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Offline robfrey

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Rollbar padding.
« on: February 26, 2016, 03:50:55 PM »
What is with rollbar padding. It gets hard as a rock and  discolors in about a year.
Honestly, it feels about as hard as the roll bar!
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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2016, 06:46:08 PM »
It starts hard as a rock.... ours has not discolored, it is several years old.  Yours looks a little porous in the picture.... the stuff we get has a skin on the outside. 
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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2016, 08:15:49 PM »
Ours looks hard as a rock.  Always has.  Still black.
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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2016, 08:32:45 PM »

It starts hard as a rock.... ours has not discolored, it is several years old.  Yours looks a little porous in the picture.... the stuff we get has a skin on the outside. 

The skin is coming off. Well first turning brown then it's falling off. LOL
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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2016, 09:05:08 PM »
What chemical are you mistreating it with  :roll:
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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2016, 09:07:02 PM »
Is there a safety rule about that padding being fire retardant?.

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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2016, 09:10:35 PM »
SFI Spec.... I believe that includes retardant, not proof... probably some limit of toxicity during fire in there as well.
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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2016, 09:19:16 PM »

What chemical are you mistreating it with  :roll:
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Re: Rollbar padding.
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2016, 11:18:11 AM »
If that's UV + ozone damage, wrap it with garbage bags off season.
If it's too soft, it compresses much too fast in a wreck. The inside of your helmet is a clue to density. Ideally, it's controlled deceleration for the proximate object. If there were enough room, I'd use 2" wall thickness.
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