Miata Roll Bar Install Instructions
The legendary hard dog roll bars are now available for the nd chassis.
Miata roll bar install instructions. Put the top down. Using a small crow bar claw hammer or button removal tool carefully pry the plastic buttons from the carpet at the front edge of the package tray. Fig hc2 once the bar and the seat belt reels are in position snug but do not completely tighten the seat belt reel mounting plates using bolts from the hardware kit and small od flat washers from the stock bolts. Miata hard dog roll bar installation by john kuykendall.
Second part of the installation of the hard dog roll bar into a nc miata. Roger our region s president has been doing some local autocrosses lately and i guess he got to thinking about what might happen if he tried jumping a curb at full tilt like he did one time ask him about it sometime and got it upside down. Also remove and discard the seat. Do not believe claims to the contrary.
Flyin miata is the world leader in miata performance. The roll bar plates fit against the seat belt reels which stay in their original location but do not use the original spacers. 1 this step is my favorite part. First part here https youtu be fwuvak1lt9u autox fun in this car here https y.
2 remove the trim panels covering the seat belt towers. We offer a wide range of parts for all years of the mazda mx 5 miata. 3 remove the lower seat belt reel bolts 16mm pre 94 17mm 94 and later and spacers. Install the upper mounting bolts through the upper mounting plate with the spacer under the.
The original spacers fig 1 once the hard bar and those rascally seat belt reels are in position start but do not completely tighten the footplate mounting bolts from the hardware kit make sure that your seat belts are on the inside of the roll bar. Remove the carpet and padding from the vertical wall behind the seats. We worked with hard dog to give you as much overhead protection as possible. With the top partially raised roll or fold the horizontal package tray carpet back under the convertible top.
Remove the package tray cover about ten 10mm bolts and remove the seat belts from their receptacles by prying off the plastic cap from the seat belt harness restraint and removing the 19mm iirc bolt save this bolt because you are going to reuse it to secure the bar to the top of the seat belt tower and 10mm screw on top and 17mm bolt on the bottom and lay the seat belt mechanism to the side.