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Old Jul 8, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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Anyone have a wolfe convertible rollbar installed?

I'm considering the $265 five-point rollbar so I can run on the dragstrip: http://www.wolferacecraft.com/detail.aspx?ID=789

It looks kinda close to the drivers head.

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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 02:40 AM
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Talk to Terry or Mark at MSI http://www.motorsportimage.com/ in Roseville. They have installed a couple of them.
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Thanks!
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Old Jul 10, 2005 | 01:08 AM
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I have a Wolfe convertible bar.

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How close is your head to the bar? I'm 5' 10", so my seat isn't all the way back. But I don't want my (or someone elses') skull bouncing off the steel tube if someone whacks into me on the street.
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My head is not very close to the bar, it looks much worse in the picture than it actually is. The problem I have run into is that the side of each seat rubs the bar and ends up putting a hole in them. I checked with the top up and they could have made the bar about 1/4" wider and it would have cleared the top and the seat. Other than that quirk I have been very happy with it. I actually had cross bars added to make it SCCA legal.

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