While a roll bar that fits under the stock roofline is not tall enough to
protect your head in a rollover, it does provide other very worthwhile
benifits, and unique drawbacks.
Adding the roll bar ties the body together and adds rigidity. I noticed an
improvement in handling and a reduction in body flex when I added the roll
bar. It is kind of like an oversized monte carlo bar for the rear!
I later removed the roll bar because of the following disadvantages. In
later Sprite/Midgets it takes up room, which is at a premium in our cars. I
lost valuable seat recline space, and in trying to get my seat back as far
as possible, the bar rubbed through the upholstery in the drivers seat.
Also, once fitted, a full tonneau cover is difficult to fit, and has to be
modified.
Just my .02
David Riker
davriker@pacbell.net
http://home.pacbell.net/davriker/
http://community.webshots.com/user/fool4mg
----- Original Message -----
From <DLancer7676 at cs.com>
To: <midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [midgetsprite] Re: Roll bar
> In a message dated 6/4/05 6:59:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> toyman@digitex.net writes:
>> Your seat belt/harness, no matter HOW good it is, will stretch under your
>> weight, allowing your head to contact the road surface. I have no
>> personal
>> experience with this, but just ask WST about when he flipped the Rat
>> Bastard.
>
> My son is a police officer and he worked a wreck where a jeep with a roll
> bar
> flipped and the seat belt stretched enough to trap the drivers head and
> neck
> between it and the roll bar. Severed the head.
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