Originally Posted by Bayerische E46

In my opinion, a roll bar in a street car is completely and unacceptably unsafe. Exposed steel inside the cabin, even if covered with high density padding, is a BIG NO-NO in a street car. Simply put, no welds, no helmet, no HANS... -> no steel.

Edit:

Here, I wrote this up some time ago - should give you an idea of what I mean: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpos...6&postcount=22

Link to full thread: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=936303