Saturday 18 January 2014

J's Racing C pillar and Gate Bars

During Japfest 2013, I unexpectedly came across some bargain parts at Sumo Power for the teg.
They were as titled a J's Racing C pillar and gate bars.

The J's Racing C pillar bar connects the tops of the rear seatbelt points and adds extra rigidity to the rear hatch of the car i.e Between the C pillars. If you don't know what a C pillar is, refer to the diagram below, it's pretty self explanatory ;)


The two gate bars which incidentally are discontinued now, connect from the ends of the C pillar bar to mounting points at the rear hatch of the boot.




 You may have noticed above that I have holes cut out at the rear quarter interior boot trim to access the rebound adjusters on my Nitron coilovers. Further to this you can see that the holes were tidied up with some edge trim so I decided to do the same to the gaps around the mounting points of the gate bars which you can see below.


So do they make a difference? Let's be honest here. They will increase rigidity, but it is highly unlikely you will feel a difference. The major factor of why I got these was because I unexpectedly came across these at a price I just couldn't refuse :)

Blog back online..

...Some time ago I decided to take the blog offline for a number of reasons, but after some kind words from the guys at clubitr I decided to re-open it.
The car itself has been to a number of meets and shows since my last post and has generally been well received. I'll start the continuation of my blog with some media from 2012.

Pulling into Mimms


 




Ending this post with a video from my mate Dave of Reelmotion - Can you spot the teg?