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Originally Posted by synolimit
1. No it's not. Paper thin sheet metal the bars attached to is not up to standard! It was never engineered to be used like that. Make that bar 3" solid steel, it doesn't matter. Run a cable out your front window and pull at least 4G's on that bar, bet the sheet metal tears like paper.
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I actually completely disagree. The bar was very well engineered for this not to happen. All of the forces being applied to the bolts are in sheer, and the steel is 350mpa CDW roll cage tubing. If the lower bolts (M8, 130mm long, grade 12) and the spacers are used, the bar physically cannot pivot downward. Also, bolts actually replace OEM mounting points of the support bar to the frame(strongest points of the car), zero drilling/modifying needed.
Here are a few photos in the raw of the actual connection points. You'll see that they do not go into the "support bar" which is very thin which is not recommended to support harnesses, rather they go into the actual supporting joints to hold in the support bar which are much thicker. Also, they bar goes back far enough to fully be prevented from rotating downward in the event of an accident, so all of this talk about it rotating around in the event of an accident, is irrelevant.
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Originally Posted by redline10000
Yeah its right behind the seat but I don't think it limits how far you can recline. And if you have a bar what are you doing reclining back that far? :-)
Good point about the anchors being off centered, I didn't even notice that.
The mounting points arent perfect but I think they are better than that of the robi bar. I say that because those points are designed to be load bearing points and should be safe in a crash. If the bar is safe is a whole other question.
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Take a peak at the difference between the bar you posted and this one in the same raw stage. The bar is solid from end to end, and comes backward with sheer connection points focused on quality and safey.
