I realise that a car's frame functions as an integrated roll cage, but aren't racing spec tubular roll cages stronger?
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I realise that a car's frame functions as an integrated roll cage, but aren't racing spec tubular roll cages stronger?
Depends on how they're mounted; the bodywork may not be able to handle the mounts. Also, you now have to deal with a bunch of hard steel tubes inside the car, instead of carefully designed pillars, and of course, side and pillar airbags will probably no longer work. Very few road deaths nowadays, I would think, result from collapse of the car's roof. Cars are designed to handle rollovers without collapse.