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

[Culpable04]

ok here is my question. how will i ever learn or get better at anything if i don't go for it and give it a try?

EDIT: my point being every ambitious idea i have is always shut down by somebody. Such as my swap, a lot of people told me I couldn't or shouldn't and its done now and couldn't be happier. I am glad people are showing me the negatives to the idea, but on the other hand this car is a huge learning experience that i would love to continue with.

By no means would this cage be designed for Roll over safety, but to improve handling, provide a unique look, teach me a bit in the process and allow me to continue to be ambitious.. The only reasons i would abandon the idea is if it were decided that it would be a major safety concern.

there is a little contradiccion on your idea, the roll cage are named ROLL cage for a reason, the improvement on handling is a side effect of it but no the actual intention when they were originally desing.

There are other upgrades on the market for handling improvements that you can get ideas from and build something for you; as you I love to learn and adventure with new things but there are some mistakes that unfortunatly can be done just once, you swapped your own engine but if for some reason you did it wrong you have chance to redo it, in a case of a roll cage if it fails during an accident you can get hurt in such way that you won't be able to do it again, don't abadon the idea but take some baby steps first. I know a member here who built a J-speed 3 point rear strut bar, and was excellent and I bet it was really cheap, just to give you an idea.