Brown Davis Vs. MX5plus

Postby **Okibi** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:21 am

Their username is Browndavis so that's a good sign.

There was some copies floating about awhile ago:
http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=42906

Best thing is to contact Brown Davis and get them to confirm they're genuine.

Brown Davis
47 Holloway Drive, Bayswater, Victoria, Australia 3153
Ph: +61 (3) 9762 8722 - Fax: +61 (3) 9762 9829

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:41 am

That would be them, note that it doesn't include powder-coating so it works out at the same price as normal.

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:48 pm

Oh, my mistake. Thanks, Dupain.
That is a very very good price indeed.

OZChris · Postby **OZChris** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:58 pm

Great price, bugger I was thinking of selling mine

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:02 pm

Brown Davis NB on gumtree. No affiliation.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/sunshine ... 1052327098

Richard.

shuey · Postby **shuey** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:36 pm

... hmm, just waiting for the next MX5+ sale on them roll-bars

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:46 pm

Dupain wrote:Anybody find the vinyl of the back of the head rest rubbing against the bar annoying?

Yes really annoying. Really really annoying. I have to move my seat forward to stop it and that puts me in an uncomfortable position but you get used to it after a few weeks and now it feels normal.
I almost chopped mine up and re-welded it a inch further back and a bit lower but it all got to hard so I gave up and put up with it.
I will be taking mine out soon as can't realty see the use if I'm too much of a puss puss to track it.
They do look cool though.

shuey wrote:... hmm, just waiting for the next MX5+ sale on them roll-bars

Mx5 + bars are even worse and put you even more forward. Not really a problem though if your running a Sparco V though. They are really small seats and give you a fair bit more room but Jesus as an everyday seat they are awful.
Sorry about the rant. I'm old and cranky today.

Richard.

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:02 pm

I thought the standard MX5+ bars allowed more room than a BD? The Tall Boy is set forward. Could be wrong ...

Nevyn72 · Postby **Nevyn72** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:07 pm

KevGoat wrote:I thought the standard MX5+ bars allowed more room than a BD? The Tall Boy is set forward. Could be wrong ...

Tall version interferes with the seat, short versions and twin hoop don't. :wink:

ManiacLachy · Postby **ManiacLachy** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:46 am

shuey wrote:... hmm, just waiting for the next MX5+ sale on them roll-bars

You and me both ;)

kazama · Postby **kazama** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:19 pm

If only someone offered a sort of elongated (ugly) roof hardtop, so we could mount the rollbars further back and higher

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:43 pm

Did you ever see Mark (Dweezle's) Conehead hard top?

The American · Postby **The American** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:59 am

I've now had the experience of fitting an AGI bar and an MX5+ tall boy bar. I'm 6'5".

The AGI bar is more difficult due to the long bolts that go through the bulk head and through a cavity to the underside of the car. It's difficult to get the bolt holes top and bottom aligned, and I ended up with extra large holes at the bottom. I like the secondary bracket that attaches under the parcel shelf and supports the rear stays, so that they are not relying only on the sheet metal of the parcel shelf alone. A Sparco Sprint V on factory rails still put my helmet at or above bar height. Seat travel was restricted, by contact with the seat at the side of the headrest/wing. I found that the uprightness of the Sprint V meant that I did not need the full travel to find the right roof-off driving position. I never found the upright position very comfortable, and harness straps over my shoulders went down to the harness mount points at too sharp an angle.

The Mx5+ tall boy was much easier to install. The only tricky bit was getting a captive nut inside the seat belt tower to remain captive. If your car had a factory brace between seat belt towers, you should already have a captive nut installed and this issue is eliminated. When doing the final install of the bar (seat belt and trim reinstalled) the silastic I'd used to hold this nut in place failed, and I had to remove the bar, trim and seat belt and re-glue it. This will happen every time the bar is removed/refitted, unless you have some pretty impressive sticky stuff.
I've got a Sprint V on Garage Star rails with the Mx5+ tall boy bar. The rails, and not the bar, are the current limitation on seat travel. My helmet will still poke slightly above bar height.

The MX5+ bar can be easily complianced in QLD (not sure about other states).