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Easy and smooth way for layman to remove rollbar plate stop & welds

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The previous owner welded front and driver seat bump/stop plates to the roll bar behind both front seats. The car was raced and I believe the seat bumps/stop plates allowed the driver to sit more forward while also touching the plate for stability.
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I would like to remove them carefully so the new seats can slide all the way back. Seeing how I have never worked with a welder is there a relatively clean and simple way to remove them? I plan on respraying the bar black and possibly covering the area with a roll bar pad if necessary.

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I am not an expert...but Oh, be careful. I think there's a rule that you can't grind on any roll bar welds, so you might just have to trim it off leaving a small piece and the weld in place???
 
PurpleBeeper said:
I am not an expert...but Oh, be careful. I think there's a rule that you can't grind on any roll bar welds, so you might just have to trim it off leaving a small piece and the weld in place???
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PurpleBeeper said:
I am not an expert...but Oh, be careful. I think there's a rule that you can't grind on any roll bar welds, so you might just have to trim it off leaving a small piece and the weld in place???
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Cut them off with a cut off wheel and use a flapper disc to sand them level with the tube. The no grinding on weld rule is to keep crappy welders from making their bad welds look good.
 
Get a 3" cutoff wheel, cut it off about a 1/16-1/8" higher than the bar. Get a 200grit rotolok disc and slowly take it down. You can finish it off with finer grits and you will never see it or compromise the tubing.
 
Damn guys you are awesome. I appreciate the small time you took out of your day to answer my question. I'm confident now that I'll be able to knock this out and make it look real good afterwards. Cheers :)
 
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Lastly, what would you recommend to protect the headliner and rear seat? Rosenpaper, 6mil plastic bags?
Thanks.
 
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