A friend is looking at a production VW for use in ITC. The problem is that' the cage has some tubes (connecting to the front towers) that wouldn't be legal in IT.

Can these bars simply be cut out as close to the cage as possible (leaving a 1/4" stub where the original attachment was) or does the attachment have to be completely ground off / removed? I'm having trouble finding anything in the GCR that covers that.

Any thoughts? We're not looking to go into Prod now and want to remain legal.

The same car doesn't have a raintray any longer (because of the cage) but we're looking at getting one locally from a wreck and putting it back in.