BrendanTheGreat

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HIIIIII,

Jamison and I got my 6pt Cusco in the car, however it still needs to be bolted in. I personally don't have any interest in doing it myself.

Is there anyone here who wants a side job? I have all the bolts for it and plates the car just needs to have the holes drilled and bolted in.

Please PM me your cost I am located in the South Bay.

No need to express your negative opinions of the cage, I've heard it all. That means you Heedz

Thank you

Javirex23

iTrader: (17)

No expertise in te mater. Buy lol at your last sentence

rau

iTrader: (9)

So...... youre on an online forum and dont want someone to flame you? Better start walking towards the door then.....

Scoobywax

iTrader: (18)

LOL. You and I both Brendan.....great minds think alike.

BrendanTheGreat

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I could careless if I get flamed, I just want help. No need to fill the thread with pointless posts like flaming, arguing, or for example your post.

all i want is help.

Overbear

the quality of the "cage" aside, may I ask why you would bolt it in, rather than have the plates welded down?

Lurk

iTrader: (10)

Is the cage for show or do you actually plan on tracking the car with it?

Overbear

Before people launch into the whole "show cage" thing. I will say this now... yes a 6 point cage WILL help some in an accident, not much but it will. Also if welded in, it will give the added benefit of making the body flex less.

However, no, it won't be "track legal" for anything other than "track days"



Now all that said, I would urge the OP to not BOLT it down, it offers no benefit what so ever, have it welded down, then cut the carpet to fit around it.

norcalbro

iTrader: (11)

Its a show cage. With that said, its a bolt in cage. The plates hes referring to go under the car so the foot of the cage and said plate sandwich the body so the bolts can't rip out. Its not a hard job, just time consuming...

Brendan im sure we can get it done if you want... ill even let you pay me. Ha!

Overbear

That never goes well, better to weld the top plate to the floor

wombatsauce

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There are indeed some cases/places on cars where a cage point needs to be bolted in, using this "sandwich" method, where there is a plate on one side of the car body, the cage/plate on the other, and 4 large bolts "sandwich" the body mounting point versus welding it, usually due to things like the thickness of the metal in that particular place or other things. Basically, it just needs to be done "right" which is potentially different for every cage and every car.

The only actual legal roll-over hoop w/ cross bar I could find for my old MR2 was also this way, used 4 mounting points, all using the 4-bolt plate/sandwich. This is the bar I am talking about: MR2 Spyder Roll Bar, Twos R Us

If you were to simply weld the plates down instead of drilling holes and making bolt-sammiches, the bar would most likely rip the sheet metal mounting points out in any sort of collision where the bar was needed to do it's job.

I'm not saying anything about this specific cage, for lots of reasons, but, wanted to mention that "bolt in" is not necessarily the wrong way.

buzzword

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Yep - creates a can opener.

OP, asking for something like this and then expecting to not get any critical feedback is like showing off your collection of My Little Pony and then asking people to not make fun of you.

Rescuer

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woohoo! There is still a little care left before we hit rock bottom!

OneManArmy

iTrader: (7)

I think the point is this... he wants it bolted in. It's a bolt in cage.


Would it be better to weld in a cage. Yes. But it would also be better to weld in a cage that is ment to be welded in.

This is a bolt in cage designed to be bolted in. He wants it bolted in. I'm sure at some point he would like to take it out. This is not a race car. And fact is... roll cages in street cars aren't the safest bet anyways unless you have a 5point and a helmet you drive around with daily.


So... per the O.P. request.... anyone out there ever bolted one of these in and care to help?

My suggestion would be to just call Jamo. Pay him to do it for you.

LifePlaza

I've installed a 6pt into a GD chassis before and my wife's MR2 Spyder. Its fairly straight forward. I would help you do it at the expense of beer but I won't be back in the Bay till June.

Is the cage already assembled into the car? do you want the carpet cut in squares or will do you prefer the X method for the footers?