style bars.

m-lo · Postby **m-lo** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:22 pm

any opinions on style bars? do they make for safer topless driving if you managed to roll...or are they just for asthetics? i have a hard top so am i able to install one? AND finally any recommendations on where to's and how much.i saw some on ebay for sale and a few comments suggested they dont fit properly...any local brisvegas fitters?
cheers, m-lo

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:28 pm

Style bars have saved lives. or at very least help. You don't need certification & don't need to cobver them up with padding.
I personally don't believe the moustrap myth

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:43 am

npn4875 and I bought 2 from the US had them delivered and installed them on our cars for under $400. FOR 2!

We don't have hard tops but it fits fine under the soft top without rubbing. I am in brisbane if you want to try your hard top on my car to see if it fits. And yes I have the Frankenstein bolts on the outside, but not the ones near the soft top hinge. PM if you need any help.

Cheers,

Boags

PS - improved chassis rigidity was a side effect. :lol:

kitkat · Postby **kitkat** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:57 am

*waits silently for 99MXV and jules to see this thread and start raving about the ebay bling bars* :lol:

AJ · Postby AJ » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:06 am

*sits with kitkat*..........*offers him some popcorn* :lol:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:38 am

passes over the burbon to AJ & kitkat then looks in the popcorn bowl to see ife there is any some popcorm.....& waits.

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:53 am

The bars are not all created equal. Most of them on Ebay are knock offs or seconds. I have the same bar from the same supplier as Boags and it has one hoop (passenger side) higher than the other. The higher hoop on mine does just touch the soft top window zip and can be an annoyance at 100km/hr. Doesn't bother me because I have the top up once in every second blue moon. :mrgreen:

I put one on a friend's NB and it touches the soft top glass on one side. I've seen a lot of these Racing Beat type (knock offs/copies/seconds/whatever) and at least 70% of them are asymmetric. :frown:

It does stiffen up the car body, does not require any holes to be drilled, is easily removed and is big instant bling. However, seat back recline is restricted. :frown:

Will it save you in a rollover? Depends on how lucky you are. I guess the same goes for a \"proper\" roll bar. But unless you have a full harness on at the time I believe it's a raffle anyway.

Will it kill you in a rollover? Probably not, but if it isn't your lucky day.......

The hardest part about fitting them is cutting the plastic seat belt tower mouldings for a neat fit. Oh, and the nuts etc. that they come with are insufficient and crap. Budget another $5 or so for them.

Still want one :?:

m-lo · Postby **m-lo** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:01 am

i think i want one....but then again...mouse traps :shock:

,frankenstein bolts

, potential roof rubbing & wonky symmetry :roll:

... and instant bling! sign me up!

thanks y'all for the advice :mrgreen:

adfox · Postby **adfox** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:27 am

It's a real lottery with the ebay bars. Ours needed a fair amount of bending to make it mount up. One hoop is a few mm higher than the other. Ours clears the roof luckily.

arnimaniacs · Postby **arnimaniacs** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:38 pm

I bought two bars from ebay both touches the hard top but clears the soft top (NA 89 and 94) on the passenger side. Ended up taking it to a welder and cut both sides to make it lower.

Now it sits a clear 3cms. Alot of heartaches but super happy at the moment and much cheaper than the original heheh

http://www.aus-cartalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=20923

ma64rk · Postby **ma64rk** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:04 pm

kitkat wrote:*waits silently for 99MXV and jules to see this thread and start raving about the ebay bling bars*

he he he he he he he he :lol:

so cruel, but fair!!!

Any popcorn left????

jules · Postby **jules** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:45 pm

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