My parents gave me a $500 budget for my B-Day this year and here's what I am debating on.

Option #1: 350EVO Performance Throttle Body + Carbon fiber engine cover and battery/brake fluid covers

Option #2: Kirk Racing 4-point Roll Bar


Option #2 is the most practical because I track my car frequently, but Option #1 is much more fun. Plus I kind of want to find a place in town that will do a custom roll bar that has a bit better fitment, but that would probably be way more expensive, and I cannot find a place.

 

I dunno, personally... Im just not a big fan of roll bars. I mean, If you have a roll bar, and there actually comes a situation were it needs to be used, you might as well just get a new car anyway! I dont want to drive a car thats been rolled. Plus thats so much extra weight.

 

With $500, it'd go towards car payment, insurance, groceries, rent, better furniture, take my fiancee out, and/or investment in several selected stocks/bonds.

But if neither of the above apply and the money goes just for the car, then I'd go for some HID's, wheels, brake kit, or some other stuff.

 

personaly if you track the car offten then roll cage is the best way to go. and were you live there must be a exast shop that will build it for less then 500.00 there a shop here in reno that will do a full cage for a z32. for 600.00. thats 12 points or better.

safty is best not looks.

 

Gotta agree...safety over anything else, what fun is it if you cant be confident even in the event of a rollover. Id say get the cage, plus, ppl see will see it and think your car is even that much more built *which it will be*

 

NForce1 - I would install the bar for my personal safety, not trying to save the car.

ensmuns - I am not struggling to pay my bills, so spending $500 on that would save me $500 that would go towards car parts anyway. I have HIDs, Wheels, and a brake kit already.

dr. buddha - I know that places will do it, but I am trying to find a place that has done a 350Z before.

 

Well, I have thought about it, and I don't want to settle for the Kirk roll cage when I already know I want something with a better fit. I ordered the throttle body, but now I have another delima...weather to spend the remainder on painting my new spoiler or getting carbon fiber engine/batter/brake fluid covers.

 

^^^Or, taking a good chunk off the price of a Technosquare ECU Reflash, which would greatly help my new throttle body since most of the added power of that is at the top end and the reflash adds 500rpm to redline.