Quote Originally Posted by canadianal
Getting steel today, will be here by the pm. just got to get the hoop bent up to start with.
got my rule book out and am wondering if the door bar has to be a straight member or can it have a slight bend to come right against the inner panels to give as much clearance as possible. i also would like to know if further braceing can be added to the door bar(as i dont have working doors) i was wondering if a can add a further vertical brace below the door bar to tie into the frame beside the seat
i cant see any harm in it and it would definitly reinforce the door bar.
The whole idea of the door bar is to retain the driver in the car, so as long as it passes the driver between the shoulder and the elbow in normal driving position, you can tweak it any way you want to. You can also add any other bars you want to. Many door cars have the door bar bent into a lazy "S", with the afforementioned retention feature of the bar in place, but allowing more ease of entry and exit into and out of the vehicle by having the forward portion of the bar closer to the floor.