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

[jcbass7]

Itchy that track looks awesome, i will need to definatly look into that more. Especially since i will be in New London for the next four years.

One of the biggest reasons i want to do a cage is because its an upgrade that if done by myself and my friend, it will be fun to do and somewhat inexpensive. The whole point is to not go buy a cusco etc. If i had the money to do that i would DEFINATLY spend it in other ways on the car right now...

but lets keep prying at this. if i opt to not do a cage then what can i do to mount seatbelts for racing seats? I need them mounted on a bar directly behind the seats at the correct height.