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                        Roll bar padding

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                        ga.retread
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: down South
                        Roll bar padding
                        Posted by ga.retread on Saturday, November 8, 2008 7:07 PM
                        Can anyone give me some help simulating roll bar padding in race cars? I can fab up thebars o.k., but I 'm at a loss for the padding. Thanks.
                        "Shoot low boys, they're riding Shetland Ponies!" - Lewis Grizzard, revered Southern humorist
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                        Summit
                        • Member since
                          October 2007
                        • From: Inland Northwest
                        Posted by Summit on Saturday, November 8, 2008 7:34 PM
                        My methods are mostly "Old School" -  Take a piece of electrical wiring of the same size, make a straight slice from end to end. Remove the wire and use the insulation for padding.
                        Sean "I've reached nearly fifty years of age with my system." Weekend GB 2008
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                        ga.retread
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: down South
                        Posted by ga.retread on Sunday, November 9, 2008 2:05 PM
                        Thanks. I thought about electrical wiring, but I wasn't sure how to get the color right. I mean, wire insulation is usually shiny and padding is mostly dull or flat. Would a black sharpie marker work?
                        "Shoot low boys, they're riding Shetland Ponies!" - Lewis Grizzard, revered Southern humorist
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                        Bioya
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                          February 2007
                        • From: sparks, nevada
                        Posted by Bioya on Sunday, November 9, 2008 2:20 PM
                        I use heat shrink tubing. Usually it is not shiney and available in many colors.
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                        *Hella-Fresh*
                        • Member since
                          November 2008
                        Posted by *Hella-Fresh* on Sunday, November 9, 2008 5:34 PM

                        Heat shrink sounds liek a great idea, comes in diff colors and is also flat in color mostly.

                        So is electrical wire sometimes too. Both are good ideas.

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                        SprueOne
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                          January 2006
                        • From: California
                        Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, November 9, 2008 10:31 PM
                        neoprene tape looks pretty convincing too.


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