Roll cage Group buy, help and ideas

I have spoken to the mods with regards to making a batch of roll cages up and its been confirmed. Im looking at making up the half cages simular to the Do-luck (seen in top left pic below) Looking at some pictures of it it seems to be purely a show piece, with little protection if the car was to roll.

Im looking at making a bolt in half cage that will retain the rear seats made from 2" cds tube I can make them from T45 if needed, theres a 10% reduction in weight using t45 over CDS.

I can have these powder coated, sprayed to any colour, or even chromed.

Brackets for NOS bottles ect and additional braces.

Im just looking into what people want really I have been playing about with a mock cage in my supra but dont want to carry on with it if its not what you are after.

I will also look into making show cages from highly polished ally if thats what you want.

This is just a mock up cage to make sure I can achieve a nice sweeping bend with the tooling I have, once im happy with it ill make one up from CDS painted and fitted to my supra with pictures

Thats exactly what i want, maybe with a diagonal cross brace too, but that could be added to according to requirements.

Could you PM an approx cost in T45?

That looks ace mate , definitely interested .

Thats exactly what i want, maybe with a diagonal cross brace too, but that could be added to according to requirements.

 

Could you PM an approx cost in T45?

I will post up costs once I have made the first cage up as Im not sure how much tube I will use to make one and the costs of powdercoating/painting. Each cage will be test fitted in my supra and not made from a jig so they will be a 100% Fit

I would be interested especially if you can leave the rear seats in situ.

looks well good i would like one:)

Interested but I have no rear seats

how do you get it in the car?????? looks a bit big too go in as one??????? lol

Bolt it together usually or weld

The main strut that goes behind the seats is a copy of the Cusco cage, im going to contour it better to follow the lines of the supra body to give a bit more space but not enough to loose its strenght. The Do-luckcage is made from an oval tube allowing more space between the body and the seats but it does not have the strength that this cage will.

I have after market OMP race seats in mine with wide shoulder posts fitted it does make it hard to fully recline the seat but gives you enough room to drive for the larger person, you will have this problem no matter what the cage as theres little room between the seat an the cars body, I think this is why Do-luck has chosen the oval tube to allow for this, but like I say this to me looks purely show purpose.

i would be intrested aswell please, chromed version .

interested too

I will have one mate and would be up for bringing my car to you for fitting to get the most room possible for the driver seat to go back, the one i sold to Wayne let my seat go fully back so may be worth having a look in his car;)

Are these gonna be bolt in jobbies? I'd like to see one with a cross brace too.

I'm interested, but that's all at the moment. What structual properties would you expect this to have? e.g. will is really withstand a roll and protect those inside, or is it another

...purely a show piece, with little protection if the car was to roll.

John, i believe the Do-Luck item was a tension set, as in it stiffened the chassis, but was not designed for crash protection afaik.

i am intrested all so

on the interested list. need to check insurance though

Im intrested, dependant on price and if it offers protection and added chassis strength.

Interested as well please:)

I assume you can't put your hardtop in the boot if you have this?

Ill be up for gettin 1 great idea:)

Ill take one Looks very nice mate

excellent i would be interested in one in chrome as long as you can keep the rear seats:D

Can you fit the little ones in the back seats with it fitted?