Installing Roll Bar

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Installing Roll Bar

Postby Mr nanotech » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:44 pm

Hi there, I have recently been looking into buying a roll bar for my na6 and managed to track down a used Brown Davis cams approved roll bar. I've actually been looking for one for quite a while now so 'recently' doesn't quite fit lol.
Anyway, the roll bar in question (buying tomorrow) doesn't come with instructions to fit. So far I know all the bolts are included and 'everything you need to fit' will come along with the purchase. My only query is working out how to install it. I know roughly how to bolt it on after looking through a guide for an nb, but as you guys would know, there is a metal panel in the boot that I'm guessing I need to remove to get to the place I need to fit the back of the roll bar (anchor it down from below). I hope this is all making sense so far!

The other question I have though, is whether I have to get new mounting brackets for my seats so they sit lower. I've seen a lot of diagrams showing seats being too high for the roll bars etc.. I don't know too much on the dimensions of the Brown Davis bar compared to the height of the seats, so any advice her would be great.

I look forward to hearing back on this as I should have the roll bar in my hands in about a week if everything goes according to plan!

Thanks in advance.
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Installing Roll Bar

Postby StanTheMan » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:06 pm

I can't see you having any problems with NA6 seats and a BD roll bar.

I have NB8B seats. they are heaps higher than NA6 seats.

the bar does not clear them. The bar sits behind them. If you like your seats like a lounge I recon you could even get the NB8 seats under the bar.

I'm certain we have instructions for BD roll bar instalation.
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Installing Roll Bar

Postby Mr nanotech » Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:37 pm

Thanks heaps for the reply mate! I'll keep that in mind with the seats. If you could link me to some instructions that would be grand!
I think I'm going to stick with the factory seats for now, the rest of my cash is going into a set of rb rotas, extractors and respray lol. I don't think I've got the cash for seats at the moment :(

***update***

Deal for the bd roll bar fell through...
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