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Roll Bars???
Larry wrote:
>Leon van Dommelen wrote: >>>How does that happen? When we're in the car, we never see the roll >>>bar, and it >>>has no noticeable effect on air flow,so how does it decrease your >>>"feeling of >>>freedom"? >> >>Some of us have a mental image of our surroundings even if we are >>not looking >>at it. > > Aah, very zen. 8 > Zen and the Art of Miata Maintenance? <g> Iva & Vixen 2004 Classic Red No moe winkin' Miata |
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Roll Bars???
Lanny Chambers wrote:
> I considered it, so I could take my car to track days that require them. > But my wife feels a rollbar would ruin the feeling of freedom for which > we bought the car, and she's right. My brother's Miata has a rollbar, > and I hate riding in it. Driving it is uncomfortable at best. > > Miata rollovers are quite rare, and always seem to follow running off > the pavement into a ditch. You're a lot more likely to get rearended, in > which case the rollbar could kill you. Even the best rollbar padding is > designed to work in conjunction with a helmet and a 5-point harness. > Bareheaded, you're risking a skull fracture. > > If you don't think the rollbar will smack your head, you haven't watched > enough crash dummy videos. Matt Erdmann was certainly lucky. Not only did being rear-ended with a rollbar installed and no helmet not throw him into the bar crash-test dummy style, it also probably saved his life when the car was flipped over by the crash. http://www.bethania-garage.com/testimonials.htm The 10AE on the testimonial page rolled over (on the street with no helmet), after drifting up a wall rather than into a ditch. This on a road that I have driven hundreds of times. Again, no smacking of the head, the driver was ok. The first modification I will do to any NA or NB that I buy. Pat |
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If one doesn't feel handy enough to take on such a task, would a Mazda
dealer be able to install one??Would they?? Or whom else would one look for?? |
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Roll Bars???
On 2007-07-20, S K > wrote:
> If one doesn't feel handy enough to take on such a task, would > a Mazda dealer be able to install one? The dealer I'm familiar with would certainly not be capable of doing such a job. > Would they? > > Or whom else would one look for? I know who I'd ask in Minneapolis... -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Should I do my BOBBIE at VINTON medley? visi.com |
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Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2007-07-20, S K > wrote: > > >>If one doesn't feel handy enough to take on such a task, would >>a Mazda dealer be able to install one? > > > The dealer I'm familiar with would certainly not be capable of > doing such a job. > > >>Would they? >> >>Or whom else would one look for? > > > I know who I'd ask in Minneapolis... I can help in Austin, either doing the job or a recommendation. Where are you located, SK? The nearest miata club will be able to point you in the right direction. Pat |
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On Jul 19, 8:20 pm, pws > wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2007-07-20, S K > wrote: > > >>If one doesn't feel handy enough to take on such a task, would > >>a Mazda dealer be able to install one? > > > The dealer I'm familiar with would certainly not be capable of > > doing such a job. > > >>Would they? > > >>Or whom else would one look for? > > > I know who I'd ask in Minneapolis... > > I can help in Austin, either doing the job or a recommendation. > > Where are you located, SK? The nearest miata club will be able to point > you in the right direction. > > Pat I am here in Solano County, Calif. And thanks for that suggestion, cause there is a local miata club nearby that I forgot about. I will email them. Thanlks again. |
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Jazz_Azz wrote:
> I am here in Solano County, Calif. And thanks for that suggestion, > cause there is a local miata club nearby that I forgot about. I will > email them. Thanlks again. Np, it really is not that big a job. With some sharp drill bits and a good set of jack/jack stands it goes very fast. The hardest parts are trimming the interior panels and altering the boot if you use one. There is a mechanic in the Austin area who can probably install these in his sleep by now, and he used to charge $180.00 to install one, though I don't know if that included trimming the interior panels and it has probably gone up a bit in price. There is no way it included any work on the boot at that cost. Good luck! Pat |
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pws > wrote:
> The first modification I will do to any NA or NB that I buy. What a sissy! Everyone knows roll bars aren't needed for hard headed Texans... <GD&R> -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html |
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:12:41 -0700, Jazz_Azz > wrote:
>> Where are you located, SK? The nearest miata club will be able to point >> you in the right direction. > >I am here in Solano County, Calif. And thanks for that suggestion, >cause there is a local miata club nearby that I forgot about. I will >email them. They should be able to point you to a local race car shop which does such tasks routinely. -- Larry |
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