Installing a Porsche roll bar in a 2004 GT3

This took about 5 hours but I was going slow and shooting video so 4 hours is a realistic estimate for a first attempt.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• SparkyRacer
• Porsche
• Tequipment
• roll
• bar
• GT3
• 911
• 996

[marlo916]

i thought gt3's came with roll cages from the factory

[SparkyRacer]

@marlo916

In Europe they did. In the US they were sold with the "comfort package," which removed the bar, traded the reclining sport seats for the one piece race seats and put back the AC and radio.

[Paulysin]

Excellent video. and great tip Tahoe1234x. I was able to do install the bar by myself in under 2 hours- I owe it all to you and Tahoe- thanks guys. 2 issues- my drivers seat had another harness besides the large one that I opted to keep connected-had enough slack to set it besides the car- and the passenger seat had another small harness that was not connected to anything- weird- a two brown wire harness that was just laying there.. I'm gonna research that. thanks again.. made the job easy!!

[SparkyRacer]

@Paulysin

The extra harnesses are for the power seats. I think they are pre-wired for seat heaters too.

[pksangavaram]

since then have you installed a harness system? if so, where are the mounting points?

[SparkyRacer]

@pksangavaram

Yeah, the lap belts mount to the normal seat belt anchors, the shoulder belts wrap around the bar and the sub belt wraps around a bar that mounts across the bottom of the seat (on the Porsche 1-piece racing seats, anyway)

[SparkyRacer]

@awssk8er1

Ah, but they CAN! There are decent used 2004 Porsche Carreras for $25,000 or less, which is a lot of car for the money. Check AutoTrader if you're really interested.

[awssk8er1]

If only normal people could afford porche's

[Pospischill2]

@SparkyRacer

Do you have an original Porsche installation guide for this roll bar.

I'v bought an used one and don't know how to mount the bar at the front hole for the safety belt. On which way you can send it to me?

Best Regards.

[SparkyRacer]

I found that the rear plugs were only a minor annoyance. Getting the silly bar IN the car was a pain, as was starting the bolts in the rear. If I did it again I would NOT remove the rear panels, although I wanted to look back there anyway.