AstoN_B

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Anyone got a pic of a perfect roll bar?

Took mine off few weeks ago while doing a bit of resto/mod work, and it appears the drivers side of roll bar is bent a bit?

Im not sure if thats the shape its supposed to be, i thought it'd be straight both sides but its not symmetrical. Left picture is the slight bend i'm on about.



Car drove nice n straight before, no tracking issues. I had a smacked roll bar on other escort when i first got it and it'd cracked the passenger bracket too so wheel was couple inches back in arch but this one looked and drove mint.

Opinions?

(roll bar is yet to be wired and primed/coated obv)

stevealien

iTrader: (1)

mines was like that.checked a mates one,and his was exactly the same.both cars drive fine.
guess its how they are,weird though

Versus_Creations

iTrader: (1)

Its so you can remove the gearbox without droping the rollbar. Nothing weird about it, its just crap

AstoN_B

iTrader: (1)

Lol as simple as that, seems retarded.

Cheers for answers though!

Ideally i'd swap to 1600i setup but cant justify it to myself tbh. Want car back on road so i can have some fun

russ rs

Don't you need swap box for 1600i setup

AstoN_B

iTrader: (1)

No i think the subframe/gearbox support is different though, and few other bits. But it's not cheap enough to bother with on a daily road car. Especially when i have another project currently at bare shell stage :/

muz

No, you need the endcase swapped to a MK3 or MK5 Escort. Not the whole gearbox, although it may need new bearings doing this.