HMS Rollbar IS NOT JUST COSMETIC! (archive)

Bruce,
Unless you are an engineer and have done an analysis of our HMS rollbar and its mounting points (two of which are the primary ones that BMW uses for its rollhoops) I suggest that you might not say the bar is "cosmetic".

If you checkout or website you will see a Finite Element Analysis of the bar which clearly shows that it will support more than the weight of the car. The bar increases the rigidity of the overall chassis by at least 15%. Derek Daly Driving Academy looked at our bar design and PURCHASED them for the Z3 cars for the Z3 Drivers School program instead of building custom bars as they normally do.

I would be happy to discuss any of the technical issues of our bars design that make it much more than cosmetic.

Respectfully submitted.

Joe

: : Also, the cost of the rollbar may be somewhat prohibitive; I add up the components from HMS to install the Sportbar, harnessbar, gromets, replacement panel, etc, and it's about $1700. Throw in installation, and you're closer to $2500. That's a good chunk of change.

: having tracked both my 1.9 and M roadster i can tell youare not nearly as agressive as i would be if i had a cage

: btw- having seen an install of an HMS it is purely cosmetic, it will not offer any protection in case of roll over

HMS motorsport

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Re: HMS Rollbar IS NOT JUST COSMETIC! Bruce 21:19 9/21/99 (2)
- slanderous conjecture vs. informed fact Mark Sipe 01:21 9/22/99 (0)
- Re: HMS Rollbar IS NOT JUST COSMETIC! joemarko 22:15 9/21/99 (0)

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