Make Your Porsche Cayman Safer for Motorsports Action

Protects the driver if the Porsche Cayman flips while also providing a place to mount a racing harness.

While flipping through the Rennlist Marketplace, we came across this lightly-used roll bar/harness bar for a 981 Porsche Cayman. This piece was listed by forum sponsor RaceDevelopmentCenter, who posted it for sale after removing it from a customer’s car. It was only used for about a thousand miles and it appears to be in great shape, but best of all, it is considerably less expensive than when it was new, giving our members a chance to score a great piece of safety equipment for a fraction of the initial price.

The Introduction

When the representative from Rennsport-One listed this harness bar/roll bar for a 981-era Porsche Cayman, he offered a brief explanation of why the shop was selling this used piece while also including the details from GMG, the manufacturer of the bar.

“We just removed this from a customer car that was used lightly for about 1000 miles. Attached photos below of the actual item for sale. We are willing to powdercoat this any color upon request and will bill customer our cost.”

Product description from GMG:
A GMG original design, our 981 World Challenge Harness/Rollbar is a great option for those looking to track their GT4 or Cayman. It is made of 4130 Chrome-Moly Steel Tubing that has been TIG welded and normalized for superior strength and rigidity. The GMG World Challenge Harness/Roll Bar is designed to work with standard reclining seats or racing fixed back seats.

The bar is designed to be minimally invasive while still integrating many features. The cross brace, which sits just behind the seats, is positioned in a way so as to not require cutting into the bolster hump between the seats. By keeping the bar one continuous piece we have avoided compromising the structural support it adds to the main hoop. The main hoop mounts to the seat belt anchor positions while the rear section bolts down directly on the rear strut towers (doubling as an added support for the rear coilovers). Trimming of the rear strut tower caps will be required (templates are provided).

Standard finish is a durable Satin Black powdercoating. However, we offer a number of custom colors to match your styling needs. Please allow for an increased lead time for custom colors.

Highlights:
-Minimally invasive design while simultaneously added
-TIG welded out of precision cut and formed US-made 4130 Chromoly Steel Tubing
-Provides a mounting point for clip-in harnesses.

Vehicle Fitment:
-2014-2016 Porsche (981) Cayman, S, GTS”

Finally, the list price is just $1,500, which is $795 less than GMG’s list price.

Simple Safety

If you do any racing with your 981 Porsche Cayman, this bar setup from GMG can be helpful in a variety of ways. Most notably, if you are ever in an accident that puts your Porsche on its lid, this bar will help to keep the roof from crushing in against you. Also, even if you never flip the car, this bar provides an easy solution to mounting racing harnesses, but most importantly, it mounts in the car without any cutting, so if you decide in the future that you don’t want it anymore, your Cayman will not be left with hacked-up spots where the roll bar used to sit.

Finally, if you are concerned with how it will look in the cockpit of your Cayman, the seller will have it powdercoated any color that the buyer wants, for a price, of course.

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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