Roll cage?


4 point and 6 point are pretty common. A well designed welded in cage is stiffer and safer than a bolt in cage. Welded cages can also be made to fit better.
 
Dino-Spumoni said:
4 point and 6 point are pretty common. A well designed welded in cage is stiffer and safer than a bolt in cage. Welded cages can also be made to fit better.
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very true, as long as you can find someone in your area who can do it it should work out very nice and there are no shipping costs involved :nice: but for the poor people who dont have access to that in there area autopower bolt in isent a bad option.
 
Thanks for that, i was considering on buying the materail and making my own as i can tig weld the stainless steel together, the roll cage was going to get powder coated yellow anyway,
Autopower pretty decent though?
 
Dino-Spumoni said:
4 point and 6 point are pretty common. A well designed welded in cage is stiffer and safer than a bolt in cage. Welded cages can also be made to fit better.
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totally agree mate! i have a welded roll cage! I'm very happy!
 
my vote will go for the cusco roll cage, but welded !
 
my mech custom makes his own roll cage -.-"

kinda cool to see him do tat :p

but i think the material he uses can be quite heavy?

rvm said:
my vote will go for the cusco roll cage, but welded !
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cusco's "blue cages" are commonly referred to "toy cages" because they are not FIA/JAF/SCCA approved due to the materials used for construction, the numerous bends and all the moving joints. They also do not pass the above mentioned standards because they are not rated for multiple impacts (think rollovers and/or multi-car on track incidents)

They DO increase rigidity though, but I would rather choose a DOM (draw over mandrel) mild steel cage from Autopower or even one from Safety21 (cusco's competition branch) or OMP which do come in FIA/JAF approved flavors.

It all comes down to how much your safety is worth. Weight savings is negligible when you spec a cage according to the rule book. Chromoly requires a thicker gauge IIRC.

I also side with a welded cage but for a car that still sees daily duty and will likely be sold down the road, removing a few bolts and plugging some holes is far easier than cutting out the cage.

I feel very confident in my Safety21 6 point cage in my semi-daily R without having to strip out the headliner to ensure the tightest possible fit from a welded setup. As it stands, I'm absolutely certain it is MUCH safer and far more rigid than stock.
 
RagingAngel said:
cusco's "blue cages" are commonly referred to "toy cages" because they are not FIA/JAF/SCCA approved due to the materials used for construction, the numerous bends and all the moving joints. They also do not pass the above mentioned standards because they are not rated for multiple impacts (think rollovers and/or multi-car on track incidents)

They DO increase rigidity though, but I would rather choose a DOM (draw over mandrel) mild steel cage from Autopower or even one from Safety21 (cusco's competition branch) or OMP which do come in FIA/JAF approved flavors.

It all comes down to how much your safety is worth. Weight savings is negligible when you spec a cage according to the rule book. Chromoly requires a thicker gauge IIRC.

I also side with a welded cage but for a car that still sees daily duty and will likely be sold down the road, removing a few bolts and plugging some holes is far easier than cutting out the cage.

I feel very confident in my Safety21 6 point cage in my semi-daily R without having to strip out the headliner to ensure the tightest possible fit from a welded setup. As it stands, I'm absolutely certain it is MUCH safer and far more rigid than stock.
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nice info :)
 
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