N*PoWER style bars

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N*PoWER style bars

Postby Tezzax5 » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:52 pm

Just wondering if anyone has done a comparison between n*power stylebars and the ones sold on fleebay from western aus?

Or do i just save my pennies and just get a rollbar..

Whatever i do i want to be able to go back to OEM if i so desire...I really don't want to hack up the car..

I've done searches on the forum but what i want is close up pics of the actual install for both style and roll bars...couldn't find any clear pics?

thanks

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Postby AJ » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:05 pm

the fleebay one requires some judicious hacking terry :?
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Postby Captain Spank » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:33 pm

I have the N*power on mine. I found it a bit of a bitch to install. But that's only because I'd never done it before. Best advice I got was from TP13SS (formally MX5_boy, then formally known as Prince, then formally known as the Symbol :P ). He had a similar style bar and I got some insight off both him & his website to give me a general idea on the install.

http://www.malibugold.co.nr

I still had to hack mine regardless. Just used a hacksaw & a decent rounded file to smooth it out a bit, you will need to remove the seatbelt to get into the area to bolt it all up to.

Here's a pic of mine I took just for you just now (yes you are special :wink: )

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Should help give you some insight.

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Postby qikshift » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:08 pm

get a BD rollbar ;)

Captain Spank wrote:I have the N*power on mine. I found it a bit of a bitch to install. But that's only because I'd never done it before. Best advice I got was from TP13SS (formally MX5_boy, then formally known as Prince, then formally known as the Symbol :P ). He had a similar style bar and I got some insight off both him & his website to give me a general idea on the install.

http://www.malibugold.co.nr

I still had to hack mine regardless. Just used a hacksaw & a decent rounded file to smooth it out a bit, you will need to remove the seatbelt to get into the area to bolt it all up to.

Here's a pic of mine I took just for you just now (yes you are special :wink: )

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Should help give you some insight.

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Postby Alex » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:49 pm

yea, get the BD it looks neater than that, well at least mine does
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Postby 99MXV » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:51 pm

No hacking with Jules and My FLEEBAY ones.... We ordered direct from the US though.

Nice neat easy install... only heard of a couple of issues.

With the $$$ up.. they'd be around $200 landed now.

I'd buy another for my NB when I get it back :)
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Postby Craig » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:07 pm

I bought mine second hand but it was dead easy to instal as it just used to 2 bolt holes on the side that the windblocker uses! :mrgreen:
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Postby marcusus » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:49 pm

Craig wrote:I bought mine second hand but it was dead easy to instal as it just used to 2 bolt holes on the side that the windblocker uses! :mrgreen:

Good old factory style bars :mrgreen:
Speaking of, you don't have yours mounted with the actual windlbocker hey? Have you got the screen?

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Postby Craig » Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:25 am

Not factory, it's a chromed copy. Yes the windblocker is still there and is up all the time which is fine as I'm tall enough to still lift the roof up! 8)

I'll take some pics to show you. :P
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Postby Tezzax5 » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:13 am

Craig can you show a pic of how it is bolted in...? please

And to the others thanks for giving me a little more insight into what i'm trying to achieve..

Brissie club has a track day coming up so i'm going to have a nosey around as to what some of the locals are doing...

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Postby Steampunk » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:25 am

I'm probably gonna get hunted down for sport for this comment but seeing that most of the posters are interstate .....
keep in mind Tez that these bars are for show only. I wanted one myself, but after researching UK and US forums extensively, word is ... IF you have a rollover (and don't say it doesn't happen) then these bars can become a \"mouse-trap\". Enough said.
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THIS is what I want:
http://www.bossfrog.biz/m-double.htm

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Postby Captain Spank » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:02 pm

Damn 1red5 that's a nice bar. Even I'm tempted to get one of those.
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Postby Steampunk » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:31 pm

Captain Spank wrote:Damn 1red5 that's a nice bar. Even I'm tempted to get one of those.


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Postby Fatty » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:43 pm

yeah those boss frog bars look great i reckon. iirc one of the guys in the vic club has one on his car.

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