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Originally Posted by Try2paz (Post 639813)

I agree with this statement, I see roll bars / cages in cars fairly common with no head rest, no padding with a lap belt. One hit of that bar in a roll over you're a goner. A kid out in the east bay (brentwood) recently rolled over in a jeep with a cage inside and died from the cage.

agreed. see WAY too many PT cars without padding and the bars right above their adjustable/folding seat. NOT good.

I have my 5 points mounted to a bar under the rear deck for proper geometry but feel its still not safe.

Cage and AC are next. Getting old ;)

It's a tough call and I agree it depends on primary usage. When I converted my first Mustang from open track toy to full road race car, I put a full cage and Kirkey seat in it. I never drove it on the street again. My C5 Corvette had a six point cage in it with 5 point harnesses. I could not run the door bars in it and realistically still get in and out of the car in the garage and parking spaces. But I felt naked in the same C5 at the Texas Mile going 200 mph. I would never run an Optima-style event at a large speedway without a full cage. My current 69 Corvette street/track car project is getting a 4 point cage, Kirkey seat, harnesses, halon fire extinguisher. and a removable steering wheel so I can get out of the car over the side pipes.