Does anyone have swing out bars on their cages? What do you do about the door handles, just cut a notch in them?

A properly installed roll bar/roll cage should have a modified door bar to clear the third gen door handle when the door is closed. It won't have anything to do with the door bar being a swing out or not.

Awhile ago I saw pictures of a standard cage with straight swing out bars and what looked like stock door handles.The ones that are modified from S&W to clear stock handles aren't NHRA legal.And according to them,the ones that are legal won't clear the handle.So I want something legal and am wondering what to do about the handles.

i have a jegs 8-point set-up and i mearly narrowed the main hoop about 2-3" (had to anyways so i could put my interior pieces in. the hoop almost touched the sides of the pillars right in front of the speakers) it puts the bars a little closer to the seats but it is still comfortable. i'll get pics soon.

I installed a Comp Engineering kit, and the side bars have a slight bend. With the bend positioned as shown, the bar clears the doorhandle.


not the best pic...

Hey Fast3rdGen
Your right next door... I'm in Alpha (Beavercreek) Ohio. I'd like to check out your ladder/coil over set up... Thats what I'm doin to mine.
Bob

Thanks for the help guys.I'll order my S&W cage today