I am looking for your help,

How many of you have a 996 Convertible, also how many people on daily driving/track have had the roll over bars deploy on you for no really impact ?

Also does anyone have some pictures ?

Does the Roll bar break the glass in the hood ? or is it just in the hard top ?

Sorry for all the questions, i am doing some research on this at the moment.

Thanks

Paul

 

Only question I can answer is a picture!

 

I had these pop up in my 99 cab with hard top on...definitley did not break the glass....

 

thanks for the help, has anyone else had any experiences ?

thanks

 

Had them pop up in my old cab as well. Did not affect the glass. I also read a thread of them popping up on some guy at a track event w/ no collision, just g-forces.
Ron

 

Thanks for your help.

Does the new 996, 2002/03 model have the rubber on top of the roll hoops ??
i.e. the one with the glass rear rear window

Thanks

 

I htink the rollbar is the same on MY02 and older models...

 

anymore information ??? anyone

 

They do not hit the glass.

 

Don:

thanks for posting the picture of my car, after my "negative G" adventure last year.

BTW, putting the bars back down takes abut 2 minutes. Stick a rod down to hold the latch open, and push them back down till they latch in.

 

Thanks for your help so far, the main reason i am asking is that i work for Aston martin and we are using a system similar to the Porsche.

However, with all information i have found so far is that the roll bars do push up the perpex on the early cabriolets, and they smash the glass on the hard top when fitted.

I believe the glass is replaceable on the late 996 cabriolet ? is this correct ?

Also Orient Express, what conditions were you using the car for the rollover bars to activate ?

Thanks

Paul

 

Paul:

The glass on the 02 and later Cabs is pretty easy to replace. I have seen the procedure, and it is just popping out the gasket from a subframe.

When the bars popped in this picture, I was going over a rise in the road that caused the car to go a little airborne. When I was coming down, the bars popped.

 

Paul,
I have seen the rollbars deployed on a 996 with the soft top up. No trauma to the fabric or plastic window.