Eric, looks nice. What are the differences on the Gen 2 that make this specific to Gen 1 cars? Will this work with the factory sports seats without creating potential head injuries on the street?
Ron

 

Thanks Ron. I would really like to fit one into a Gen 2 to make sure, but I don't know of any reason it wouldn't. I would offer a discounted bar to a member that wouldn't mind us using their car as the first Gen2.

The potential head injuries with a bar in your car can occur if the seat back breaks in half. This bar would be no different than having the stock boxster bar behind your head, or a clubsport bar in a 911 delivered in Europe. I do suggest using this bar with track seats for best fit and function however. The seats pictured are at the very rear seating position for someone well over 6'.

 

Wow! Looks incredible. Very clean welds and great finish. Looks good and is functional (allows access to the engine bay).

Awesome work HRG!

 

How much does the complete roll bar weigh with fasteners ?

 

The complete bar with fasteners weighed in at 46lbs.

In the car pictured, we lost 49 lbs by changing the seats to the lightweight Recaro Pole Positions. So we lost 3 lbs overall with the install.

 

Looks great. Very clean.

 

My car was used as the prototype for this bar and I have to commend HRG and Lucas Fab on doing an amazing job. The fit and finish on the bar are top notch.

The idea for this bar came up at our last POC event when there were about 6 CSX (Cayman Spec) guys at the event and we began to talk about safety and roll over protection. Without taking anything away from whats available out there in the market, this bar was designed with this in mind. For me personally, I gained 2 seconds off my best lap time this past weekend. I would attribute some of this improvement to becoming better as a driver, feeling more confident in pushing the car because I have some protection now, and being held in place better with the new equipment. Hergesheimer did a really good job with the install as the car performed flawlessly all weekend. Thanks Eric!

I'm going to take some up close pics this weekend, and post here.

 

Here are some pics of the roll bar taken today. Enjoy!

 

Nice looking rollbar . . . How, and to what do the main hoop base plates attach? Does it require drilling through the floor pan?

 

Thanks. The main hoop base plates attach to the factory Boxster roll bar studs on the rear bulkhead. The Cayman's come with these studs already installed. There is absolutely no drilling required. I personally don't like the idea of bars mounting to the floor pan.

 

Looks great.


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Looks real nice, I might be in the market for one of these soon.

 

Sorry, can only post 3 at a time. The top of the bar to the headliner of the car is about a finger and a half gap... I can't get 2 fingers in there as you can see in the picture below.

 

The bar has a total of 6 couplers. This allows the removal of the diagonal bar and both side bars in the rear to be removed for easy access to the upper engine cover. The main hoop can also be loosened and tilted forward for access to the engine from behind the seats (without the complication of removal of the entire main hoop from the car).

 

some more angles.

 

a few more, just trying to get you guys as many angles as possible. harder to do now with the seats in. Eric and a number of other guys in the club recommended OEM manual seat rails, I found some on Ebay for a reasonable price. They work great, don't get stuck like some aftermarket ones I had in a previous car. I'm very happy with them. The 2nd pic is through the side mirror thus some glare. Please direct any sales related questions to Eric at Hergesheimer.

 

Bump for Hergesheimer and their new bar. I went their last week to take a look at it. I think it is a well designed bar, the best I have seen...

Goby

 

Gobynetwork, I'm assuming you drive a Cayman S? Have you brought her out to any POC events yet?

 

Update: We have just finished another batch of the bars and 3 are in stock and available to ship out!

 

I saw the bar installed on Jason's car at Hergesheimer and it looks great..!
(it looks OEM)

Eric, we should try to check if the bar allows the standard seats (electric) to slide all the way to the back.

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hey. when will kevs and chets cars be done? i want to drop
by and see them! so exciting.

 

Kevin's is going in today! The car will be out at the Tribute to LeMans event this weekend.

 

How are you mounting your sub-belts?

 

Sub belts are mounted to the floor with eye-bolts. For our racing organization, the belts must be mounted to the chassis, not the seat. So the lap belts are mounted with eye-bolts as well. We have to drill two holes, one for the inner lap belt, and one for the sub. The outer lap belt uses the existing seat belt hole.

 

I would also be interested to know how the bar works in conjunction with sport bucket seats and installation of 5- or 6-point belts. Is a seat-to-bar attachment advised?

Thanks,
John

 

I'm unclear on what you mean by seat-to-bar attachment. Do you mean a recommended seat to use with the bar? Or back brace on the seat?

I saw the bar installed on Jason's car at Hergesheimer and it looks great..!
(it looks OEM)

Eric, we should try to check if the bar allows the standard seats (electric) to slide all the way to the back.

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Thanks Gilles, good to see you as always!


The car we are installing the bar in today already has track seats or I would give it a shot for you guys. Next time I have one in with stock seats I'll give it a look. We figured this bar would used with track seats most of the time, and recommend that it is used with them. Organizations such as PCA will not allow you to use stock seats and 5/6 point harnesses.

 

Hey guys,
We will have multiple Planet-9 member cars on display with our roll bars installed at the upcoming tech session. Everyone is invited to come out. Free food and drinks will be served.

 

I'll be there! Any guys who want to check out the roll bar, and sit in the car/seats/harnesses, feel free to ask myself or Eric that day. Hergesheimer just did a 3rd radiator install for my car, perfect timing for summer.

 

Eric, have you thought of making a boxster gen2 roll bar something like the brey krause but with a 4 point connection to the rear shock towers.

 

I would certainly be interested in doing this, just need a car to use and an interested party.

 

I'm ready and willing, I'll be at the POC event in Pomona this weekend. Eric we meet last POC at Streets, I was your student in the Silver boxster on Saturday.

 

Nice! We'll talk this weekend then, I'll be there both days.

 

Updating with some pictures from a previous install. These bars will fit in the gen 2 models as well!

 

Snapped some pictures with a stock seat installed. I fit fine at 5' 10" but it does take away some leg room so anyone over 6' would likely be compromised with a stock seat. We still recommend installing track seats with bar.

We've used 996 GT3 seats, Recaro Pole Position seats, and some Cobra Imola seats with nice results.

 

Hi Guys,
Have you installed one of these yet in a Cayman with GT2/sport buckets? Would love to see the photos if you have. I just replaced the stock sport seats with the sport buckets and am now evaluating different roll bar options.
Thanks!

 

Not in our shop yet. Just a bunch of Recaro and Cobra track seats along with the 996 GT3 seats. There is a gentleman on the CaymanRegister, might be a member here as well, that is in the process of installing the bar with the GT2 seats. Hopefully the pictures show up soon.

 

I'm working on installing the bar in my Cayman R with GT2 seats. I'm probably working on the install this weekend. My main hold-up right now is figuring out how to remove the seats. Any advice? The bolts seems to be facing into the console so I don't know how to reach them. Am I thinking of removing the wrong bolts?

 

The GT2 seats are mounted just like the regular seats, check out K-man's article:

GT3 Race Seat Installation - Articles

BTW: The bolts that face the console are the bolts that hold the seat to the seat rails.