roll cage inspiration

steffan wrote:

idiotmobil wrote: good topic ive just found some one just up the road from me to bend some pipe for my cage £7 a bend so shouldnt cost me much as the pipes coming free from my mate ill be notching and welding it are the cages fabbed up and then lifted in to place is there any thing wrong with bolting it to rockslidders and bumpers so it can be removed

Make sure you use decent pipe I first planed on using scaffold poles but then decided agenst it as it's not to fia regulations were I believe that steam tube aka blue band is were CDS is expensive and not as easy to get hold of

TomDK wrote:

steffan wrote:

idiotmobil wrote: good topic ive just found some one just up the road from me to bend some pipe for my cage £7 a bend so shouldnt cost me much as the pipes coming free from my mate ill be notching and welding it are the cages fabbed up and then lifted in to place is there any thing wrong with bolting it to rockslidders and bumpers so it can be removed

Make sure you use decent pipe I first planed on using scaffold poles but then decided agenst it as it's not to fia regulations were I believe that steam tube aka blue band is were CDS is expensive and not as easy to get hold of

Just remember that none of these external rollcages provide any real protection for the driver. They are all meant to protect the body and nothing more. If you want real protection you'll need some diagonal tubing in the main hoop right behind the front seats.