What do people use in their track cars and for road use? For a dedicated race or track car I'd use the FIA spec stuff, but I worry it might do more harm than good on the road?
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Cage padding for road use?
- Thread starter alistairolsen
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Track 172 Cup
The FIA stuff does look more like hard rubber even though I would prefer to bang me head on that rather than steel tube I would look into something like http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motor...mon-tweeks-flame-retardant-roll-bar-padding-2 looks just like normal foam insulation but is fore retardant. I don't use anything as mine is just a rear cage.
use the fia stuff on the road its worse as you won't have a helmet on if you happen to be in a shunt and hitting your head on it would not be great .
the density of the fia stuff is correct as to not cause a brain injury , pip lagging as some use is s**t , don't use that , it might seem ok in a light shunt but then its the type of shunt when the chips are down that it all makes a difference .
brain injuries are not to be messed with .
the density of the fia stuff is correct as to not cause a brain injury , pip lagging as some use is s**t , don't use that , it might seem ok in a light shunt but then its the type of shunt when the chips are down that it all makes a difference .
brain injuries are not to be messed with .
imprezaworks
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Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Of the stuff above how much do you think you need for a full cage?
Yeah I just worry that the FIA stuff will mess your head up without the helmet. Its designed for pretty high speed crashes with a helmet on, which without a helmet will kill you regardless, I just worry that in a lower speed crash it may do more harm than good.
Depends .... need a section on the driver and passanger roof bars at least the ones that run front to back
Car dashboards pass a similar head impact test , how hard are they ? They are hard enough to absorb the right amount of energy to sustain the least injury.
