Could you guys help me out with this?

We are trying to figure out the best way to mount a window net in my car, the top mounting bar would be mounted to main hoop and the a-pillar leg, but I'm having troulbe figuring out what to mount the front lower bar to. The nascar bars are fairly low, so that the bottom of the net is noticably higher than the nascar bar, so if i wanted to run a tab from the nascar bar it would have to protrude fairly high up. How did you guys do it? Any pix?

Matt

 

I had a long post for the bottom of the net in the CRX, that fit into a holder on the A pillar bar...


Matt

 

Here is what I did

 

DR, any closer pix of that front bottom mount? Does it pivot down?

 

Here's mine:

 

My piper cage will be done tomorrow, woopie!!!!

 

Thanks for the help guys,

Adam, does that bar pivot down, or is it permament?

Matt

 

Maybe its the angle but I would have thought from your pic that our upper bars are roughly the same height.



(the front tab is hard to see but its against the front pad where they split)

 

Here's a solution on a CRX:



And a closer view:




Edit: Damn, gotta wash the inside of that door.




[Modified by Geezer, 1:09 PM 2/4/2003]

 

this might be one of those, "I like mine cause ... its mine" but I don't like the idea of those metal bars and hinges being on the inside of the cage. How mine was done was by fashioning the forwardmost bracket to the top of the bar not the inside - just my view point of-course but seems a lot less likely to become a wrist/forearm breaker.

 

Yes, the window net does swing down. Corey ... make sure to post some pics of your new cage .

 

I've done a lot of CRX cages and several variations of the lower net bar. Some I liked, others I didn't. You guys have shown some nice examples. If you don't want the forward vertical bar to the rod, I've done it with nylon/cloth seat belt webbing and it gives a bit more "give" without being weaker.

 

I have the same problem. I'm thinking about using thin steel cable (twine) and using eyelets on the ends. I'd wrap the cable around the door bar and crimp it together, then fasten the cable to the lower net rod ends with the eyelets. No welding or special brackets required.

 

Should have done a picture with the door closed. At the point the front mount is attached, the whole bar is inside the door cavity. If the mount were on top of the bar, the net would catch on the door. Anyway, wait 'till you see how buried in padding it'll all be when I'm through with it.

 

Chain with tie rod ends on either side of the bottom.







[Modified by sackdz, 3:41 PM 2/4/2003]

 

Ahh gotcha - I hadn't thought of that. Yeah, I get wigged out with the little 1/2" tab that sticks up on mine but figured the net itself would keep me out of contact.

 

Look at sackdz last picture. That's sorta what I'm thinking about (using less beefy hardware) for both ends. No bracket though. Just tie the cables to the door bar. It'll fall completely out of your way when not in use.

 

I brought this thread back instead of starting a new one. Who's got a GCR handy? What's the wording on the attachment hardware being all metal? Would a heavy gauge insulated speaker-type wire pass tech? I was at Home Depot and couldn't find the cable stuff I was looking for.

 

I really like the way Adam got the latch out of the way with that extended top bar.

John, I heard some simular rumblings about metal fasteners. But Scroth has a new new out that uses webbing to attach to the bars...

http://www.lockracewrks.com/Products...%20racing.html

window net - half way down page.....

 

Don't have the GCR handy, but I believe all it says is metal hardware must be used (zip ties unacceptable). I don't recall much in the way of elaboration.