What's the real deal with t top cars?
06-12-2007, 10:37 PM
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lol, i know that anything is possible, but i think the f-body has to be one of the hardest cars ever made to flip over. it sits like 4 inches off the ground, it's like 4 feet tall and is very wide in comparison to height.
06-12-2007, 10:44 PM
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most cars are test for 50-75mph.....
You own a f-body...so unless your doing 130 and flip...yea its unsafe... but tell me what car is safe at that speed?
honestly the % of you fliping a F-body is like 3% (i picked 3 over 1% because, us ls1 owners have a lead foot lol )
**comment about the head chopping window.. lol ouch! **
You own a f-body...so unless your doing 130 and flip...yea its unsafe... but tell me what car is safe at that speed?
honestly the % of you fliping a F-body is like 3% (i picked 3 over 1% because, us ls1 owners have a lead foot lol )
**comment about the head chopping window.. lol ouch! **
06-13-2007, 09:33 PM
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Going thru the glass tops is another issue. No I don't intend to flip my car. More the less these are reports I've gotten from a paralegal thru an attorney's office. Yeah they had plenty of cases of people going thru the glass tops.....
Another issue I've heard is when drag racing, something about the structural integrity of the body is decreased....
Another issue I've heard is when drag racing, something about the structural integrity of the body is decreased....
06-13-2007, 09:42 PM
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I have seen the older gen 3 t tops get torqued right off and fly up and shatter in the lanes when they land 
As for a person going up thru the t tops.. I am thinking they had other issues such as retardism for not wearing seatbelts.. or reatrdism for traelling at such high speeds the belts break.. shrugs.. just initial thoughts.. but from my crash experience those damn seatbelts kept me planted. Then again I was spinning rather than flipping
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As for a person going up thru the t tops.. I am thinking they had other issues such as retardism for not wearing seatbelts.. or reatrdism for traelling at such high speeds the belts break.. shrugs.. just initial thoughts.. but from my crash experience those damn seatbelts kept me planted. Then again I was spinning rather than flipping
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