what do you guys think about having a rollcage in your itr?

well.. maybe not for the daily drivers but.. for weekend + track days + whenever driver?

but car will see a lot of city driving

i was thinking of one with paddings. so i don't crack my head open on my cage. in case of an accident

and what's a good cage? or should i get them custom made?

 

i like the kirk cage goes all the way to the rear but you cant run back seats with the newer style design

 

I have the auto power and like it.

 

why do you want/need one?

lots of city driving = kind of scary with a cage.

 

Just get a roll bar, it improves safety if your just planning to run HPDEs and you don't have to worry about dieing in a low speed side impact.

 

Roll bar in my R....took it out though

 

i really would like to pick up an autopower. great price and safe

 

Custom fab at CSC Racing in Newmarket.



Currently it has all SFI padding all around.

 

Just out of curiousity Edwin, why bother padding the rear downbars?

 

I have an Autopower and it works for me

 

That one looks nice. Is this a bolt-on application or do you need welding?

 

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Usually roll bars are a bolt on thing. I believe all AP rollbars come in Black. White rocket got his painted..

 

Thanks for the info. I just got a theft recovered ITR Shell. I want to get some ideas before I start putting it back together.

 

I had a KIRK in my car and love it
by the way it is for sale aswell with padding and camera mount if you are interested

&lt;-probably going to sell his R

 

This was before i had it powdercoated nh-0 to match the caR

 

You guys should really be running padding on the bars.

I'd rather have my head look OK, then to have a cool looking painted rollbar. If you are going to run a rollbar for safety reasons then make sure you are using it safely. With no padding you might as well not have one.

And as far as driving with one on the street a 4pt rollbar is fine, but anything with halo bars or front A-pillar bars is not safe. So Autopower is the way to go, make sure you tell them to make it an inch or two higher if you are not running a headliner so that you reduce the chance of hitting it.

 

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x2!!!!!!

 

can you guys post pictures of how your harness' are mounted to the autopower roll bars

 

wrap around style.

 

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padding protects the 4 wheels and tires that fit nicely in there

 

i know this is a little differnt from the other rollbar set ups in here but heres mine right after the bar was put in, its got padding on it now.
the side bars have 2 little bends in them go go around the seats buy not hit the door panels. everything was built and installed by http://www.dominationchassis.com in pittsburgh.









my buddy has a full cage in his type r, to me its real cramped and i can see how someone can easily hit their head of the front bar and its even closer with padding. padded bar in the rear i wouldnt see a problem with daily driving but a full cage i wouldnt recommend it.

 

wow that custom one that goes over the rear seats is pretty cool

 

anyone have any other pics of the kirk 4/6-pt?

 

Don't get one if:

- You don't want to wear a helmet while driving
or Don't want to run super thick padding (which isn't as safe as a helmet anyways)


If you are not daily driving it and using it then definitely get the following:

- Bucket seat (non-reclinable = safer for many seats)
- Helmet
- Harness mounted in safe position

All the 3 go together, if you leave out the seat and just use the stock seat..
when you roll over the stock seats are designed to bend hinges in roll over so the driver tilts a little back and a little to the side.

If you leave out the harnesses, it's not too bad, but really bad if...


blah blah.. it gets complicated.
just get the things that keep your safety higher when you have a roll cage.

Wait, what was the question?

 

damn.. my car's gonna get dangerous .

i have momo tuner .. so.. = no air bag.. and removed the passenger airbag too.