well, after reading all the debate about 5pt harness w/o rollover protection (which i was doing, and am no longer), where do i get a rollbar for my EG hatchback? i have a corbeau forza with Gforce 3" SFI 4pt harness, if you care.

i've seen the autopower kits for ITRs, but do they make a kit for the EG hatch? any help would be appreciated.

 

http://www.ioportracing.com

 

Ken will treat you well.

 

excellent guys!! thanks!

BTW, i'm looking at the "race" autopower kit. anyone have it? likes/dislikes?

 

Is that a bar or a cage? If it is a cage and your car is street driven I would shy away from it and go with a bar. A bare head - metal contact on the street won't feel real good.

 

it is a "bar"

it will be completely padded anyway, so i hope that will help w/passengers

i currently have a Y harness, where the shoulder straps connect behind the seat, and i then have that long strap bolted to the rear OEM seatbelt mount in the back (see pic). first off, is this legal? if so, is this setup something i should try to convert to the rollbar mount? or is this an OK setup for solo2, combined with a street bar?

 

up top ^

 

When you say "passengers" I'm assuming you mean you'll have people in the back seat (if you put one in). Please don't have anyone ride in the back seat if you have a rollbar.

 

the only passenger i'll have in the rear will be my young daughter strapped in a car seat. and that will be rarely. besides, from what i've read on the above linked site (I/O), it is possible for passengers to ride in the back with a rollbar that doesn't have a cross brace. as i said before, it would be completely padded.

 

You're kidding.... right?

 

I don't see a problem with that... ...unless, of course, he's one of these people who can't figure out how to properly secure a child seat.

... or were you going to tell him that she shouldn't be wearing a harness on the streets?

 

This is the bar you are talking about.....



I have this installed in my 92 Hatch and there is NO WAY I would every try and put someone in a back seat with that thing. (maybe that is because I don't have a backseat but that is beside the point!)

Rollbar + backseat passenger = uhhhh, I don't think so

- Nash

 

The previous post I replied to was regarding putting the child in the back seat with the roll bar cross tubes. For this, yes, I do see a problem.

$.02

 

obviously, i would end up getting the street bar, or optional removeable crossbars if i went with the race bar. c'mon, i'm not fricken stupid. i'm not going to have a passenger in there with a full cross bars. this is the one:

 

back up

 

Just FYI, the Autopower "race" rollbar is the one without a removable center section. Make sure you order the right one.

 

Does anyone have a picture of the "street" roll bar with the optional "removable" cross/harness brace?


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