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zzmac 10-21-2011 10:24 AM
Looking For Passenger Side Roll Bar
 
Does anyone have one for sale? If not, where's the best place to buy one, Hillbank? I remember someone saying a new rollbar they had bought had a slight yellow tinge to the chrome and didn't match the original. Any experience or thoughts about this. I'm not sure if my rollbar is chromed or stainless steel. It's a 2005 SPF.

patrickt 10-21-2011 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by zzmac (Post 1157737)
Does anyone have one for sale? If not, where's the best place to buy one, Hillbank? I remember someone saying a new rollbar they had bought had a slight yellow tinge to the chrome and didn't match the original. Any experience or thoughts about this. I'm not sure if my rollbar is chromed or stainless steel. It's a 2005 SPF.
You are obviously a disciminating Cobra driver and have exceptionally good taste.:cool: Remember though that you have to have the mounts for the passenger side roll bar to make it something more than cosmetic. I don't know if SPF has those built in but I had to have ERA custom fab it all for me.

zzmac 10-21-2011 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 1157745)
You are obviously a disciminating Cobra driver and have exceptionally good taste.:cool: Remember though that you have to have the mounts for the passenger side roll bar to make it something more than cosmetic. I don't know if SPF has those built in but I had to have ERA custom fab it all for me.
I am humbled by your remarks especially coming from someone with such style. :cool:

I was told by someone 2-3 years ago that the newer model SPFs have everything in place for a straight bolt in. Is this not correct?

patrickt 10-21-2011 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by zzmac (Post 1157749)
I was told by someone 2-3 years ago that the newer model SPFs have everything in place for a straight bolt in. Is this not correct?
I don't know the answer to that, but if it's not already done then it's a slight PITA. If nobody posts an answer here then log in to the SCOF and post it there.

DSM351 10-21-2011 11:02 AM
Olthoff would definitely have one:
Parts and Accessories
I would recommend measuring TWICE before cutting the hole in the deck!!! ;-)

Dimis 10-21-2011 02:07 PM
I'll bet you the mounts are there... Due to the RHD SPF market o/s.;)
You got to remember SPFs are not custom made but factory built, so this would be built into the assembly line.

Just my 2 cent

Blas 10-21-2011 02:15 PM
The body mountings should be in place, I have a procedure for installation I can send you...
I'm awaiting your email on the other question...

rodneym 10-21-2011 03:06 PM
I must admit I'm getting a little misty eyed. Was that an olive branch Patrick was extending? Next stop, the Middle East!

I just showed a lady friend a picture of my Cobra. First thing she said was, "Only one rollbar?" I guess I'm not gonna be a passenger when she drives. :p

The things men will do...

2Torqued 10-23-2011 12:32 PM
I was thinking of installing one too. My GF keeps bugging me "Wheres my role bar?" She some times wont ride with me because she doesn't feel safe. Al tho this might be a good thing.

patrickt 10-23-2011 02:44 PM
FWIW, the only time/place I have ever heard a disparaging word about my two, padded roll bars is this forum right here.:LOL: Everybody else tends to like them.;)

Buzz 10-23-2011 02:47 PM
Do some research on roll bars that you can touch with your head.
 
Tell her the truth is, she's safer without the roll bar. On the street a rollover accident is very unlikely unless you really drive with a deathwish. The type of accidents you are likely to have involve spinning out and striking an immovable object or some other form of collision. In these cases, your head is swinging around a lot and a rollbar is just something waiting to bludgeon your skull with blunt force trauma. Roll bars are designed to work on a racetrack in conjunction with a crash helmet and other safety equipment.
Street Cobras had no rollbars. Competition models had only one because while racing, you don't often have a passenger. The modern trend of adding multiple roll bars for passengers' unprotected heads is based on misinformation.

patrickt 10-23-2011 02:59 PM
I think Buzz is right. If it's purely a street car, driven reasonably responsibly, then either pad them or take them off. There have been more blunt force trauma incidents that I can remember than there have been flips on the street. The ERA down in Texas year before last that got flipped while showing off on a test drive comes to mind, but I don't recall the specifics of how that happened. I do remember everybody seemed to "clam up" about it after it occurred.%/

twobjshelbys 10-23-2011 04:01 PM
But a passenger side roll bar will provide a safe place to attach the shoulder harnesses on the passenger side. Much more structural than that little dinky tube running across the back.

zzmac 10-23-2011 04:29 PM
I'm planning on designing custom headrests so as to avoid skull fractures on the roll bars. :)


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