"Hey nice miata! Are you on m.net?"... :fp:
The style bar had to go.
I couldn't take it anymore. Not only did I look like I was borrowing my 65-year old grandpa's car, but that ish was just downright unsafe on the track and in the canyons without a rollbar. I'd been looking over the usual Hard Dogs and Boss Frogs since I got my car in January. It wasn't that they weren't good bars, it was just that. They were just, well, bars, to me.
I needed something different. Something better. Lo and behold, I found rdrcr's thread detailing his new 6-point fabbed and installed by SoCal native Blackbird Fabworx. I always thought a 6-point would be nice. Heck, who wouldn't want door bars solidifying the chassis? But I sure as hell wasn't going to pay $275+$50 shipping for some bolt in tubes of metal.
Now what Moti fabbed up for rdrcr- that's what I wanted. The way it flowed evenly with the four point with precise welds just made those door bars belong. Looking at 4-points, they just seemed incomplete now.
I exchanged a few (heh, maybe a bit more than that. I'm sure my daily PM's started to rack up) messages with Moti and together we hashed out exactly what I wanted. Eventually we came to the decision to use 1.75"x0.095" DOM tubing with 1/8" mounting and backing plates.
It was finally time to take my car to the next level. I made the trek to Northridge with my mom caravaning behind me (have to get back home some how) and along the way thought to myself how that would be the last time I would experience body flex. When I dropped the car off at Moti's, he came up with a few more suggestions to make the bar even better. Instead of black paint, he recommended antique bronze to flow with my black and tan and 3M tape to protect my door bars. I completely agreed and bid goodbye to my tiny go kart.
Not only were the choices perfect, but after Moti detoxed my interior and removed the monstrosity called the 'style bar', he called to let me know that my plates were in fact being laser cut to look ever sharper. This is just one of the examples of Blackbird Fabworx going above and beyond what is deemed necessary to make a bar that is truly a work of art.
Unfortunately, Moti called me the next day to inform me that my glass window was infact 36" instead of the standard 32-34" on the OEM tops. Not to be dismayed, Moti tried over four different designs with the rear legs to make sure they fit perfectly with the glass window.
After a few days of building the bar and keeping me constantly updated with pictures, the car was ready. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl as I again made the trek up to Northridge. Everything I had hoped the bar to be had turned out better. Moti made sure that every single little detail was perfect and up to his standards. I still can't believe how solid the car feels now as I tear through Angeles Crest Highway. Unbelievably, this rigidity only weighed 46 lbs with the door bars!
This isn't just a bar. It is an extension of the car, taking it to new horizons.
The style bar had to go.
I couldn't take it anymore. Not only did I look like I was borrowing my 65-year old grandpa's car, but that ish was just downright unsafe on the track and in the canyons without a rollbar. I'd been looking over the usual Hard Dogs and Boss Frogs since I got my car in January. It wasn't that they weren't good bars, it was just that. They were just, well, bars, to me.
I needed something different. Something better. Lo and behold, I found rdrcr's thread detailing his new 6-point fabbed and installed by SoCal native Blackbird Fabworx. I always thought a 6-point would be nice. Heck, who wouldn't want door bars solidifying the chassis? But I sure as hell wasn't going to pay $275+$50 shipping for some bolt in tubes of metal.
Now what Moti fabbed up for rdrcr- that's what I wanted. The way it flowed evenly with the four point with precise welds just made those door bars belong. Looking at 4-points, they just seemed incomplete now.
I exchanged a few (heh, maybe a bit more than that. I'm sure my daily PM's started to rack up) messages with Moti and together we hashed out exactly what I wanted. Eventually we came to the decision to use 1.75"x0.095" DOM tubing with 1/8" mounting and backing plates.
It was finally time to take my car to the next level. I made the trek to Northridge with my mom caravaning behind me (have to get back home some how) and along the way thought to myself how that would be the last time I would experience body flex. When I dropped the car off at Moti's, he came up with a few more suggestions to make the bar even better. Instead of black paint, he recommended antique bronze to flow with my black and tan and 3M tape to protect my door bars. I completely agreed and bid goodbye to my tiny go kart.
Not only were the choices perfect, but after Moti detoxed my interior and removed the monstrosity called the 'style bar', he called to let me know that my plates were in fact being laser cut to look ever sharper. This is just one of the examples of Blackbird Fabworx going above and beyond what is deemed necessary to make a bar that is truly a work of art.
Unfortunately, Moti called me the next day to inform me that my glass window was infact 36" instead of the standard 32-34" on the OEM tops. Not to be dismayed, Moti tried over four different designs with the rear legs to make sure they fit perfectly with the glass window.
After a few days of building the bar and keeping me constantly updated with pictures, the car was ready. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl as I again made the trek up to Northridge. Everything I had hoped the bar to be had turned out better. Moti made sure that every single little detail was perfect and up to his standards. I still can't believe how solid the car feels now as I tear through Angeles Crest Highway. Unbelievably, this rigidity only weighed 46 lbs with the door bars!
This isn't just a bar. It is an extension of the car, taking it to new horizons.