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
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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..
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