I appreciate the thought and effort that went into your cage, but from an engineering perspective, the type of joint (welded vs. pinned) is critical. Making it removable seriously undermines its strength, but everything is a tradeoff. If you're looking for weekend protection in a daily driver, you probably have the best of both worlds.
Nice to look at but totally fails as a cage, there are too many things wrong with it that I'm prepared to list here but I'll list a few. The backstrays should have no bends in them, period, the main hoop should only have one vertical bend in it and there are no gussets to the pillar, here is no X brace in the main hoop, there is no X brace to tie the main hoop with a front hoop and no X brace to tie the main hoop with the rear strays. What you want is triangles not bends. Looks nice thou!
id like to offer some cage building advice .. always at least use 6x6 plates at the feet , after the main hoop is fit, mark where your feet land, and cut a holeo utof the floor just larger, this lets you drop the cage through the floor to weld the tops of the front/rear bars, then rais it up and push your plates in , and solid weld the rest. lets you touch the ceiling basicly , and the closer the cage , the less warp durring collision. never mig besides tacking moly also, makes it brittle.
I appreciate the thought and effort that went into your cage, but from an engineering perspective, the type of joint (welded vs. pinned) is critical. Making it removable seriously undermines its strength, but everything is a tradeoff. If you're looking for weekend protection in a daily driver, you probably have the best of both worlds.
Have fun!!!
robkal56 3 months ago
Nice to look at but totally fails as a cage, there are too many things wrong with it that I'm prepared to list here but I'll list a few. The backstrays should have no bends in them, period, the main hoop should only have one vertical bend in it and there are no gussets to the pillar, here is no X brace in the main hoop, there is no X brace to tie the main hoop with a front hoop and no X brace to tie the main hoop with the rear strays. What you want is triangles not bends. Looks nice thou!
ob1knb3 5 months ago
amazing work and outstanding craftsmanship...thats what you want if you're serious
quikslvr80 1 year ago
i love the swinging side bars, smart idea!
joenlaw 1 year ago
jersey bitch
JimBoopLoop 1 year ago
Nice. i have a 05gt and i live in iceland can u pre fabricat a roll cag for me like sean at 3:15? and if so how much? : )
acdcgranada 1 year ago
id like to offer some cage building advice .. always at least use 6x6 plates at the feet , after the main hoop is fit, mark where your feet land, and cut a holeo utof the floor just larger, this lets you drop the cage through the floor to weld the tops of the front/rear bars, then rais it up and push your plates in , and solid weld the rest. lets you touch the ceiling basicly , and the closer the cage , the less warp durring collision. never mig besides tacking moly also, makes it brittle.
twistymcslide 2 years ago
a brand new car, already choped up
victorybydefeat 2 years ago