Bolt-in roll bar gone bad

[Darren]

I know we were all impressed how well Nick's Das Sport bar did in his accident.

Here's the results of an Autopower bolt-in bar.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/autocros...e-but.html

Amazingly the forums are reporting that both of the people in this car are ok.  Looking at the pics that's very difficult to believe!

The main difference here is that the Das Sport bar bolts to the seat belt mounting points which are very strong.  The Autopower bar has a mounting plate at the bottom, a mounting plate that goes under the car, and those two are sandwiched together with several bolts.  Turns out that's not so strong!

If you have a bar like that, time to ditch it and here is the proof!  I think (not sure) that Porsche a-pillars are much stronger, it's rare to see instances where they have collapsed.