6 pt Roll Bar Kits

[KirkEvil]

Any one have suggestions for 6 pt roll bar kits? After looking through all the kits, Im leaning towards a wolfe cromoly weld in, low slung door bars, no swing outs, and straight rear bars.

Thoughts/advice?

Wolfe kits happen to be on sale this weekend...they're killing me, haha.

[89firebird]

Thats the kit i would recommend.

[sweetbmxrider]

wolfe is always running a sale fyi :lol:

you know my opinion

[KirkEvil]

wolfe is always running a sale fyi :lol:

you know my opinion

Yes, but thunderracing has a 10% sale this weekend on top of the wolfe prices. How long did it take to get yours once you ordered?

[sweetbmxrider]

if they are doubling the discount, **** you

round a month, they offered a different one they had in stock but i said naaaaa

[1984camaroz28]

Wolfe hands down, have a 6pt in the cam only car and the 10 pt in my car.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

WOLFE KIT definitly bout the bes kit out unless you have fab's for your car.
If your looking for something special I can give you my buddy's #.(Joe Gambino from Precision Racecars) nobody tops his work!!!

[KirkEvil]

WOLFE KIT definitly bout the bes kit out unless you have fab's for your car.
If your looking for something special I can give you my buddy's #.(Joe Gambino from Precision Racecars) nobody tops his work!!!

Im not looking for anything crazy. I have a buddy that will TIG the bar in for me. Thanks though!

So looks like Im going with a wolfe...How much work should I expect to do to fit a bar if I dont opt for the jig notching?

[NJ Torque]

I have a bolt in Wolfe bar if your interested... probably gonna cut my car up...never even put it in.

[BarneyMobile]

I have the wolfe chrome moly 6 point in my car and it fits very well. Btw, get swing outs. Im glad I did. you can take the door bars out when your not on the track. Door bars on the street get annoying fast!

[KirkEvil]

Chris, PM'd you.

Im not really into the swingouts/removable door bar. I dont want to deal with aligning it, possible rattling, and taking it in and out. I feel like it would also weaken the bar geometry. maybe Im just whining, haha

[BarneyMobile]

When I have my door bars in, they dont rattle at all. Just make sure you research opinions on swing-outs vs solid door bars. I say this because, many people will tell you that putting a roll cage/bar, ruined the car for them. I left my door bars in for a week with out using the swing-outs. It didnt take long for me to be sick of climbing over door bars. My door bars only go in when I'm racing.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

How much work should I expect to do to fit a bar if I dont opt for the jig notching?

ALOT!!!!
I've done it several times.....without a notcher & with one ! Spend the lil extra $ and it will save you hours of in & out,grind it, fit it, grind it some more, fit again, up.... just alil more grinding, fit it, ....uh oh grinded too much, Gotta weld it a lil extra there now......
Get what I'm sayin!!!

p.s. And after all that punishment I decided to build my own up & foward turbo headers.....:banghead:

[Raist103]

i didnt have a wolfe bar but the swing outs in my gn i hated never again solid low bars for me.

[sweetbmxrider]

just curious, why did you hate them?

[camaroracer1992]

had swing outs in mine first, f'n things rattled constantly over every damn bump, etc. just go solid bars and get them bent to make it easier to get in/out of the car.

[Raist103]

had swing outs in mine first, f'n things rattled constantly over every damn bump, etc. just go solid bars and get them bent to make it easier to get in/out of the car.

^^^^

[WildBillyT]

had swing outs in mine first, f'n things rattled constantly over every damn bump, etc. just go solid bars and get them bent to make it easier to get in/out of the car.

^^^^

When you are not racing, why not just remove them? No rattle then.

[sweetbmxrider]

yup, that is one nice thing about them. though you are left with the mount on the floor which can be quite the ankle biter.

[coolmanvette75]

my dad has swingouts with his 6pt cage in his vette. no rattling from the bars (even though the rest of the car is one big rattlebox :rofl:) and it makes it 10x easier to get in and out of the car

[BarneyMobile]

When you are not racing, why not just remove them? No rattle then.

^^^^^ Exactly!! I leave my door bars out when not at the track. Even when I have my door bars in, they don't rattle. Wolfe makes a great 6 point! If you drive the car alot, door bars are only cool for the first week.

[KirkEvil]

Anyone ever heard of Spohn's roll bar kits? They sell a CM 8 pt weld in kit that comes pre-notched for cheaper than the wolfe 6 pt with no options...

[sweetbmxrider]

i've only seen them on the site, never saw them being discussed online though.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

98% of Spohn's products are top notch. Make sure to look @ type/grade of steel the 2 cages are made up of. If its cheaper, its probably a lower gradeof steel.

I do suggest Chromely, lighter & stronger.

[198esp1]

chromoly is not lighter than mild steel, Chromoly can use a thinner wall thickness, thats were you get the wait savings.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

chromoly is not lighter than mild steel, Chromoly can use a thinner wall thickness, thats were you get the wait savings.

Comparison to strength (flex & shear) Mild steel has to be (x) amount of times thicker(= more weight) to Equal the same strength of a much smaller guage Chromoly.

Therefore......Chromoly is lighter
My intentions for comment being in a Structural State of mind. Putting a mild steel cage in your car is a waste (unless your a bench racer.lol)

yes... 16g mild vrs. 16g chromoly =mild being lighter. but mild aint gonna save your @ss!!!

[KirkEvil]

I decided on CM early on, thats what Im going with regardless of where I get the kit.

Anyway, I did a little research and the spohn roll bars are actually S&W racing bars that they sell. I cant find any current info on their bars...looks like everyone that got a kit bought it 3 years ago.

[98tadriver]

chromoly is not lighter than mild steel, Chromoly can use a thinner wall thickness, thats were you get the wait savings.

Soooo wouldnt that make the chromoly bar... lighter? :lol:

[S.J.SLEEPER]

Soooo wouldnt that make the chromoly bar... lighter? :lol:

:banghead:

This is what I tried to explain in previous posts to this knucklehead!!! Now no responce.:scratch:

[XtremeOracing]

I got a mild steel roll cage :scratch:

[sweetbmxrider]

you got a roll bar kid!

[XtremeOracing]

you got a roll bar kid!

Had roll bars :naughty:

[KirkEvil]

Can anyone recommend a place that does decent TIG welding? Experience with installing roll bars would be a plus...