Low Coolant Alarm

I've promised that they'll be out of the living room tomorrow..... however i've just found a trophy spoiler at a scrappy... so that's gonna need painting somewhere  be reet

Having now fitted Bruce's LCA kit I can confirm it's a really great package, seems like there's very little to go wrong and it's incredibly easy to fit thanks to well written instructions with useful photos to boot.
I know absolutely nothing about working on cars and am just figuring things out as I need to with the help of the fine people on this forum but thanks to those instructions It only took me around 90 minutes and that includes the fact that I discovered having XPower hoops installed makes getting the engine cover off a much bigger pain in the backside, this meant I was able to use the extra time I'd allocated to the task to instead fit my newly painted spoiler and even had time to swap out the chrome lighter socket for a usb charger (rather than a plug in adapter) also removing the chrome ashtray for a black one. All in all a very productive day. 
If you don't have a coolant alarm Bruce's kit is definitely the way to go, get it done and enjoy peace of mind.

Hey Kid!
We need some pics of all these mods..otherwise it's just hearsay...😁😁

Getting the engine cover off any F or TF with a rear speaker bar in place can be quite a struggle to reach 3 of the bolts but it must be very much more tricky to have to work around roll hoops. Did you have to remove them ?

There are a number of designs for roll bars & its a reasonable rule of thumb to say ''The easier they are to fit, in the first place & the easier the engine cover is to remove with them in place, afterwards'', the less effective they would be if pressed into action. To be honest the best that can be said is they look pretty, your greatest friend in worst case is the windscreen surround.
Can I recommend you do not check my statement.
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Notanumber: I did have to remove them, and as they are (I believe) the only structurally tested and approved set of hoops for the car they also have some hefty brackets which cannot be removed (without a lot more work) which you sort of have to wriggle the cover underneath, it's not easy and I'm pretty sure my cover is slightly bent from it being done over the years but you'd have no chance with the hoops themselves still attached as they have a solid bar which goes right across the cover.
I can't speak for every other set of hoops but it's very clear these are a very tough piece of kit compared to the more cosmetic ones and I certainly would trust them to increase my chances should the worst occur.

Ta22gt: I was going to take some photos today having finished the chrome delete, but I ran out of time as a shake down cruise disconnected one of the cables from the low coolant alarm causing me to lose the reversing lights and camera so I had to fix that. 
The shake down also highlighted that my fuel gauge is a bit lazy, I filled the car up with some lovely V-Power, and the needle only rose to half a tank initially before suddenly jumping up to full, I'm sure that'll never come back to bite me

Pics when it's convenient to you mate but you seem to be getting a lot done and I would say enjoying it too!

These roll hoops are only decorative nonsense, to be of any use in a roll over they need to be substantially higher than you head height, they would be made out of thick walled seamless cro-moly steel tube, have diagonal bracing, have large mounting pads to distribute the impact load, not be plated and be mounted on something a bit more substantial than a bit of flimsy tin.
In fact they can be dangerous in they fail in a roll over they can break your neck from behind.........I've seen it happen!
Better off to take the damned pretend boy racer junk off and leave it off! But if you like them that's fine, just don't kid yourself that they are for safety's sake!

You would have to be seriously trying to roll one of these things over in anything like normal road use and even if you were giving it a bloody good fang would you tip it over.
The windscreen frame on these cars is actually designed to offer rollover protection.
I had a friend that wouldn't get in my car because she was frightened that it might roll over, no amount of trying to explain that how much less likely it was to roll over with it's superior handling or lower centre of gravity than her narrow gutted, high riding and crap handling, SUV shitbox could convince her otherwise. Mind you this is the same sheila that would happily ride pillion on the back of any Harley Davidson motorcycle!

Needless to say I kept the car, and let her go!

 

Fair enough, my understanding was that the XPower ones had been MIRA tested against crushing and the like which is why they have a different mounting system to most. They certainly do sit higher than the headrests and any other hoops I've seen.
But yes as you say with the low centre of gravity you'd have to really want to roll a TF in order to ever actually test them and even then a telehandler would be the easiest way.

Once upon a time I had a convertible Peugeot (stop judging me, I was dealing with some stuff) which had hidden hoops which apparently in the event of a roll would be propelled by explosives through the rear trim to protect the driver..... The thought of. Peugeot with electronically controlled explosives was a horrifying thought, especially as that car used to randomly beep at people and turn it own headlights on (neither of which were features of the car)

That made me chuckle!
I had graphic images of the car being gently rear ended and the driver of the other car getting out to say sorry..only to find two headless occupants!
I have a weird sense of humour.

I'd always assumed the full width roll over bar on the AC Cobra replica I once had was for decorative bling and wouldnt have been something I'd have included if I'd built the car myself. Id toyed with the idea of removing it but decided to keep it as it was at least a useful support for the tent and sticks type wet weather gear.
Fast forward to a few days after I sold it on when the new owner somehow managed to lose it on an underpass and rolled the thing. The driver and passenger were hospitalised with multiple broken bones, much of the fibreglass bodywork had ceased to exist, the front part of the ladder chasis with the engine and gearbox was 30 degress out from where it should have been, the windscreen frame was squashed- unsurprising as it was non structual & only held on by side brackets to the front wings.
The roll over bar, though severely scraped where it had slid on the road, hadnt deformed at all and probably saved their lives. It was chrome plated but was thick walled tube and the sides extended down through the bodywork to the chassis.
Very glad I'd never over egged that car beyond it's limits

@Notanumber 
Your cards marked mate! Remind me to never buy a car from you if they crash within the warranty period.😁😁