Shark Bar Install Question
If you have installed a Vette Works Shark Bar in a C7, can you tell me if you had to cut/saw out part of a panel? If you did, is that cut visible after the install or does it hide behind another panel. I'd like a harness bar in the car but I didn't really want to cut up interior panels. Thanks.
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You have to cut holes in both side panels in order to install the bar. Installed bar goes thru the panels. You can however buy pre-cut panels and save yours or better yet buy new panels when and if you decide to take the bar out. Replacement panels are pretty cheap so it's not really a big deal either way. I hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by Mwk
(Post 1596725496)
You have to cut holes in both side panels in order to install the bar. Installed bar goes thru the panels. You can however buy pre-cut panels and save yours or better yet buy new panels when and if you decide to take the bar out. Replacement panels are pretty cheap so it's not really a big deal either way. I hope this helps.
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If you want the cleanest looking install possible have them build your Shark Bar with out the belt retaining loops. Even with the pre cut panels you will have to slice them to get them over the belt loops when installing the bar. If you don't cut them the panels are too close to the side of the car and you don't have any room to install or tighten the mounting bolts. Without the belt loops you can slide the panels to the center of the bar and have plenty of room to get the bar bolted into place. To hold the belts in place on the bar purchase four shaft collars from Grainger and fasten those to the bar so the belts don't slide across the bar. Don't worry about the belts sliding over the collars since proper belt mounting requires the belts to very tightly looped around the bar and there is no way they can go over the much thicker shaft collars. If they are loose enough to go over the collars they have to be refastened since they are too loose.
Here is what I had to do with the precut panels I purchased from Vetteworks. Notice the line in the panel below the bar in each picture. That is where I used an especially sharp set of scissors to cut the panel so I could get it over the bar. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...6451dfd174.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...555ff80866.jpg I had a Shark Bar in my C6Z as well and it had Shaft Collars to hold the belts in place. I was using seat back braces attached to the harness bar to support the back of my aluminum race seats so ordered the bar without the belt loops. That is why I didn't realize I would have the mounting issue on the C7. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...7ef7b8ace0.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...8216bf3f85.jpg I think the shaft collars make for a cleaner looking installation. Bill |
Thanks, Bill
Originally Posted by Bill Dearborn
(Post 1596730087)
If you want the cleanest looking install possible have them build your Shark Bar with out the belt retaining loops. Even with the pre cut panels you will have to slice them to get them over the belt loops when installing the bar. If you don't cut them the panels are too close to the side of the car and you don't have any room to install or tighten the mounting bolts. Without the belt loops you can slide the panels to the center of the bar and have plenty of room to get the bar bolted into place. To hold the belts in place on the bar purchase four shaft collars from Grainger and fasten those to the bar so the belts don't slide across the bar. Don't worry about the belts sliding over the collars since proper belt mounting requires the belts to very tightly looped around the bar and there is no way they can go over the much thicker shaft collars. If they are loose enough to go over the collars they have to be refastened since they are too loose.
Here is what I had to do with the precut panels I purchased from Vetteworks. Notice the line in the panel below the bar in each picture. That is where I used an especially sharp set of scissors to cut the panel so I could get it over the bar. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...6451dfd174.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...555ff80866.jpg I had a Shark Bar in my C6Z as well and it had Shaft Collars to hold the belts in place. I was using seat back braces attached to the harness bar to support the back of my aluminum race seats so ordered the bar without the belt loops. That is why I didn't realize I would have the mounting issue on the C7. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...7ef7b8ace0.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...8216bf3f85.jpg I think the shaft collars make for a cleaner looking installation. Bill Great explanation and great photos. You need to work for Vette Works. One further question, with the cut you made right below the pre-cut panel hole, couldn't you have slipped the panel over the bar even if the belt retaining loops were there? Sorta looks like it in your photo. |
Originally Posted by 04CommEd
(Post 1596730716)
Great explanation and great photos. You need to work for Vette Works. One further question, with the cut you made right below the pre-cut panel hole, couldn't you have slipped the panel over the bar even if the
belt retaining loops were there? Sorta looks like it in your photo. There is another person on the forum who addressed the problem differently they drilled a small extension hole at the top of the main hole in the panel. This let the belt loops pass through the panels so they could push them to the center, mount the bar and then move the panels back over the belt loops. Bill |
Bill, I'm considering this set up as I too had one in my c6z. What are you using for a harness and sub belts? or are you using a team tech? With the harness comes a Hans, correct?
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Originally Posted by Mike.D
(Post 1597646717)
Bill, I'm considering this set up as I too had one in my c6z. What are you using for a harness and sub belts? or are you using a team tech? With the harness comes a Hans, correct?
Bill |
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