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Kirk Racing 4 Point Roll bar
I installed a Kirk Racing 4 point roll bar the summer of '99 and I can
say that if I knew it was this inexpensive, this easy to install, and looked
this good I would have done it much sooner than that. The bar is a full
2 inch DOM tube frame (by comparison the Autopower roll bar is only 1 3/4"
tube). It weighs about 70lbs. A little on the heavy side but worth it I
think (the Autopower, I believe, is in the 55lb range). The bar does require
removal of the jack and tools because the rear braces bolt to the chassis
at these locations in the rear hatch area. I just put the tools and jack in the bins
behind the rear seats. The Kirk bar does not require removal of the two rear
speakers as does the Autopower bar - not a good thing for cars without
the Bose system (the Bose system does not use these speaker locations so
it might be ok). I'm not knocking the Autopower bar I just think the Kirk
bar is better. And yes it does remove a some of the seat travel for the
passenger and a small amount for the driver but I'm only 5'8" so I couldn't
care less as it works fine for me (there is an option to have the bar
located to the area where the bins are located - to maintain seat
travel for taller drivers but obviously this
would require bin elimination). I had the bar custom powder coated to
match the car. The install took about 4 hours with then help of one of
my track buddies. We installed two roll bars, one in his car and one in
mine in one day start to finish. This basically included lifting the car
completely off the ground removing the rear wheels, taking out the seats,
removing the tools and jack, placing the bar in the car, drilling the holes,
and bolting it up. Then putting everything back together and viola! I also
cut the trim panels to form fit around the roll bar for a very stock looking
appearance.
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