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Tech Information => Safety => Topic started by: robfrey on February 26, 2016, 03:50:55 PM

Title: Rollbar padding.
Post by: robfrey 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.(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160226/28d25beef23eb11e08e5b95235a4f92d.jpg)
Honestly, it feels about as hard as the roll bar!
This is JAZ Products SFI 45.1
It was black when purchased but is now ugly brown.
Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: Stainless1 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. 
Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: Stan Back on February 26, 2016, 08:15:49 PM
Ours looks hard as a rock.  Always has.  Still black.
Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: robfrey 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
Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: Stainless1 on February 26, 2016, 09:05:08 PM
What chemical are you mistreating it with  :roll:
(Yes comma cop, I know you should never use a preposition to end a sentence with)
Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: tauruck on February 26, 2016, 09:07:02 PM
Is there a safety rule about that padding being fire retardant?.
Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: Stainless1 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.
Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: robfrey on February 26, 2016, 09:19:16 PM

What chemical are you mistreating it with  :roll:
(Yes comma cop, I know you should never use a preposition to end a sentence with)

Yes, proper commas make a world of difference.
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Title: Re: Rollbar padding.
Post by: panic 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.
SEMA cert. doesn't mean it works as described, only that it's safe.