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06-11-2010, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pottstown (East Coventry),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Don't think I'll be getting a Cobra for a long time... Do have '94 RX-7 R2.
Posts: 2,336
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It would probably look a little prettier to have the padding go all the way down to the body.
It also seems like you could bump your head on the support bar. Why not pad that too.
Do you feel that the padding is adequate to protect your un-helmeted head?
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Originally Posted by patrickt
I thought you'd never ask.  Opulently appointed with Summit Racing padding and black electrical tape found in the basement. 
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06-11-2010, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1ntCobra
It would probably look a little prettier to have the padding go all the way down to the body.
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Maybe, but that would then be one notch above a truly half-ass job. 
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Originally Posted by 1ntCobra
It also seems like you could bump your head on the support bar. Why not pad that too.
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You can't... at least I don't think you can (and I've tried). I think if you get hit hard enough that your head goes through the round part of the roll bar and back in to the suport brace then the padding's not gonna help you anyway.... 
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Originally Posted by 1ntCobra
Do you feel that the padding is adequate to protect your un-helmeted head?
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Probably not, but it helps quite a bit on non-impact "head bangs." I can easily whack my head on my roll bar by just stretching my back muscles. Having that padding there makes a big difference on that type of hit. Regarding the look of padding/tape, it's kind of funny... I would say four out of ten people like it, four out of ten don't, and the other two don't give a shi* one way or the other. But I've been wrapping roll bars that way on my roadsters since I was 17 years old, and it makes me feel young just looking at it.  Besides, it irritates ERAChas....
Last edited by patrickt; 06-11-2010 at 10:47 AM..
Reason: typo
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06-11-2010, 10:57 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by patrickt
You can't... at least I don't think you can (and I've tried)
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Maybe one too many times.  |
06-11-2010, 10:57 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Originally Posted by RodKnock
Maybe one too many times. |
Alright, that was pretty funny. |
06-11-2010, 12:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 402R
Posts: 303
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Keep the pics coming...........
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06-11-2010, 12:41 PM
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Half-Ass Member
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by zzmac
Keep the pics coming...........
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Well... alright. A slightly different angle, that allows you to get a feel for the "texture" of the padding and tape. You gotta admit, fetching it indeed is.
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06-11-2010, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 402R
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Hey Patrick, no pics from the front? 
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06-11-2010, 07:56 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,029
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Well... alright. A slightly different angle, that allows you to get a feel for the "texture" of the padding and tape. You gotta admit, fetching it indeed is.
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And I thought I was ugly. 
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06-11-2010, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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I put the roll bar pad on the first time that I open tracked the car and it has stayed on ever since. Required at many tracks but it is a must for the street in my opinion. Its 1" Kirkey SFI approved held on with tie wraps.
Dick
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06-11-2010, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bethesda,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 6022, navy blue, period correct 427 SO
Posts: 2,154
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zzmac
Keep the pics coming...........
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Just go look at the padding on your house hot water pipes or A/C lines, wrap some black electrical tape around it and you should pretty much get the idea of how it will look.
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06-11-2010, 12:53 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dcdoug
Just go look at the padding on your house hot water pipes or A/C lines, wrap some black electrical tape around it and you should pretty much get the idea of how it will look. |
Aside from the all important stylistic choice of zip ties versus tape, I have to agree with you -- there's just not too much to it. |
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