let me see your roll bars

[97stanger]

I thought the rear bars had to get welded to the main hoop? if sliding the panel over the bar, how would you still get this welded/painted if your inner quarter panel is then attached?

 

[stprorolla49]

I thought the rear bars had to get welded to the main hoop? if sliding the panel over the bar, how would you still get this welded/painted if your inner quarter panel is then attached?

I actually read up on this recently as I was considering getting a 4-pt over the winter for harnesses for autocross. Anyway, you install the main hoop, bolt it to the floor, then with the rear inner quarterpanels still in place, you slide a piece of PVC over the mounts on the main hoop were the rear bars will mount to, and mark the hole in the rear quarter panel. Once you make the hole, there is a slit you need to make in the rear plastic panel. half of it will get covered by the side of the rear seat, and the other half, the rear seatbelt will rest over it...or you could be crafty and get something to put over the slit. Then you bolt the rear bars to the main hoop so you know how they have to sit so they mount perfectly in the car. Then the whole assembly is removed from the car as one piece, and you weld the rear bars to the main hoop out of the car, as well as either paint or powdercoating the bar. Then install it and slide the rear inner plastic quarter panels over the rear bars.

Sorry, if this is too difficult to understand based on my explanation, here's the instructions from MM. Good luck man, I'm anxious to see how it goes!

http://www.maximummotorsports.com/content/install/pdf/rollbars/MMRB-6-1to6-7r2.pdf

 

[97stanger]

thanks a lot brotha,

I have read those instructions 5 times and just trying to see if there was anyway from having to cut a slit and ONLY cutting a hole, but if it is covered by the seat delete than no worries, I'll have to see when I actually start mocking it up, but what you said was exactly how I was planning on doing it just was trying to avoid a slit in the qp because I dont want it to look like a hack job ya know

 

[bottlefed97]

^thats a steal, great find. How did you get the holes in the panels and get the bars through without cutting the panel (if that makes sense)

Thanks! We used a hole saw to cut the holes for the bars to go through. Then we held the bars in place and slid the rear panels over them (before bolting the bars in place).

Then we cut a hole in the side of the panel (you can't see it with the back seat in) to slide our hands through to get the bar bolted in, see below:

 

[Musturd]

Nice yea the plates on the mm one are threaded and you bolt them in threw the inner wheel well

 

[97stanger]

makes sense, but if you are bolting the rear bar down, sliding the quarter panel over top...then how are you welding it to the main hoop? sorry for all the confusion, its just hard to understand all this talk without actually doing it I guess

 

[vermilion]

I thought it came with a template