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Scirocco 16v roll cage manufacture ??



A roll over that crushes the bar in doesn't make any difference, dead is
dead, lid or bare headed. 6" isn't much. The stock pendulum actuated
seatbelt can give you that much room. Example might be a slide into a curb,
you are almost stopped and bam you hit the curb. Sure would be a shame if
you died because your noggin came to rest on a roll bar but the car wasn't
damaged. As for Jeeps? I don't know.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: <jester@westfailure.net>
To: "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Scirocco 16v roll cage manufacture ??


> On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Rick Alexander wrote:
>
> > If this is to be a street car, then I urge you to reconsider. Roll bars
are
> > a racing item where brain buckets are worn. Unless you plan on wearing a
> > helmet on the street, you are much worse off in an accident with a roll
bar
> > and no helmet.
> Oaky doaky,
>
> I'm confused here. If the roll bar is built to sanctioning specs, it
> should be at least 6 inches behind the driver. Any accident that would
> cause roll bar to head contact, probalby would have crushed the car on top
> of you. And roll bars should be padded... so i guess im not sure why you
> would say this?
>
> could you maybe give an example of how a head could contact the bar (not
> cage) in a way where you wouldnt have been worse off without
> it? (assuming, of course, you are wearing your seat belt & dont have
> passengers in the back seat.)
>
> Not saing you are wrong, just that what you say doesn't make sense to me
> just yet. If they were that unsafe would roll bars come stock on open top
> jeeps?
>
> take care,
>
> Steve
>
>
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