Roll Bar Pix

[White Turbo]

This is the kit from Art Morrison for our trucks.
It came with bar attachment plates, which are not NHRA legal, so I used outriggers like Ken's roll bar has.
It also came with straight front bars, which were modified to bend downward thru the floor. We also added Chris Alston door swing out kits and aluminum sheet metal around the bars thru the bed and floor.
It was painted with POR-15 black in the cab and undercoated with 3-M underneath.
The back window and frame was removed and replaced with 1/8th" Lexan, sealed up, and bolted thru the cab frame.
5-pt. harness is from Crow and the seat is Corbeau. Harness attaching points were plate welded to the floor.
I could have saved time and money by installing the rear bars inside the cab, but it did stiffen the chassis out back.

[bad360rt]

Lookin' good Ed! Man, you guys are putting together some serious setups, love it! :biggthumpup:

[White Turbo]

Lookin' good Ed! Man, you guys are putting together some serious setups, love it! :biggthumpup:

I got the "you can't come back to the track without a roll bar" line from the tech guy... So this went in last year.

[Lederip]

This is the kit from Art Morrison for our trucks.
It came with bar attachment plates, which are not NHRA legal, so I used outriggers like Ken's roll bar has.
It also came with straight front bars, which were modified to bend downward thru the floor. We also added Chris Alston door swing out kits and aluminum sheet metal around the bars thru the bed and floor.
It was painted with POR-15 black in the cab and undercoated with 3-M underneath.
The back window and frame was removed and replaced with 1/8th" Lexan, sealed up, and bolted thru the cab frame.
5-pt. harness is from Crow and the seat is Corbeau. Harness attaching points were plate welded to the floor.
I could have saved time and money by installing the rear bars inside the cab, but it did stiffen the chassis out back.

That looks really good!! I got a lot of ? for you. How did you apply the Por15? What did you use for seat brackets?

[White Turbo]

That looks really good!! I got a lot of ? for you. How did you apply the Por15? What did you use for seat brackets?

I poured the POR into a disposable plastic dish and painted it with a foam paint brush... Only pour enough into the dish at a time to paint a section. Don't try to do it all at once cause this stuff is thick and dries quick. It was a real bitch ! The outside rear bars were rattle canned with reg. spray paint. Only the inside is POR.

The corbeau seats have a frame that you can buy extra. It fits in the stock seat bolt holes for our trucks.

[Lederip]

I poured the POR into a disposable plastic dish and painted it with a foam paint brush... Only pour enough into the dish at a time to paint a section. Don't try to do it all at once cause this stuff is thick and dries quick. It was a real bitch ! The outside rear bars were rattle canned with reg. spray paint. Only the inside is POR.

The corbeau seats have a frame that you can buy extra. It fits in the stock seat bolt holes for our trucks.

I like the swingouts alot. I'm going to have a tough time getting in and out. I'll have to see how it is when I put the Kirkeys in. Making a seat frame now. I'm trying to decide if I want to do manual steering with a Pinto Rack. Then I can have a removable steering wheel.

[White Turbo]

I like the swingouts alot. I'm going to have a tough time getting in and out. I'll have to see how it is when I put the Kirkeys in. Making a seat frame now. I'm trying to decide if I want to do manual steering with a Pinto Rack. Then I can have a removable steering wheel.

Yeah it's kind of a bitch gettin in & out without the swing outs... Luckily our steering wheel tilts up. :jester:

[uwntsumrtII]

i'm so envious.....:hail:

[White Turbo]

i'm so envious.....:hail:

:jester: I wish I had your gauges !!

YOU DA KING !!

[moore_716]

i'm so envious.....:hail:

HAHA if you want a roll cage LMk and my buddy will make you one. He has all stuff to do it including a mandrel tubing bender.

[Sick 660r]

How much did it cost, and can you still have the interior in?

[White Turbo]

How much did it cost, and can you still have the interior in?

The AM kit was $395 for 1.75" cromoly (for just the basic bars),, but that was in 2005. I'm sure it's more now. I had probly $750 into parts setting it up the way I did.

I don't have total installed cost cause I had a bunch of other work done to it.
I would guess ~$1300 installed.

Yes the interior could go back in... Just have to cut holes in the carpet for the posts. And the pass. seat wouldn't go back very far cause of the crossbar being in the way.

[Sick 660r]

The AM kit was $395 for 1.75" cromoly (for just the basic bars),, but that was in 2005. I'm sure it's more now. I had probly $750 into parts setting it up the way I did.

I don't have total installed cost cause I had a bunch of other work done to it.
I would guess ~$1300 installed.

Yes the interior could go back in... Just have to cut holes in the carpet for the posts. And the pass. seat wouldn't go back very far cause of the crossbar being in the way.

What else did you have done, and is it possible to make the crossbar removable?

[White Turbo]

What else did you have done, and is it possible to make the crossbar removable?

Per NHRA rules, the crossbar must be a welded non-removable piece,, but if you don't care about rules, you could do a door swing out kit on the crossbar and it would be removable.

Ron Pircey Racecars did the bar install, window removal, Lexan install with a painted black border, harness attatchment points welded to the floor, seat install, 50 lb. weight bar installed just inside the back bumper, aluminum sheet metal around the rear bars, and relocated the I/C tank and I/C pump to make room for the rear bars.