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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.
Ladder frame, it’s in the pip line
Have bin following forums for advice on mods
And have performed these mods on a shoe string budget
Home made rock sliders, extended shackles and body lift spacers wound up t bars
Alloy F100 8n 15x7 on 31x10.5r on e-bay $55 and it blow the budget h a

Im lost..

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

Mock

croatian4x4 wrote:Im lost..

So am i, considering you don't need to chop anything to make it a soft top.

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 ?

I have a Feroza soft top in my shed if anyone is interested.

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)?

i'm lost 2
got rta inspection pass
flare stay as thay r

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.

Mock

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 ?

Why unbolt something when you can chop it off?

Steve.

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

Steve.

I know hey Steve!!


I rotated my wheels last week....


Had to buy 20 new wheel studs though!

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

Steve.

Only owns an angle grinder ?

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?

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 ?

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
I am from Sydney

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.

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.

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

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