AutoPower rollcage, Any body have experience w/ these? |
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AutoPower rollcage, Any body have experience w/ these? |
nocones |
May 10 2005, 11:46 AM
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Sportscar lunatic Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 17-June 04 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 2,220 |
I just picked up an AutoPower roll cage for my car from a fellow who never installed it. Just wondering if anyone here has used on of these before. It has the rear hoop w/cross bar, angled door bars, a section that runs around the top and front of the doors, and another bar tying them together across the top edge of the windshield.
It's supposed to be a bolt-in and has plates for the attachment to the chassis, but all the parts have these tubes to fit over each joint were the different parts come together. Do I need to weld these? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/welder.gif) Maybe I'm just having a major brain fart but I don't see how else it goes together. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) Anybody, ...Bueller... |
jgara962 |
May 10 2005, 01:44 PM
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Yo, this is how I roll Group: Members Posts: 823 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Napa, CA Member No.: 3,879 Region Association: Northern California |
I had an Autopower bolt in cage in a VW GTI I use to autocross. I had it bolted together and used alluminum plates to bolt it to the chassis. Welding it together, and then welding it to plates on the cassis is the better way to go though. Even just bolting it in, I was amazed at how much it stiffened the chassis. It was a great addition.
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