Any cabrio guys running a harness bar?

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  • CorvallisBMW
    Long Schlong Longhammer
    • Feb 2005
    • 13039

    #1

    Any cabrio guys running a harness bar?

    I'm just curious, is anyone out there doing it? Or maybe I should start with: does anyone even make one?
  • thereisnoyun
    R3VLimited
    • Feb 2007
    • 2301

    #2
    Originally posted by CorvallisBMW
    I'm just curious, is anyone out there doing it? Or maybe I should start with: does anyone even make one?
    I thought about this before, I think it would be easily to make, and very structurally sound. If you weld the two seat belt guild on the top with a bar running across. and bolt down to the seat belt bolts on the bottom.

    It would be a bolt on application. just need to find someone that can make it. I'm sure it would provide chassis flex ridgiidty as well.

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    • CorvallisBMW
      Long Schlong Longhammer
      • Feb 2005
      • 13039

      #3
      Originally posted by thereisnoyun
      It would be a bolt on application. just need to find someone that can make it. I'm sure it would provide chassis flex ridgiidty as well.
      this is what I'm thinking. I want it removable and as non-intrusive as possible. I do have people in the backs seats on a fairly regular basis, so they need to be usable without eliminating the footwells or preventing people from being able to easily get in/out. But I am giddy at the possibilities of chassis stiffening :) :) :)

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      • thereisnoyun
        R3VLimited
        • Feb 2007
        • 2301

        #4
        Originally posted by CorvallisBMW
        this is what I'm thinking. I want it removable and as non-intrusive as possible. I do have people in the backs seats on a fairly regular basis, so they need to be usable without eliminating the footwells or preventing people from being able to easily get in/out. But I am giddy at the possibilities of chassis stiffening :) :) :)
        the seat belt guide is a perfect location. Weld two plates on there, and a bar bolt on similar to the strut bar. It definitely can work. If you take the panel out in the rear you can unbolt the seat belt guide and you can see that its a really thick gauge metal going into the chassis reinforcement place. I'm 100% sure it would work... but who would do it? and where to do it? all questions to be answered.

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        • E30ownerwithanopinion
          E30 Mastermind
          • Dec 2003
          • 1526

          #5
          can you leverage the receptor hole for the Hard top? Its covered by the black rubber plug located right in front of the spring loaded flap.

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