At home rollcages, Is it possible, with a little help.... Options

[Rough_Rider]

So was looking at off the shelf cage designs & TBO i don't fancy any of them. So question is if i pickup a Autopower weld in roll hoop & some extra lengths of DOM tubing could i make something myself (Minus points, no welder, welding experience, tube bender nore notcher). Or have a fabricator make additional pieces.


This is the idea for passanger compartment. Criteria, save my skin in side impact & rollover situations. Keep targa panel. Stiffen longs.

There could be extra tie in bars to suspension, but thats not this cage's primary purpose.

[TimT]

Ive built a few from scratch cages, and also installed/modified a few off the shelf cages (OG racing,Autopower, Safety Devices, etc)

before you buy a cage or attempt this at home, get some pieces of 1.5 and 1.75 in dia do DOM tube and learn to fishmouth tubing, and weld, learn to weld in ackward postions, ie overhead and blind.

then try and destroy your welded joints..if the tube deforms and bends, and the weld holds, your on your way...

then you have to design a good cage.

I modeled a Safety Devices 911 cage on a FEA program and it showed very few hot spots.... An off the shelf cage can work as foundation for a really substantial cage that ties all suspension pickups, together and trangulates the whole tub

Youll need a mandrel bender, a notcher, a right angle grinder, and of course a suitable welder. Also helpful are comealongs, hydraulic jacks etc.. There are tools available so you can copy and tranfer the fishmouth you need to you tubing.