[Will]

First mods! Chrome roll hoops/bars and Wind Deflector

OK so my first mods! Ive never actually seen a decent picture of the cc with chrome roll bars at the back. Ive ordered myself a set, im hoping they look good!m Awaiting for arrival in the post.....

Of course the wind deflector is more of a use than a pretty mod. A must have I rekon, especially when it isnt all that warm outside.

 

[Will]

p.s any of you heard of the roll hoops deploying in the case of an accident and rolling? Ive been told that some have this? By Deploy do they mean airbag explode or raise upto same height as roof line. Im wondering if this will effect my buying aftermarket ones.

 

[Lemon]

yes they do go upwards not sure if there fitted to all cc you could just be buying covers?

 

[hoochy]

there fitted to all ccs mate as far as i hear, i was just chatting to the missus about this not so long ago, as there isnt a lot of room between the hoops and the rear window so they cant go up by a lot im sure i read some where in the owners book they can pop up some times if you go round a bend or corner to fast and the wheels lift and if they pop up the roof wont work till you re set them back down so i cant see them working when the roofs up just when its down was it the 1s on the bay you got bud?

 

[Lemon]

Yeah they only work when the roof is down hump back bridges set them off and I've heard of them going pop with the roof up and they go straight though the roof

 

[hoochy]

lol that was my worry bud thats what i was saying to the missus hope they never just pop for no reason or there going throu the window i was going to fit the chrome hoops but i thout what if i have to hit the anchors mega hard 1 day i dont fancy some 1s head bouncing back agianst a metal hoop

 

[Stiggy]

It is only some ccs that were fitted with the option, mine has them fitted as I figured there wasn't much room above your head in the back if you flip. The hoops you got will be full hoops and replace standard ones. The hoops are connected deep down the back of the rear seats on runner things. If you have the pop up ones the hydraulics will be down there too, if not it should be a straight swap. It's rare for ccs to have the active hoops so you mite not have them. They will look great tho, Im not getting them just because of the active hoops.

Get some photos on when it's done

 

[Will]

It's rare for ccs to have the active hoops so you mite not have them. They will look great tho, Im not getting them just because of the active hoops.
Get some photos on when it's done

Im hopeing your right Stiggy!

Ive had a look down the back just quickly yesterday, I can see there are 2 bolts one above the other about 15 inches apart that go right through to the other side behind the seat, so im thinking they are fixed (hoping so). The replacement hoops fittment ends that go down into the original holes seem to have 2 holes which looks like they will line up with the original bolt holes, so hoepfully it will be a straight swap with no hastles! I havnt recieved them yet so im going by pictures.

If all goes well, then I will be sure to get photos up as soon as ive fitted them

 

[Stiggy]

Yeah it should be fine, I have heard it's quite easy to do.

 

[Will]

Yeah it should be fine, I have heard it's quite easy to do.

Nice one, watch this space then! havnt recieved them yet though.... come on posty!

 

[Will]

Update....

Even though ive not recieved them yet, I thought I would put myself out of my misery and see if I could take the hoops out and to also see if they were self deploying.

Good news... They arnt! (you were right stiggy!)

In case any of you want to know how to take them out.....

I took back covering in the boot and could see 4 bolts which looked like they went right through, which gave me the idea that they were fixed

The Bolts were fastened behind the rear seat, so I have to take the back seat off first, with mean removing the plastic edge so I could get the the screw thatfastened the rear seat in.

It has been taken out in this pic, but you get the idea as to where it was

I simply undid the 4 bolts which you can see were located where the 4 paint marks are, then they just lifted out. Job done

I will update when I finaly get the hoops and fit them in

 

[Stiggy]

That's for that update, Im not very brave when it comes to unscrewing things lol. Bet it looks nice with no hoops at all (not that it would be very safe) looking forward to seeing the results

 

[Will]

Bet it looks nice with no hoops at all

It will look nicer with the hoops I rekon

 

[Stiggy]

oh yeah it looks better with actually, makes the back look really long like a Focus CC.

 

[Jon72]

Thinking of modding a wind reflector in-between the two roll bars like the new Mk3 style.
Any bro don't that?