We've been busy at Blackbird Fabworx.
The NC crowd has been asking for a long time for an SCCA legal roll bar that fits under the soft top.
For a long time we wrote the concept off, but with the recent release of the ND RZ roll bar it became clear that our design details can be reused to design a new soft top compatible roll bar for the NC chassis.
What's the big deal, you ask?
It's a huge deal.
In 9 years of the model run there has been exactly 0 roll bars that achieved that.
Yes, you read that right, there are no NC roll bars that are SCCA legal and soft top compatible.. in fact, there's only 1 NC roll bar that is SCCA legal at all and we make that one too, our NC GT3 -
To familiarize yourself with the concept of our RZ bar, here are the key features of the ND RZ that are applicable to the NC chassis -
* Allows full use of the factory soft top which can be lowered from the driver's seat.
* SCCA Legal. Not kinda legal, not almost legal, not "hopefully you can sneak it by tech" legal. 100% SCCA LEGAL.
* Taller than OEM hoop structure.
* DOM Steel construction with full X brace and a harness bar as standard.
* Factory seat travel and recline retained in full.
* Allows all plastic and carpet trim panels to be reinstalled (with minor trimming).
* High grade hardware kit included.
* High quality powder coat finish included, many custom colors will be available for just $80 additional fee.
* Minimal weight gain in comparison with the OEM hoop structure it replaces, with the ND we were able to get it to about 26 Lbs gain, obviously the NC is a different chassis and this number can change by a good margin.
Target pricing of $1300 or under, this was our target for the ND bar and it ended up at $1195.
So, last week we got our development car -
Got busy pretty quickly -
And were able to test our prototype hoop design not only with the soft top but with the DG hard top as well -
Perfect fitment under both tops -
Lid went back on Sean's beautiful Club (thanks for coming, Sean!) -
The hoop is very tall, great news for the broomstick clearance challenged folks -
I'll keep updating the thread as we go along :icon_cheers:
The NC crowd has been asking for a long time for an SCCA legal roll bar that fits under the soft top.
For a long time we wrote the concept off, but with the recent release of the ND RZ roll bar it became clear that our design details can be reused to design a new soft top compatible roll bar for the NC chassis.
What's the big deal, you ask?
It's a huge deal.
In 9 years of the model run there has been exactly 0 roll bars that achieved that.
Yes, you read that right, there are no NC roll bars that are SCCA legal and soft top compatible.. in fact, there's only 1 NC roll bar that is SCCA legal at all and we make that one too, our NC GT3 -
To familiarize yourself with the concept of our RZ bar, here are the key features of the ND RZ that are applicable to the NC chassis -
* Allows full use of the factory soft top which can be lowered from the driver's seat.
* SCCA Legal. Not kinda legal, not almost legal, not "hopefully you can sneak it by tech" legal. 100% SCCA LEGAL.
* Taller than OEM hoop structure.
* DOM Steel construction with full X brace and a harness bar as standard.
* Factory seat travel and recline retained in full.
* Allows all plastic and carpet trim panels to be reinstalled (with minor trimming).
* High grade hardware kit included.
* High quality powder coat finish included, many custom colors will be available for just $80 additional fee.
* Minimal weight gain in comparison with the OEM hoop structure it replaces, with the ND we were able to get it to about 26 Lbs gain, obviously the NC is a different chassis and this number can change by a good margin.
Target pricing of $1300 or under, this was our target for the ND bar and it ended up at $1195.
So, last week we got our development car -
Got busy pretty quickly -
And were able to test our prototype hoop design not only with the soft top but with the DG hard top as well -
Perfect fitment under both tops -
Lid went back on Sean's beautiful Club (thanks for coming, Sean!) -
The hoop is very tall, great news for the broomstick clearance challenged folks -
I'll keep updating the thread as we go along :icon_cheers: