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Is A External and Internal Cage A Bit Much

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21 Dec 2013 18:24 #97074 by Mud_Muppet

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Right guys I've got a Kap internal cage in my jimny which I love, but I quite fancy a external cage as well for protection of the truck and they look good as we'll, no I know having both would make it a bloody heavy truck...

What's your opinions ??

2001 Red Tin Top,
4.5 inch ORA lift kit,
Pro Comp steering damper
Kap Winch Bumper,
White Weller offset Rims with 30" Insa Turbo Special Tracks,
CB Radio,
Stripped Interia
Roof Rack with 4 front Wipac,
Rear Wipac recovery Lights
.....Plenty more on its way !!!!

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21 Dec 2013 18:28 #97075 by iloveics

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If you get rid of your internal, give me a shout

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21 Dec 2013 19:05 #97081 by idiotmobil

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xternal with a cross member going through to chassis seams to be the thing to do

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21 Dec 2013 20:00 #97086 by jonesyba420

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Really depends what you want to protect, as said combination of the 2 is best.

Or stick a bigger engine in to cope with the extra weight and run both.

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21 Dec 2013 20:55 #97095 by Stu stu

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Be pointless having an internal 1 aswell as external don't ya think???

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21 Dec 2013 20:59 #97096 by idiotmobil

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external only protects the body and not the person inside need a cross brace or if you have a proper roll it will just fold as theres not a lot of strength with out one

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21 Dec 2013 21:05 #97098 by jonesyba420

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idiotmobil wrote: external only protects the body and not the person inside need a cross brace or if you have a proper roll it will just fold as theres not a lot of strength with out one

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21 Dec 2013 21:13 #97101 by Stu stu

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Well if it protects the body like you say, how will it protect anything if it folds? A proper exo protects the vehicle aswell as what's inside that's the whole point?

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21 Dec 2013 21:14 - 21 Dec 2013 21:15 #97103 by Stu stu

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What I suggest you do is collect all your used bog roll tubes and Sellotape them together and make your own external tube cage

Last edit: 21 Dec 2013 21:15 by Stu stu. Reason: Spelling mistake

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21 Dec 2013 21:20 #97105 by idiotmobil

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Stu stu wrote: Well if it protects the body like you say, how will it protect anything if it folds? A proper exo protects the vehicle aswell as what's inside that's the whole point?

cause at slow speeds there fine but if you roll down a big hill it WILL fold or roll it on a corner at speed it will fold theres nothing stopping a external with out internal cross bracing

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21 Dec 2013 21:27 #97108 by TomDK

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idiotmobil wrote:
Stu stu wrote: Well if it protects the body like you say, how will it protect anything if it folds? A proper exo protects the vehicle aswell as what's inside that's the whole point?

cause at slow speeds there fine but if you roll down a big hill it WILL fold or roll it on a corner at speed it will fold theres nothing stopping a external with out internal cross bracing

Agreed.
External cage without a cross bracing, at best gives a false sense of safety. You may think you're safe and all behind those tubes. But you're not.

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21 Dec 2013 21:48 #97113 by idiotmobil

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As you have a internal you could scrimp abit on the external to save some weight and still protect the body

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