Furthermore, when fitting overzied, aftermarket bars and bushes the brackets can often bend and distort.
The below has been designed to stop this from happening and reinforce the mount, eliminating the possibility of bending the bracket and distorting the mounting point.
The part is made out of aluminium alloy, and simply requires one hole to be drilled throught the boot floorpan for fitment; it is then bolted down with two penny washers and some nylock fittings. It will work with standard or aftermarket rollbars as it is the bush hole diameter that changes with roll bar sizes, not the bush itself.
I need to get two sets made up anyway and so am looking to do a group buy on these if anyone is interested. Price will really be dependant on how many names i get. Similar items, (ireland engineering and turner do some) will cost around $100, so once they have been shipped and taxed, will end up costing between £90-£120 to get over here. These will cost considerably less for a pair.
Below are some shots of the prototype that has been made.
Bracket with powerflex bush:
Bracket fitted to car:
And this is what needs to be done; basically the bracket is bolted in using the bottom bolt first, then using a centre punch or pen, you can mark the floorpan were the second hole needs to be drilled to accept a 10mm fixing:
I think this part is quite important on fast road/track cars especially if you have uprated roll bars or bushes.
Regards, Dan
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