I have race buckets in my vert and as you can imagine i want harnesses for them.Must i install a whole roll cage setup or is there a simpler vert system that you guys use.Also what brand do you have and what did parts and install cost,if you did it yourself how many hours did the install/prep take?Thankyou
Show me your vert roll bars/cages
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hamonkeiser
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8 oint bar with swing out doors from S&W http://swracecars.com. They make a kit for mustang convertibles. I think I payed about $600 for the bars, swing out kit & to have them welded in.
ryan218
In just 10 years, I'll be old enough to drive!!!!
8 oint bar with swing out doors from S&W http://swracecars.com. They make a kit for mustang convertibles. I think I payed about $600 for the bars, swing out kit & to have them welded in.
600 total? for everything?
can you post more pics of your vert? i really like it.
hamonkeiser
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Yeah it was about $600. The 8 point roll bar from S&W is $170 for mild steel ($399 for moly), $70 swing out kit ($35 per side) + shipping & welding.
The top clears the top hoop with no problem. I ran the cross brace even with the rear seat so I can still use the back seat & the rear braces run right between the ends of the rear seat & the quarter trim panels (just notch the metal bracing on the rear of the seat to clear the bars). I can get some pictures this weekend of you want to give you a better idea. I have the interior out of the car right now because I'm recovering the door panels & 1/4 trim.
The top clears the top hoop with no problem. I ran the cross brace even with the rear seat so I can still use the back seat & the rear braces run right between the ends of the rear seat & the quarter trim panels (just notch the metal bracing on the rear of the seat to clear the bars). I can get some pictures this weekend of you want to give you a better idea. I have the interior out of the car right now because I'm recovering the door panels & 1/4 trim.
hamonkeiser
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are your front seats completely back? I am contemplating a roll bar, but I want my head to clear it for obvious reasons.
grey5.0beast
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ryan218
In just 10 years, I'll be old enough to drive!!!!
as soon as my car needs on me too... is it 13.49 or 13.99 a vert nees a cage?
dls322
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I'm pretty sure my local track (Maple Grove) is 13.49. I know my 4 point bar won't pass.
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13.9 to my knowledge. I dont even plan on racing and I am getting one. asides from tying the weak assed frame together, it will go a long way towards saving me or my kids if the car flipped in a wreck.
hamonkeiser
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It's 13.99 at Maple Grove, that's why I had the roll bar put in. You need atleast a 6 point.
dls322
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I actually just called them. They said 13.49 is the standard. They also mentioned that if your in the 13's a 4 point would be ok, but they would like a 6 point. Anything faster than 13 defiantly requires it.
I was wondering because i had times in the high 13's before there and no one said anything.
hamonkeiser
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It must have changed, it used to be 13.99 for the bar & a cage for faster than 11.99. That was 2 years ago.
grey5.0beast
Cookies should never be DUNKED!!!
Yup it changed last year to 13.49, either way I will be running high 13s soon on a tire and low-mid 12s on spray.
Btw roll bars , especially door bars can be very dangerous on the street, they can cut you in half if you are t-boned. I'll take out my door bars on the street.
Btw roll bars , especially door bars can be very dangerous on the street, they can cut you in half if you are t-boned. I'll take out my door bars on the street.
ryan218
In just 10 years, I'll be old enough to drive!!!!
i never seen anyone get cut in half but i have seen people get pined in the car and crushed becasue of them....!!
