The A Pillar is Designed to crumble in a rollover, when or if that happens, You now have a fire.
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For anyone reading this post, please DO NOT use non insulated connectors.
Designed to
crumble? Are you seriously telling me that the A Pillar, which holds the windshield and provides the base upon which the sport bar is connected, is designed to
crumble? What, you think it folds up into a little ball or crumbles into pieces? Give me a break. Even if it did flex, bend or collapse in a major roll at speed, that doesn't mean that the posts on the switches (which aren't, by the way, designed to
crumble) break apart and wires start flying everywhere, or that quality connectors properly installed just start popping off of the spade. And if you roll at that speed, you are going to have a hell of a lot more to be concerned about then the possibility that one of the posts break or the female connector pops off. (FYI-I've been in a full roll at a fair clip, it's not fun but I know exactly what it feels like and I am well aware of what a vehicle looks like after the fact. Guess what, we didn't burn up and you should have seen the wiring in the guy's rig.)
I think you are being a little dramatic here. Is it an extra added level of safety to use marine grade, fully insulated connectors? Sure. On that note, the safest thing to do would be to solder everything, including the connector to the post, and then wrap it all up.