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Swingout doorbar on roll cage.

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Anybody got swingout bars on their roll cage? Could i see some pictures? Debating on putting them on my 72. Thanks in advance.
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No pics but I did have them on my car for 5 years, they were more of a pain IMO than welded bars. When the bars were removed I would always hit my shin on the tab the the bar bolted to (i had the alston kit). It is also one more thing to forget to put in the car before going to the track. The biggest reason against them for me was you loose major chassis ridigity by not having a welded diagonal bar. I had my new diagonal bars slightly lower but still nhra legal, but to make things easier to get in and out of the car I now have a tilt column.
Heres mine. There is a tube that slides in and out that is not shown here.


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John, how did you attach the window net to the drivers side swing out so that it's not a MAJOR pain to swing the bar out to get out of the car.
Mark ...I edited this reposnse once I got home to post new pics for you.

The window net is not really attached to the swing out bar, only in one area and even that is not a permanent fix mount. the net is pretty much on a hinge, that allows it to fold out of the way when unbuckled. Make sense?

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Sounds good, thanks.
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How did your car cert without rocker bars?
Stock floors/Rocker area.
How did your car cert without rocker bars?
? It passed, and they gave me a shiny sticker......LOL
Interesting, the guy that built my rollcage told me that on a unibody car you need to have rocker bars to cert. Maybe he is wrong or the guy that certed your car overlooked it.
no rocker bars in mine and it certified...like they said before with stock floor/rocker area will pass.
Brian
Interesting, the guy that built my rollcage told me that on a unibody car you need to have rocker bars to cert. Maybe he is wrong or the guy that certed your car overlooked it.
A friend of mines just passed without the rocker bar. He was told he didn't need it since the track doesn't have guardrails anymore.
heres how i did mine


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