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[techieboy]

I can confirm that no cage in Club is OK... I aint risking it though.

Think I'd rather take the 20kg hit as well, if I were driving it competitively. Shame there's no real half way solution like an A frame and removable petty bar for the VX, to give even a bit more protection.

[The Batman]

i dont think i will roll it and if i crashed it bad enough for the cage to be needed then the chassis will be fooked and i will have a headache... (hopefully still attached to my body and the oem rollbar should help keep me allive) i havent got the budget for a cage..

Edited by joe_589, 18 January 2012 - 07:28 PM.

[techieboy]

and i will have a headache...

And hopefully that's all in the event of it ever happening.

Full rollcages are pain in the arse in any car, let alone the already cramped VX but they're not there to save the chassis. I'd even take just the Elise/Exige rollover bar as an improvement over ours. Maybe with your new bodywork it would fit okay?

[The Batman]

Would be even more of a pig to get in the seat.. You have the door beams plus the chassis to take a full on impact IMO this is ok.. But positive thinking is the way forward

[techieboy]

But positive thinking is the way forward

[chris_uk]

if you draw an imaginary line from the roll over bar to the front end of the dash it cuts your head in 1/2.. this is pretty much the line the floor will be on should you roll it.. chances of you rolling it tho are pretty slim, largest chance of you rolling it is entering gravel sideways at speed and your wheels catching and digging into the gravel sending you spinning..

[ChrisS1]

This has turned cheery

[smiley]

largest chance of you rolling it is entering gravel sideways at speed and your wheels catching and digging into the gravel sending you spinning..

That looks scary as hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEJ3uCQP1sA

[The Batman]

tell ya what I got gravel on my front garden I better watch out next time I park Has anyone ever heard of a Vx/Elise/exige rolling it? I am glad the forum is full of cheerful positive people

[CocoPops]

Have you got a will Joe?

[The Batman]

I leave everything to the colonel

[FLD]

Yeah, he's left his harrop to me

[Goosenka]

Talk about Houdini! I mean getting in those seats can be tricky but getting out upside down???? I rolled a 309gti rally car and I don't think I have ever recovered

[CocoPops]

I leave everything to the colonel

Sorry but you have to be of sound mind to write a will..... Something your lacking!

[FLD]

I leave everything to the colonel

He wont want a harrop

[FLD]

Been looking at your side skirts... its on my loooong list. Do they lower the outer edge? The sills seem to slope up slightly so the floor isn't flat. I've been thinking they should flatten the floor and extend it out with a lip to prevent air going under from the side.

[The Batman]

If the lack of roll cage dont kill me the lip on the sideskirts will

[techieboy]

tell ya what I got gravel on my front garden I better watch out next time I park

Yep, you wanna be careful with those handbrake turns into your parking space.

[chris_uk]

tell ya what I got gravel on my front garden I better watch out next time I park

Has anyone ever heard of a Vx/Elise/exige rolling it?

I am glad the forum is full of cheerful positive people

:|

[The Batman]

I'm not going to watch that.