External cage extra weight

Ive heard a lot of mention lately about the adverse effects of heavy external cages on suspension sag, engine performance etc. Does anyone with a cage know how much extra weight is involved and whether the trade off with extra protection provided is worth it in their view. I already have the extra weight of all my underbody protection and ORA bumpers, winch etc. and wondered how it would affect my ORA +4.5'' springs and standard 108k mileage engine. Also would there be much welding/fabrication work to link a cage to my ORA bumpers and ORA rock sliders. My welding skills are reasonable bordering on mediocre!Cheers.

i carnt give u a number but i can lift my kap cage and carry it across works carpark
my winch is heavyer

Interesting. My winch is pretty damn heavy mind! So might go for it and make do til my engine blows up. Then il tell our lass "well have to get a 1.6 vitara lump"

Smoggy wrote: Interesting. My winch is pretty damn heavy mind! So might go for it and make do til my engine blows up. Then il tell our lass "well have to get a 1.6 vitara lump"

Does it have to be External cage?

Why not consider an internal cage? Perhaps OMP or something alike? It's a much stronger cage hence the diagonal tubing, and not as bulky looking as an external.

If you want an internal cage, which I have, it came from KAP Suzuki, but is made for them by Protection and Performance, and I think KAP have the exclusive rights to sell that cage design. P & P have an excellent reputation and their cages seem well made.

Yeah the internal cage is definitely worth a thought but if im honest i sort of fancy the body protection an external cage offers. Also from what people say there probably wont be a great deal of weight difference between the two.