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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 02:58 AM
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Any of you bastards make your own roll cage to stiffen up the chassis a little? I'm getting my own welder soon and was wondering if you guys had any pics of your setup or descriptions of how you did it/how it was set up. Just passing curiousity for now, probably be a summer project because school and work own me right now. I really just need some bars for my bitches to hang on when i'm railing them on my sheetmetal hatch floor
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 05:57 AM
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http://www.safedrives.com/proddetail...RollBar&cat=72

buy it and weld
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 07:21 AM
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nothing will stiffin your chassis up better than a few tie bars and some huge sway bars. upper and lower on the front and the back, along with some sway bars and maybe even some poly bushings is all your gonna need.

if you are building a roll-cage to stiffin up a chassis, its probably gonna be pretty dam worthless, chssis stiffining wise. yes its gonna help, but not like the mentioned above will do.
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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hit up ebay in that ^ case i got my whole set (bar and such) for like 115 shipped and bushing were about the same
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 09:11 AM
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I disagree frank, i bet youre gonna notice a HUGE increase in chassis stiffness, youre gonna eliminate most of the play between the front and rear of the car, I bet if you have big suspension mods youll especially notice it
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 09:32 AM
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My cage stiffen my car a whole lot. Before when I would jack it up you could about watch it twist and here it creek.
Now it seems like one big hunk of steel when you work on it.


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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ghettoturbo
wrong...a properly designed cage will stiffen the chassis greatly
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by junkyard racer
if you are building a roll-cage to stiffin up a chassis, its probably gonna be pretty dam worthless, chssis stiffining wise. yes its gonna help, but not like the mentioned above will do.
Ever driven a caged car?

I've built a few. All 'homemade', all bent, notched and welded in my garage.




Old Feb 11, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RabbitShit
Ever driven a caged car?

I've built a few. All 'homemade', all bent, notched and welded in my garage.






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