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10-26-2011, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: San Diego,
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I think all the headrest designs that attach them to the rollbar look horrible. If you want a head rest just put a Kirkey high back seat in the car. It's a race car with a license plate, putting a racing seat in there is the most natural looking way to go.
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10-26-2011, 08:08 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Carlsbad,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
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zzmac, I think they look great. They mesh with the shape of the rollbars.
If you can keep the mounting bracket inconspicuous and the price reasonable, I would consider them.
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10-26-2011, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 402R
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jhv48
zzmac, I think they look great. They mesh with the shape of the rollbars.
If you can keep the mounting bracket inconspicuous and the price reasonable, I would consider them.
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10-26-2011, 08:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chester Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 289 FIA #690, FRPP 427 Boss engine
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I like the look and the functionality. I worry more about my noggin cracking on the roll bar than about whiplash, although both are big concerns. When I had my accident in the coupe, it was a front end collision. I was wearing my harness, yet still hit the back of the kirkey seat after my head first snapped forward, then back. My wrists were sore where they gripped and twisted the steering wheel and the back of my head just slightly bruised where it hit the aluminum bead at the top of the kirkey seat. Obviously, a helmet would have prevented my head bruise, but who wears one on the street. The other concern was the roll cage. I used rollbar padding on all the bars as they are hidden under the roof of the coupe, but I think this is asthetically undesirable in my cobra. My point is that the rollbar is a hazard in any kind of accident and your head just inches from it. The pad needs to be far enough forward to protect against both whiplash and your head impacting the rollbar, solidly mounted so it doesn't move (no velcro), and look good. What you have meets the last, but not sure about the first two. Just my .02!
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10-26-2011, 08:32 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 402R
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The velcro bit was a joke started by a guy with padded rollbars.
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10-26-2011, 08:40 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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No, No, No...
Quote:
Originally Posted by zzmac
The velcro bit was a joke started by a guy with padded rollbars.
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Actually it was not a joke. Not too long ago a fellow Cobra Club member, who obviously is in the business of fabric/plastics/etc., sent me some custom Velcro strips that he had cut and sewn together on what looked like an industrial sewing machine of some sort. The idea was to see how well removable roll bar padding would look and whether it would hold up. Suffice to say that it was quite nice and much easier than the low profile zip ties that I'm currently using. It's very strong, and looks quite nice. If the idea is to have a headrest that's easily removable, I would not dismiss the Velcro notion summarily. Of course, that friendly member shall remain nameless unless he or she chooses to step forward.
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11-17-2011, 07:01 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Indigo Superformance MkIII. Ford 460, TKO600
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I have the Australian-style headrests, they look great but rub on the body with the seat right back. Within 3 weeks I was through to the glass and having to repaint so do not use them except for decoration.
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