Protection

[mcvw]

Hi,

Given that we all agree the front of an early bay (or late bay, and even a splitty) offers very little protection in the event of a frontal/side crash, has anybody ever considered fitting a roll-cage type arrangement?

I'd guess you'd have to go through the cab floor and mount on the forward chassis legs (the y-section)?

Any thoughts/ideas?

Cheers,


Mike

 

[mcvw]

Found a custom bay on Vzi (Wolfman) with a rollbar in the front lower panel

Looking at the second picture - do you think it's positioned too low? I guess any higher and it would foul the headlight bowls?

Thread here http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=457648

 

[Guest]

i would love to see a half cage in the cab but i guess it would still impinge into the door area alot and make things akward to get in and out.

I guess roo bars are the easiest way to add some safety to the front without serious modification.

i dont think you would get much protection from a bar that low, anything head on would just come over the top of it and head for your knees?

 

[mjknight71]

....as far as I am aware the front of a bay has its own frontal crash 'system' where the chassis and floor stays rigid and the front panel bulges out below the windscreen in event of a head on crash dissipating the force up, 2 armed steering wheel collapses etc......think there was quite a good example on here of someone ‘walking’ away front a crash recently (in tears I think because the front of his lovely bay was a bit of a mess)

Whilst fitting extra 'bars' may seem a good idea you may upset the designed balance…..modern cars are designed to crumple, if you fitted ‘bars’ to them so they didn’t crumple….the out come in a crash may not be so pretty for the people

 

[Ands1]

....as far as I am aware the front of a bay has its own frontal crash 'system' where the chassis and floor stays rigid and the front panel bulges out below the windscreen in event of a head on crash dissipating the force up, 2 armed steering wheel collapses etc......think there was quite a good example on here of someone ‘walking’ away front a crash recently (in tears I think because the front of his lovely bay was a bit of a mess)

Whilst fitting extra 'bars' may seem a good idea you may upset the designed balance…..modern cars are designed to crumple, if you fitted ‘bars’ to them so they didn’t crumple….the out come in a crash may not be so pretty for the people

Yep that was me , all though I limped away with a broken foot
Still very gutted, although I,m happy I,ve still got my legs intact, my van is lowered by 3"s so the offending volvo that front ended me in effect glided over the front bumper & chassis rail & hitting my front panel crushing all the floor up into the wheel arch this is where I got my foot caught, even when the accident happened I was concious to move my feet & legs up & out to the side of me.My front panel did buldge out as did the two pillars around the windscreen causing the roof to kink in a couple of places. I was unaware this was a design as you,ve described, not sure if that cage on the vzi thread would make any difference :?:
The accident has set me back but has deffinatly not put me off rolling again in an early bay :wink: