Reply With QuoteAfter my first look the NC's rear deck a roll bar is possible, but is going to be harder than putting one in an NA or NB. The way the top now stows it is going to force the rear supports of a bar wider (farther towards the outside edges of the car).
Rollbar thoughts for the NC and the Solstice
I have seen a lot of speculation on NC and Soltice Rollbar issues in other unrelated threads and I thought I would start a new thread for us to discuss just it.
I was looking at HardDog's sit and saw that they do a bar for the Z3. It uses the factory hoop connecting spots for the back support location and then they come forward a little for the rollbar hoop connection. Wouldn't something like this be possible for the NC?
After my first look the NC's rear deck a roll bar is possible, but is going to be harder than putting one in an NA or NB. The way the top now stows it is going to force the rear supports of a bar wider (farther towards the outside edges of the car).
I was looking at it last night at Hiley, seems like the rear supports are going to be the big issue, there is very little open space available where the top stows....
Could the rear support go to where the factory hoops are now like on the Z3 bar? Is there enough room in front of it for the main hoop without it sitting on your head?Originally Posted by POS Racing
This might be a good reason for you to head back down there and work on those photo skills!
The Solstice is gooing to be real tricky with the Corvette style clamshell hiding the top.
Wow... I had never seen that. Gotta love trying to load anything heavy in the trunk or getting something out thats small sitting in the middle back with that design.The Solstice is gooing to be real tricky with the Corvette style clamshell hiding the top.
Try doing this in a Miata! (Unless it's made of lead or depleted uranium...)
Ah -- something the Miata truck is good at: Carrying extremely small objects!
Chuck
No need to worry the trunk isn't big enought to carry anything large.Wow... I had never seen that. Gotta love trying to load anything heavy in the trunk or getting something out thats small sitting in the middle back with that design.
BTW> The Miata has a 5.3 cubic foot trunk, top up or down!
Last edited by POS Racing; 09-01-2005 at 09:26 AM.
Damn, that's a small "trunk."
Finally, someone we Miata owners can make fun of for a small trunk!
Some Guy: But you can't carry your golf clubs in that, can you?
Miata Owner: Hey, at least it's not a Solstice!
C
Don't forget about the classics!
My personal favorite is "Nice Fiero!"
It's a shame they've all burned to the ground... I'd like to see the occasional Fiero!Don't forget about the classics!
My personal favorite is "Nice Fiero!"
At least it's bigger than what I saw the MR2 guys have...Don't forget about the classics!
My personal favorite is "Nice Fiero!"
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Dave"Opinions are like
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Or bigger than what the Elise guys have as well...
But they still have that glow-in-the-dark-safety-trunk-latch-release even though you couldn't stuff a 3 year old in there.
The MR-Spyder guys don't even have a trunk. It's designed to be a Kleenex dispenser.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
You just have to push really hard....... ( ducks )....
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Dave"Opinions are like
Not all of them I have one that I can think of that shows up to most ER and SCCA events......It's a shame they've all burned to the ground... I'd like to see the occasional Fiero!
Wonder if on the NC, they could uses some of the existing mounting points to come up with something like this:
Is this to hand out to the miata guys when they take the win in C-stock at divisionals.The MR-Spyder guys don't even have a trunk. It's designed to be a Kleenex dispenser.
Sorry, I had to. It was just too easy.
Thomas
V-to-the-Dub
It's a shame they've all burned to the ground... I'd like to see the occasional Fiero!
I have an uncle with a 6 cylinder fiero in Ohio. He stores it away each winter.
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