Since Go Fast Lab isn't around anymore...do you have any other source for a bolt-in 4 points bar other than going custom, perhap Hard Dog Fabrication?

I like the ways GFL/Elda bar sit as most of the panels can be install back including OEM roll hoops and center console.

Thanks

 

You could call Hard Dog and ask

 

Please let me know what they say if you call.

 

Talked to them on the phone yesterday and they are saying that they are still doing some testing and development, in fact they are testing one on a car right now. They mentioned that they have 2 versions, one where you have to completely removed the back section and you will not be able to put the hoops etc back once the bar is installed and another version is similar to what Elda and Go Fast offered where you can pretty much put everything back in the car with some trimming on the plastic pieces virtually identical to the Elda bar except he mentioned that it will probably have slightly more seat travel than what the Elda bar had.

They told me to drop them an e-mail as they don

 

From my email conversation with Tom at HardDog, their bars are completed and they will hopefully be taking orders later this week (no promises). They have "de-engineered" the GFL bar to match the original Elda design. The incompatibility with the factory roll hoops has been resolved. It seems as if the hard top latch issue still remains (although most have accepted this as a necessary evil already).

Instead of barraging Tom with emails, I'd suggest regularly checking their website for updates, they keep it well up to date... http://www.bethania-garage.com/

 

That's going to happen no matter what. I just had my hardtop latches cut off, and a 14mm nut welded on instead. It's not as easy as the latches, but it works.

 

Seeing as how they re-engineered it in the first place, that's mighty nice of them.

 

So can the OEM seatbelts be retained with this bar? Or are you required(if you want to stay in the car that is) to run after market seat + harness?

 

 

After reading this thread I decided to call Hard Dog and ask about the GFL bars - I actually like the fact that those bars only work without the stock roll-hoops as my intention after installing the bar is to gut the car from the seats back (including the glove compartment and bulkhead). My only problem with the GFL/Elda bars is that the harness bar sat a bit too high (in order to accomodate the glove compartment) - I prefer the shoulder harness to leave the harness guide in the seat-back at approximately 10 degrees off horizontal and downward (optimal position for safety according to the experts). Hard Dog accomodated me by offering to weld the harness bar to an incomplete GFL Hardcore bar 8 inches lower. This is a good compromise solution for a TA weekend racer with no intentions to go WTW racing and no budget for a custom set up.

They will also have the re-designed bar that accomodates the stock roll-hoops and stock seatbelt attachments at some point in the future.