S&W roll bar kit finally installed
06-04-2005, 08:50 PM
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S&W roll bar kit finally installed
In my search for the ideal roll bar kit, what I wanted was:
-Something I could weld myself. I'm still a "beginner" when it comes to welding, but the satisfaction of doing it yourself is my cup of tea
-Something that fit well. Alot of main hoops I came across in my research didn't seem to fit tightly to the B pillar. I wanted it to at least look like it was made for this car. The main hoop is the biggest part, but it's not bad if the rest of the thing fits well too.
-Something inexpensive, yet still safe. S&W sells these kits for $169, but I just happened to order during the "$30 dollar off week" (Wooo woooooooo)
Here's the pics of how it came out. I still have to spend another day on "cosmetics" without the grinding, but I think for the last three nights of work, I'm happy.
(seat and steering column unmounted)
I was worried about the "parallel-ness" of these rear bars because I didn't want to attach directly on the main hoop bend, or mount the "feet" of these bars close to the edge of the rear plates. I just wanted to hit as center as possible and still be as parallel as possible just in case.
Here's the rear plates. These ones weren't bad, but the ones for the main hoop and door bars require removing the sound deadener (sp?) It wasn't hard to get off, but the stuff underneath the car catches fire as you weld the plates on from the top. The underbody fires reassured me that I was getting good welds on these things.
Here's the other side. Mount your doors with panels back on when fitting these door bars and give yourself 1/2" between the bar and your door panel.
Overall, Every one of the bars needed some type of notching/cutting/fitting to get it where it is now, but that's to be expected. I even had to chop 1/2" off the legs of the main hoop posts because it was too tall.
(The main hoop of many kits seems to be the thing that I hate most, as most of them hang 2-3" down from the headliner.)
If you've ever built an awsome popsicle house and you have basic metal tools like a grinder and chop saw, I could recommend this one.
http://www.swracecars.com
http://www.apexspg.com (Ultra-Sheild aluminum seat retailer. Good folks)
Modified by stealthmode62 at 10:08 PM 6/4/2005
-Something I could weld myself. I'm still a "beginner" when it comes to welding, but the satisfaction of doing it yourself is my cup of tea
-Something that fit well. Alot of main hoops I came across in my research didn't seem to fit tightly to the B pillar. I wanted it to at least look like it was made for this car. The main hoop is the biggest part, but it's not bad if the rest of the thing fits well too.
-Something inexpensive, yet still safe. S&W sells these kits for $169, but I just happened to order during the "$30 dollar off week" (Wooo woooooooo)
Here's the pics of how it came out. I still have to spend another day on "cosmetics" without the grinding, but I think for the last three nights of work, I'm happy.
(seat and steering column unmounted)
I was worried about the "parallel-ness" of these rear bars because I didn't want to attach directly on the main hoop bend, or mount the "feet" of these bars close to the edge of the rear plates. I just wanted to hit as center as possible and still be as parallel as possible just in case.
Here's the rear plates. These ones weren't bad, but the ones for the main hoop and door bars require removing the sound deadener (sp?) It wasn't hard to get off, but the stuff underneath the car catches fire as you weld the plates on from the top. The underbody fires reassured me that I was getting good welds on these things.
Here's the other side. Mount your doors with panels back on when fitting these door bars and give yourself 1/2" between the bar and your door panel.
Overall, Every one of the bars needed some type of notching/cutting/fitting to get it where it is now, but that's to be expected. I even had to chop 1/2" off the legs of the main hoop posts because it was too tall.
(The main hoop of many kits seems to be the thing that I hate most, as most of them hang 2-3" down from the headliner.)If you've ever built an awsome popsicle house and you have basic metal tools like a grinder and chop saw, I could recommend this one.
http://www.swracecars.com
http://www.apexspg.com (Ultra-Sheild aluminum seat retailer. Good folks)
Modified by stealthmode62 at 10:08 PM 6/4/2005
06-04-2005, 10:17 PM
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Re: S&W roll bar kit finally installed (stealthmode62)
Cool, I've installed a S&W cage in neon before. Pretty nice ****. This time however I'm going to buy the chromoly, bend it myself, and TIG it in myself. Last cage was a mild steel and was mig'd. Didn't particularly like it. hahah
check to make sure all of your welds are welded 360 degrees. And spray something on the welds so they dont rust!!!
check to make sure all of your welds are welded 360 degrees. And spray something on the welds so they dont rust!!!
06-05-2005, 08:35 AM
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Re: S&W roll bar kit finally installed (Tommy Ten)
I'm pretty sure they do. I was going to either buy this one, or the chromoly full-race kit. The difference in cost vs. weight saved vs. how much I had to spend made me pick this one.
If I were building anything more than a street car I would have got the full-race for the weight savings.
If I were building anything more than a street car I would have got the full-race for the weight savings.
06-05-2005, 10:49 AM
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Re: S&W roll bar kit finally installed (stealthmode62)
Looks pretty good. I see now what you were talking about with how the rear arms had to be at such an angle. That's kind of an odd shape for the main hoop, to be so far away from the B-pillars like that.
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Re: S&W roll bar kit finally installed (thermal)
The kit is priced normally at $169 with around $70ish for shipping. The shipping is extremely fast as well. The guy I talked to at S&W told me that thier "big machine" that bends, notches and cuts these kits takes 7 minutes from start to finish. 
I happened to check out thier site a couple weeks ago when I was trying to decide, and they were having a $30 off sale, so I went for it. I know they seem to have those sales pretty frequently.
I happened to check out thier site a couple weeks ago when I was trying to decide, and they were having a $30 off sale, so I went for it. I know they seem to have those sales pretty frequently.
06-06-2005, 05:17 PM
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Re: S&W roll bar kit finally installed (wisjdmhonda)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wisjdmhonda »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does s&w have a website? im interested in one.
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http://www.swracecars.com
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</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stealthmode62 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
http://www.swracecars.com
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06-06-2005, 11:49 PM
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Re: S&W roll bar kit finally installed (PhoenixTurboJesse)
That's a super rare USDM auto shifter assembly. Buy me a burrito and it's yours. lol
I'm doing the whole auto/manual swap in this thing, that shifter just requires me to get under the car to take it out, and I haven't really felt like it yet.
I'm doing the whole auto/manual swap in this thing, that shifter just requires me to get under the car to take it out, and I haven't really felt like it yet.
06-07-2005, 09:03 AM
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Re: S&W roll bar kit finally installed (stealthmode62)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stealthmode62 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> That's a super rare USDM auto shifter assembly. Buy me a burrito and it's yours. lol </TD></TR></TABLE>
Do you want any special sauce on that burrito.lol
Do you want any special sauce on that burrito.lol
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I just stoped by the s&k shop today, guys are local here, they definately make some good ****, i'm going with the same cage in chromoly probably, i just cant decide if i want this kit or a custom 10 point that goes through the dash vents lol i suppose in the sitation i might need the cage, i'd want the 10 lol
07-07-2005, 03:52 PM
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looks good steve.........same cage i used in my street car.
people bitch at me because its not scca legal.
do i care? no. will it prevent a broken back in the event of a rollover? probably.
its a one time (hopefully zero time) use item only!
people bitch at me because its not scca legal.
do i care? no. will it prevent a broken back in the event of a rollover? probably.
its a one time (hopefully zero time) use item only!