>> Dang tube has the potential to go THROUGH the driver.

Ooooh! You could take a core sample, count the rings, and figure out how hold the driver is!

>> But not all of us want to remove the glass. Problem not solved. ...

Take a look again at what we did. We retained enough room for the door glass on my Golf, although we have subsequently removed it under the "NASCAR door bar" allowance. We also did NOT gut the door, and we run the stock interior panels, to put more crushable stuff between the drivers and danger.

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