At work I made one of these for my EG Hatch, out of 6061 aluminum. Just figured some of you might be interested that it did make the car feel more rigid and added a small bit more tail happiness. Now I have to find out where the new squeaks and creaks are coming from. Here is a link to the photos and below is one good pic of the bar installed if you are too lazy to follow the link
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=249728

 

very nice, want to make a few?

 

Owen,

Did it really make a difference above and beyond the cage?

Steve

 

Holy crap Owen, do you park that thing in the bay, the rust is unbelievable.

 

Upstate NY, impossible to find an eg around here that isnt rusted....
Looks good

 

nice fabrication

 

no doubt i had to fly to miami and drive my hatch back to buffalo.

oh and nice work, that looks good

 

kudos to you post some pics and info when you get the bottom tie bar done. here on me!

 

Very nice owen.

the homemade DA version...


made a difference for me.


[Modified by jonsteR, 6:33 PM 8/16/2002]

 

Yep, feels even more rigid around corners when there are bumps to go over.
That is just a 4pt Autopower race-rollbar model, not an entire cage.
Yes I plan on making a few more of these but this design does not allow the rear seatbelts to be used, so its a race model only, for me but for some other people.
Thanks guys, I had hoped it would turn out as well as it did


slowerthanu, quit pickin' on me! lol, I got no time or energy to fight that rust and clean the hatch hinges... also I have fears of switching to the "show" side of things when I clean my car , so I like to keep it extry-grubby

 

Nice work man

Miguel

 

How is line of sight in the rear view?