Anybody here have experiences with installing a roll cage? Going to in a week or two, and was wondering if anybody could give insight on it??

-taek

 

yup.

let a pro with experience do it or you'll be sorry

 

rollcage or rollbar? many people seem to confuse the two.
how many mounting points does it have?
is it bolt on or is welding required?
do you plan on keeping the interior in tact?

 

Insight on installing a roll cage? Good luck on a uni-body

 

Just as simple on a unibody as a body over frame vehicle really. There are still plenty of structural points to connect to. They havent made body over frame cars in quite a while, and plenty of people have roll cages. Unibody is nothing new

Are you going to track race this car? If not, it is a waste really, just adding weight and making the interior more cramped.

If you are not prepared to do any cutting or fabricating that may come un-expectedly during install, then I would have someone else do it, or at least take a very close look at it before you start.

 

mMm..thanks for the insight...they're using my car to make the first one but charging me like alot of money to install it.. mMm

-taek

 

if its a pre-made kit like an autopower cage/bar, its a snap to install.
basically assemble the bar inside the car and start drilling. if you plan on keeping the whole interior, it'll be hard work to get the panels/rear seats to fit around the bar cleanly (lot of measuring and cutting involved). i've installed bars on my vw, 240, and friend's civics/integras. always fun stuff.

 

Autopower is the manf that will be developing the roll cage and roll bar(s), no worries there

Install will not be that difficult, at least to someone that has experience in modding cars.

Unfortunately they have received alot of orders recently and have to put this off until around the middle of September

I am the one organizing this because I want an SCCA approved roll bar for our project car as soon as possible and of course help all that want a bar or cage to have them available.

Rick

 

go custom.. there's a place in sante fe springs that does customs.. it's around $500 for 6points and painted. it's not chrome molly though.. just mild/steel. At least its less than $100 per point

 

Mild steel can be ok, DOM is far better, what Autopower uses and they are SCCA approved so a real cage not a show cage which may be the case with the other company. I do not know this for certain so just speculating but I do now autopower does it right, not a poser company;)

Rick