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Full soft top convertible chop!

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Full soft top convertible chop!

Post by rob-lo »

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Full soft top convertible chop!
Planning on making the soft top my self and the chop down me can do it
As four RTA reg, I am shoer these people will get up set with the chop.
Sum advice on legal side on the conversion.
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Post by croatian4x4 »

Im lost..
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Post by ljxtreem »

See an engineer before you take to it with a grinder, thats if you want to keep it on the road.

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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

croatian4x4 wrote:Im lost..
So am i, considering you don't need to chop anything to make it a soft top.
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Post by MightyMouse »

r0ck_m0nkey wrote:
croatian4x4 wrote:Im lost..
So am i, considering you don't need to chop anything to make it a soft top.
Why - what's wrong with the factory one ?
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Post by HotFourOk »

I have a Feroza soft top in my shed if anyone is interested.
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Post by Buggerific »

I would assume my mate is interested... I'll let him know you have one. Is the body the same on the wide track model (F310)?
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Post by rob-lo »

i'm lost 2
got rta inspection pass
flare stay as thay r
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Post by ljxtreem »

rob-lo wrote:i'm lost 2
got rta inspection pass
flare stay as thay r
For the soft top chop?

Cant see the flares being an Issue.

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Post by MightyMouse »

rob-lo wrote:i'm lost 2
got rta inspection pass
flare stay as thay r
Now I am completely lost... whats the link between the flares and the top chop ?
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Post by Gwagensteve »

Why unbolt something when you can chop it off?

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Post by HotFourOk »

Gwagensteve wrote:Why unbolt something when you can chop it off?

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I know hey Steve!!


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Had to buy 20 new wheel studs though! :bad-words:

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Post by MightyMouse »

Gwagensteve wrote:Why unbolt something when you can chop it off?

Steve.
Only owns an angle grinder ?
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Post by rob-lo »

See if I chop the roof down I can then install roll bars
I gust like the look of open cabs and bars
It’s a bit confusing, yes!
Flares, just a side theme
Feroza cabriolets or coverable?
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Post by MightyMouse »

Ok - I begin to get the picture.....

Just remember that a cage has too feed its loads into something. No point having a full cage and bolting it to crappy sheetmetal that will punch through in a rollover.

The standard "bar" is surprisingly strong, have seen a few rollovers at the wreckers and they take a hell of a pounding, but without the factory rear bar the rear roof section is a problem.

Don't know where your from but if you want to be legal you might have some major challenges, there are lots of regulations re "distance to...." that make small vehicles a challenge.

Now if you want to be really "cagey" then why not go for an exo ?
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Post by rob-lo »

I’ve just downloaded the National Code of Practice for Light Vehicle
Are the Regulations in this book?
Maybe I’ll just get a beach buggy
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Post by MightyMouse »

NCOP is on the way in,and will be increasingly applied - but there are individual regs and variations for each state as well, so its a minefield.

An approved cage is also far from cheap even if its possible / legal.

Not being an expert, my guess would be that anything that changes the rollover protection of a vehicle would be viewed with great concern by the authorities who tend to say no first..... just to be "safe".

The risk to life and limb from getting it wrong is substantial.
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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

MightyMouse wrote:Not being an expert, my guess would be that anything that changes the rollover protection of a vehicle would be viewed with great concern by the authorities who tend to say no first..... just to be "safe".
Not just that, but if the B Pillar is ditched, it also takes the seat belt mounting point with it. Messing around with seat belt mounting points can become a real pain trying to get engineered.
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Post by MightyMouse »

Yep - didn't even think of the belts, its just stepped up from difficult to @#$%....
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Post by rob-lo »

Ok
My mind bogles at the thought of “rollover protectionâ€
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