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rolfe said: Thanks Trevor but will it fit a 92? Steve Heaths book suggests that the mountings may not be there!
have you checked with your insurer as they wanted to add an extra £200 to put in a rollbar as a mod
whereas replacing suspension with nitrons is not considered a mod as they are physically the same
rolfe said: Thanks for that but they are charging a lot of money for a relatively simple bar!
A fair amount of thought and presumably development work must have gone into the Tower View/Rollcentre bar. The biggest benefit that I can see is that the bar is kept away from your head minimising the risk of getting it smacked in the event of a shunt on the road (more likely than rolling your car). The extra £100 is money well spent I think (unless you can get a s/hand Rollcentre bar).
I have just got a "TVR" roll-bar from Team ProActive, I was under the impression that my car a 4.3 Griff (92) would have the mounting points but no shutch luck. I now have a problem ,How do I fix the bar to the rear Chassis, the front mounting will fit through the seat belt mounts.
Any help would be welcome.
Any help would be welcome.
43scotty said: I have just got a "TVR" roll-bar from Team ProActive, I was under the impression that my car a 4.3 Griff (92) would have the mounting points but no shutch luck. I now have a problem ,How do I fix the bar to the rear Chassis, the front mounting will fit through the seat belt mounts.
Any help would be welcome.
You can't. You have to lift/remove the body and weld the mounts onto the chassis. Better off getting your money back and getting the Tower View one that doesn't rely on those mounts.
The TVR one is also cosmetic use only.
>> Edited by shpub on Thursday 22 May 09:17
rolfe said: Steve,
The tower bar is not approved. They Quote:
While not MSA certified or tested, they are made using the same techniques and design recommendations and with the added benefit of Rollcentre's many years experience.
Agreed and I didn't say that it was. However a lot more thought and care went into its design to ensure that it was a capable design. As the cost of certification and testing is pretty high, the next best thing is to get the bar made on the same production lines, get it designed by Martin Short who know the safety implications and have been working on roll cages for many many years and follow the MSA guidelines as stated in the Blue Book (20 pages or what not to do when making a roll bar).
The Factory bar fittings do not meet MSA recommendations. The bar is located contrary to MSA guidelines and the bar is simply a bit of bent steel. Tower View/Rollcentre actually bought one to see if it was suitable but Martin's feedback was unprintable.
Your choice in the end. There is more to roll bar design than simply bending a bit of steel tube and sticking it somewhere behind the seats.
I've got a 'factory' roll bar, fitted to my Griff 500, and have often considered upgrading, because, as Steve says, it's not the proper job.
Having said all that though, when it was fitted, you could immediately feel how much stiffer the rear of the chassis was.
And anyway, aren't we a bunch of wimps fretting about roll bars anyway? Did Fangio bother about that, or Moss, Hawthorn, Nuvolari...... (just joking!)
Having said all that though, when it was fitted, you could immediately feel how much stiffer the rear of the chassis was.
And anyway, aren't we a bunch of wimps fretting about roll bars anyway? Did Fangio bother about that, or Moss, Hawthorn, Nuvolari...... (just joking!)
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