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

[x_itchy_b_x]

a) buy a GT4 rear strut bar it cost like less then $100
and if you know somone who can do a cage they SHOULD beable to make one in their sleep

b) a harness bar doesn't need a cage just go look at sparco's website, fabricating one of these is pretty easy
it MUST NOT exceed 30 degrees below shoulders

c) even if the cage doesn't come infront of you the main hoop plus it's cross bar can come forward and hit or other various options....

and no offense to itchy, i know he's a smart guy,
but trying to fit a civic cage in a celica is retarded. Roll cages arn't like intakes they must be fit to the car exactly and not "universal" cause there is no such thing...

haha i hear what your saying, but how long have hot roders made roll cages for their cars. IE: my dad with numerous cars. all im really buying is the pipe with certain bends. then i hack the crap out of them and make it work on a budget. i wouldnt advise the normal DIY to do it. but im comfortable with my dad doing it only because hes done insane things with cars over his life. and i plan to have all my pipe covered in foam like what covers little kids handle bars on bikes. sorta.