. The only negative comments I have are the obvious and thats with safety. There's a reason that crossbar is there and it isn't just for convienence. Putting that bar in without it was really no better than not having it in at all and if your track let's you run without it then thats pretty sad. Coming from someone who almost lost their life to a tragic car accident I can tell you your not only putting yourself at risk, but your child at risk which in my opinion shouldn't be in the back of that car with any kind of bar in it. My brother broke his arm just holding on to the bar (he was in the back) trying to brace himself for the impact that he got to witness first hand. Something you should think about and maybe ask yourself what's more important.
. Our track is lax when it comes to rules. They are cracking down though, which is probably why Jer had to get the rollbar installed. I believe they just got their NHRA license.
A rollbar is better than non at all.
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Originally Posted by -=Merlin=-
In Jeremys defense, he loves his kid more than anything in the world.
hence the deleted intermediate bar. Not only that, Travis was teasing him because he "drives like an old lady" which kinda shocked me consdering how quick his car is. He does 65 in a 75mph highway .
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Our track is lax when it comes to rules. They are cracking down though, which is probably why Jer had to get the rollbar installed. I believe they just got their NHRA license.
A rollbar is better than non at all.
A rollbar is better than non at all.
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Good Points big show, I will make it removeable, I know that it still won't be legal but it will be able to be put in and bolted to the main hoop. It has to be a compromise as this car is my daily driver(I feel a rollbar is a liability on the street where the vehicle spends 99% of its time hence the reason I didn't want it in). My son only goes in the car on emergency type trips if I don't have another vehicle available. We put the seat and childseat in the back and it doesn't come anywhere near the bars, couple this with the way the child seat ties down and its not going anywhere.......but if that crossbar was in there, it was in the line of sight of the seat. Very very good chance of impact if he was in the car at the time of an accident. But hey lets not bring this post to this, how does it look? The crossbar will be bolted in.
Thanks for looking out for my safety big show, it is appreciated
Merlin, want to help with a FMIC install?
J
Thanks for looking out for my safety big show, it is appreciated
Merlin, want to help with a FMIC install?
J