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Old 03-16-2011, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by digginfool View Post
And I'm still undecided....
...After I saw the flip in the "Don't Do This" thread, I was convinced I wanted a second roll hoop just in case because you never know and anybody in the passenger seat during that flip was dead. There was zero protection.
Yep, saw the "Don't do this" too. I can't work out why that car flipped. A friend flipped his car when he came around a corner, onto an 'unannounced' resealed section of road, the type where they spray on tar and then spread gravel. In a couple of seconds he went from wheels on the road to wheels in the air. No roll hoop/loop/bar, lucky to be alive, car needing 'some bodywork'.
So, I know it happens, but at the same time how common is it? A Cobra, with its c-of-g maybe 18" off the ground, must be just about impossible to flip unless you hit something. How many have personal experience of a rollover?

If you go ahead with fitting a second one, what about painting/powdercoating it black? Less obvious that a pair of chromies...
Cheers,
Glen
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