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Originally Posted by Shownomercy
Kinda random, but say a 6 point roll bar, will that only protect you from your car rolling? Or is it also a side impact protection too?
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An NHRA legal roll bar will mount either bolting or welded to the body ( in a unibody car - the bars not attached to the frame) using plates to distibute the load that will protect the driver from impact or roll over. The main hoop has to be within a specified distance from the drivers head/helmet. The side bars have to pass between the driver's shoulder and elbow. The side bar is too low on some of the bolt-in kits ( Like the one RK sports sells), which is why they only refer to them as street cages. Looks like a cage, but won't pass tech at the track. I have an S+W cage ( called an 8 point as there is additional braces that run from the main hoop to the trans tunnel), and I have swing outs, the side bar is a bit of a pain when street cruising as it passes by the arm rest in the door right where my eblow would sit, so I just unbolt the side bar if I'm not on the track.
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