Black Pipes or Not?

[Springbok]

Originally Posted by Buzz

You've got the Photoshop skills to experiment with the look so pick the one you want and don't look back. Others will have different opinions but you're the one driving the car.

As for opinions - for me, I'd say ditch the second roll bar - its an eyesore and more of a hazard than anything else unless you make your significant passenger wear a helmet. But that's only one man's opinion and you know what they say about opinions... Do what you think looks best. Enjoy the heck out of your Cobra!

How is the second roll bar a hazard? My daughter is 12, my son is 14 and my lady won't ride in the car without it. I also don't drive it hard on the street, thats what tracks are for.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Springbok

How is the second roll bar a hazard? My daughter is 12, my son is 14 and my lady won't ride in the car without it. I also don't drive it hard on the street, thats what tracks are for.

In an accident where whiplash occurs, an unprotected head will likely impact the roll bar. Wearing a helmet and padding the roll bar will kinda help. Of course, there's zero side impact protection and no front or rear crumple zones, so the car is completely unsafe, especially with 24-42 gallons of gas right behind the cockpit. So the 2nd roll bar is really just there to make driver and occupants feel better about the decision to drive the car on the road.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Of course, there's zero side impact protection and no front or rear crumple zones, so the car is completely unsafe, especially with 24-42 gallons of gas right behind the cockpit. So the 2nd roll bar is really just there to make driver and occupants feel better about the decision to drive the car on the road.

OK - now I understand the low use on your Kirkham.

Actually, I'm pretty paranoid driving mine, sometimes feel I could die at any moment due to a distracted driver.

[Jaydee]

I'd prefer black otherwise chrome, Not dull silver. I painted my wheels fake silver chrome when I was 16, some one laughed at me at the traffic lights.
JD

[1795]

That's the nice thing about these cars being loud; it is more difficult to miss these small cars because you hear them coming a mile away

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by DanEC

OK - now I understand the low use on your Kirkham.

Actually, I'm pretty paranoid driving mine, sometimes feel I could die at any moment due to a distracted driver.

RodKnock is right about the roll bars. On the street, an unpadded roll bar is more dangerous than no roll bar at all. When I think back on all the Cobra accidents we've had on here for the last decade, I can only think of one street roll over (and it was more of a "roll on to the side"). OTOH, I can think of a couple of front end, and rear end, pops where the occupants whacked their heads in to the roll bar. I can remember one where the guy hit the curb in front of the country club and the BFT to the head put him in the ER. Remember, BFT is a BFD.