Show Us Your Roll Bar
 

There seems to be quite a few people interested in roll bars regardless if they are for show or for go. I think it's worth noting from the beginning that not all roll bars are safe and that you should provide within your posting if the roll bar is a custom bar and if it can be certified to meet SCCA, NASA or other certification. For roll bars produced by a manufacture (auto shop) please let us know who they are, is it bolt on or welded and if the bar is or can be certified.


My bar is produced rpm rollbars and they state:

Look no further at so called NHRA/SCCA legal roll bars.
This is the only 100% welded, 100% legal, 100% removable, built to SFI standards, on the MARKET and in the INDUSTRY. We guarantee the bar will pass tech, or we'll buy it back!

5 Point NHRA Legal, including door swing out, with standard coating.
6 Point and 4 Point options are available along with SCCA and NASA cross bar.

Call Now to Order - 877-201-8910.

Looking good!

Is there plates on the underside to sandwich the body?

Awesome brother Bob..........:iagree:

-Clifford :tup:

Here is mine.

Yes, they attach to the frame.

Not if it is Korean....:p

Might be interested in this. I spent quite a bit of time talking to bullit and some of the Z1 guys last week about options. Any more info anywhere?

rpmrollbar.com

No thread is to dead to revive at least once. There has been some chatter on the forum about the need for a bolt in roll bar and specific references to the RPM roll bar. I contacted them to day to see if they are still producing bolt on 4 point roll bars for the the 370z. The person on the phone, Dave laughed and said yes we do, there is one sitting right in front of me ready to be powder coated. He was happy to here that there was discussion about there products and said if there was enough interest that he would do a group buy :tup:.

He provide the following information: The thing that seperates us is our bar is one piece tig welded. NO slip tubes or weak points. It can be had in a 4, 5, or 6pt. ANY color powder is included in the price. Mild steel (DOM) or 4130 chromoly.

Below are some pictures that he provided me for your viewing!!!

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whats the price on the 370z bar? standard color (black). doesn't say on the website

I did not ask him about cost, I think should be a one on one thing until he becomes a vendor and post up on the forum...sorry!

What did yours run? If you don't mind me asking :)

I would definitely be in on a group buy.. Perhaps a specific "group buy" thread should be started to get attention of others interested

I bought mine from a fellow forum member, but I will send you a PM.

I agree and I will see what Dave wants to do as I am just trying to facilitate an opportunity for the community.

looks great bro! :drool:

Thanks...

I will update when I get more information from RPM Rollbar!

How long will your car be at SZ? I am curious how much leg room you have to give up since I sit with my seat all the way back right now

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It will be there until the end of the month maybe longer. You have race seats so maybe 1 or 2 inches. The biggest thing that limits leg room is the reclining of the seat as the head rest will hit the top bar.

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RPM Rollbars has signed on a vendor and they are just awaiting approval and the formalities...:tup:

Nice but the rear mounting doesn't make sense. The fender well isn't exactly a strong point. Going to the upper tower would of been safer and better. Every Z cage I've seen goes there.

Yo dude, this picture is from someone's album and was posted in 2011...why is this relavent to the conversation at hand?

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Its also clearly a custom full cage. Big difference.

Bacause safety is relevant! Selling a cage stating its fully legal without testing and being different than every other cage built by professionals should bring up a red flag. I'm all for it but state a big warning disclosure. To me this isn't race worthy. God forbid someone get hurt. Mounting points to thin sheet metal even with a wide base won't last when it's your life in a roll over. The towers have 2 layers of the same thin metal (1 layer is the fender), plus a layer 3-4 times thicker, plus the same thick *** metal as a reenforcement bracket holding the tower to the frame! For the love of god look how thin that fender metal is! If a car rolled over and slide and the roof collapses and the roll bar catches that fender won't hold from keeping the main hood upright. Those mounts will punch right through like a knife through butter. Hell I can push my tinsnips through there and start cutting it out. The tower however is actual frame that you can see is almost 1/8" thick based on the bracket shown. I'm not dissing the builder. It just needs adjusted slightly higher to the tower is all. Simple simple fix.

Lol here's shovelmans build...guess where the main support hoops go? The towers. Anyone remember Spohn? Guess what? Tower.

Spohn

Mike

Doran for crying out loud and I believe the RC race car comes from Nissan with the cage already installed for $150,000! Show of hands who's smarter than a Nissan engineer?

You're talking about two totally different categories of people. Yes, the bar you're showing is very safe, well engineered, and probably four times the price. People looking this thread are not interested in spending that kind of money otherwise they wouldn't be looking at this thread.

This has turned into a thread about the RPM cages. People interested in these cages are more than likely comparing them to a harness bar. If you had a choice between a harness bar and the RPM cage, which would you rather have?

I'll bet you would take the RPM cage.

Hmmmm sounds like they stand by their product. I'm not going to argue over whether a custom built cage is safer than a bolt in cage, however if these guys can say "it will pass inspection or we'll give you your money back", that's a good starting point no? These look way safer than some of the garbage you see from china or japan.

:iagree: This and my intent was that others who had roll bars would post up and tell us about them, custom or otherwise. I think the reason no one has is because many are what you have posted, custom builds for straight up race cars. What many folks here are looking for is a reasonably price bolt on that would meet the standards of the sanctioning racing organization and/or would be useful for spirited driving. My assumption is that RPM is really the only one building a bolt on rollbar for our platform.

how much was the cage?

yes the first one is prob $3-4k but the others are in the $1000-1500 range. all im simply saying is make sure you say "its bolted to an unsafe, non-structural location" or just simply move the mount up a tad haha.

id rather bolt my belt to the cage, you're correct.

i think bolt in is plenty safe. thats why SCCA and NASA allow them. but they must bolt to the correct spots. ill have to read up on the SCCA hand book. i do believe they tell you where to go and how.

i agree. but i think the rear ones i showed like shovel, spohn and mike are just for street and HPDE days and only a little better than the RPM. i wouldnt call them race cars like Doran or the first one. ive said my piece, just want everyone to be aware and be safe.

No worries man, I'm not knocking your opinion regarding the safety of the roll bars that you have posted but none of those individuals have weighed in, or are on the forum, or willing to provide information on their design. One thing is for sure, is that if someone post up a roll bar or full cage, they will get scrutinized and the opinions on safety abound. Not a bad thing, just a thing...my only aim is to provide information about the bar I have and RPM I reached out to RPM simply to clarify a couple of questions that I had received from interested members and after speaking with Dave he wanted to provide those interested members the opportunity to purchase his product.

That will all be done in separate thread for sure. :p