Roll Bar Question

[Lil bastard]

Originally Posted by coreseller

... My friend got a little careless... went off the side of the mountain, hitting a tree while airborn... flipped the car sliding down the hillside 100 ft or so.

A little careless...?? What's a lot careless...? LOL

[jmatta]

Why not just sell the car and buy a Cayman? It sounds as though that's what you are trying to turn the Box into anyway. Maybe it's a matter of dollars, but the difference can't be that much; plus you'd get a 3.4 in the trade.

[renzop]

If your car rolls over (and I hope it does not) the roll bar will save your life even if your head sticks up above it. Surely you have seen enough crash test footage to realize that in a violent accident the human body is thrown around pretty violently even with seat belts and air bags. The roll bar is meant to keep the pavement from leveling the top of the car. Your head and thorax will move enough that you need not worry about being a few inches above it. Without the roll bar in a rollover the entire car will end up the height of the windshield wipers. Do not remove the rollbar. You would be an idiot if you did. (I am purposely being insulting because I do not want you to even think about doing it).

Regards,
Alan

[Jaxonalden]

Releese78,

As for removing your top and storing it, I'd suggest storing it the same way you store any car with a convertible top, with the top extended an taunt.

[releese78]

Thanks for all the input, you all made some great points. I've decided to keep the roll bar. I'm not quite sure about the top yet though.