LVDell

I know the 4 rubber rings on both sides of the horizontal harness bar are for belt locations, but what are the 4 rubber rings on the slanted vertical bar?

Blacksport350

I hope that someone can answer this as I have long been curious of the same thing. Maybe a harness for your pet or something!

weston98

They seem to be used in connection with mounting a fire extinguisher, at least that's how they are used on mine.

Bob Rouleau

Harmonic vibration dampening - a must for velocities over Warp 0.9. Correct answer - I have no idea.

LVDell

Maybe camera mount?

GT3 Chuck

wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong....they are only there as bumpers for the passsenger seat so when your passenger slams it back they won't damage the back of your seat...very sneaky these Germans

ps the front of the roll bar in that picture is facing the wall

LVDell

Good call! I dont' think we would have figured that out in a million years. I guess this is an occam's razor moment.

GT3 Chuck

Dell, if you are going to try to install that sob yourself...and haven't done one before...(it's a lot of fun...not!)...be sure and consult Rockitmans DIY...here

http://gallery.rennlist.com/gallery/album125

Blacksport350

The Rockitman DIY is excellent.

A couple of pointers though:

1. Buy a replacement set of bolts for the front mounting points that are threaded all the way to the end, about 1/2" longer and grade 8. Those SS bolts with the locators on the end are hard to start and make it very easy to strip the threads(even if you know what you are doing).

2. Use some cargo straps to "suck" the left and right bar ends in just a bit. This makes a huge difference on ease of install.

3. Do not install the rear spacers on the inside of the bar like Rockitman. They should go between the bar and the body to allow the bar to firmly bolt to the car. As pictured, the bar is spaced off the car by the carpet which is sandwiched between the two.

4. Getting said bar in the car is a real pain. I pulled both seats, covered the center console and sills with sheets, taped some rags to the 4 mounting points on the bar and went to town. The "easy" way that I have found to get this in the car is to jack the passenger side off the ground about 2', this allows 2 people to slowly feed the bar into the car and get the right side of the bar low enough to slip over the rear console without having to remove it.

The first time was a real b***h even with Rockitmans DIY, the second one is a cake walk!

GT3 Chuck

Blacksport's suggestions are spot on...the longer bolts and cargo straps made all the difference for me...I used cargo straps both ways...to pull the rear ends closer together and closer to the front ...was fighting it all the way before that...definitely takes two people to feed the bar in whether you jack the car or not...be sure and warn the other person not to make sudden up pulls on the bar cuz there is not much headliner and you can dent the roof....

930man

been there and done it i love squeezing it in! there is so much extra room to work in


not wild about tech equip. bars pretty light guage..

they will help stiffen car though

Blacksport350

I wouldn't want to test the bar but stainless is pretty strong and it is not that much thinner then the roll bar in many race cars. I think the biggest weakness of this bar is how it is attached to the car but even that is fairly solid. Not a bar that I would race with but it is a perfect DE and street bar that looks good in the car.

An interesting factoid about the bar, it is made by Eisenman. They are a high-end german exhaust manufacturer.

LVDell

Strictly for DE which is why I purchased it over the DAS bar. This required no extra drilling, etc., that the DAS does.

Red141

Hmmm... mine did not have the rings on the slanted bar.

Blacksport350

Not all do, it is pretty odd!