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]

Thank you for all the advice and imput so far, it is definatly helping

For me i just see it as why would i spend a lot of time or money, buying or building a 3pt. rear, and then underbody braces, and then a harness bar and then a trunk bar etc. et.c when i could kill one bird with one stone.

Also when you say that its dangerous to have, If i roll over without one... or if i roll over with one..... wouldn't with one be the better choice? I understand if i did it horribly wrong then it could be a hazard. but the guy i have helping made them with his dad and his dad used to do them for cars etc.

I am going to custom fab atleast a 3pt rear and the harness bar. I just see it as more of a hassle to do a lot of little peices when i could do the large one.