Roll Cage, Going to do it this spring Options

[jcbass7]

So my pal (fellow Coastie) was showing me some pictures from home(Washington state) and i stumbled upon pics of his jeep. well he explained to me that the 5 pt. roll cage on his jeep, he made by himself, bending welding etc. I was extremely impressed by his work and we got talking about it and we are going to put in a cage in my car. Something similiar to Tufy's but i am not totally sure of what i want in the end. Definatly want to stiffen up the REAR of the hatch. My coupe was a lot less flexible in the back and i am looking forward to some serious support back there. i want to keep the cage somewhat tame though, as i want to build custom fiberglass enclosures after i have the cage installed.

The plan is to build something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=330074638465

i also want it to be removable, with little to no permanent welds into the car. but if we can't avoid it then oh well

any one have any comments, questions, concerns?


EDIT: ps this is not incase i roll over, its purely for chasis rigidity and a little bit athstetics

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Jan 16, 2007 - 10:24 PM

[doGGy]

First of all - good rollcage are made out of the tubes what are pulled type (they dont have any welds on the side, are not rolled from sheet metal and etc.) This is the MAIN factor when building rollcage. Cuz if you gonna go with some ****ty matterial - it might in the end crack / bend / or even go out of the welds and hit you through your body and etc. So if you gonna do it - do it right - cuz i would drive my car without cage better when with somthing DIY what could make the crash even worse.

If you want Cage - Cusco cage is the way to go - simple, yet good. + it is good to use for a daily driver.

Another thing what is really really important when building cage - is the weld its self. It has to be welded by pro.

BTW - the link you posted - the cage is made by OMP - who doesnt know - its a company what ussualy build stuff for rally cars, and most of the products they sell are good for Homologation. OMP is very well known in EU.