Building my rollcage

Ive wanted a roll cage for a while now as the disco has fallen over twice while we've be at play days
luckily no real damage but I'm sure its only a matter of time before it goes over again and i won't be so lucky,

soo anyway I asked a mate owns a metal fabrication/cnc company, If he'd be up for letting me and Ian loose with a bender

so we started off with 4x 5m lengths of 38.1 cds did a few measurements and it was clear we would need more so decided to do the front half first and order some more tube for this week so I can try and finish it off as I'm at Slab common this coming sunday,

anyway onto the pics



Ian and the bender

















then this morning I've cleaned sanded etch primed and final painted it in 2k black





Obviously I still need to make up the cage from the doors back but that will be all straight bar to link the centre hoop to the rear so can do this at home and I bent all the off cuts just incase I need any bends so can just chop/sleeve and weld it up without hassling my mate anymore than I need to


So a huge thanks to Ian(green hornet) for all his work
and not that he comes on here but thanks also to Graham of Wilabb

That's Some tricky bending

Nice work.. Does it weigh loads..?
Whats the stainless bar on the top of yer bonnet for..?

warrior said:

That's Some tricky bending

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yeah and then some, think the offside front bar has 7 bends in it and the nearside front bar 5 then there are 5 bends for the front hoop around the screen so nowhere as easy as I was thinking lol

JonnyP said:

Nice work.. Does it weigh loads..?
Whats the stainless bar on the top of yer bonnet for..?

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Nah tbh I could lift the 4 lengths on my own,
the bar is used for stoping me sliding off the bonnet /somewhere to clip the winch hook, although I will be adding a loop on the cage near the door mirrors so I can clip the winch hook there,

if your goin to slab this sunday I will be there anorl

JonnyP said:

Nice work.. Does it weigh loads..?
Whats the stainless bar on the top of yer bonnet for..?

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I have to agree that does look gay..it looks like a towel rail

Good effort. Should do the trick when finished

It looks nice painted. Can't wait until Sunday

wiltshire landyman said:

if your goin to slab this sunday I will be there anorl

I have to agree that does look gay..it looks like a towel rail

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its a bit gay and yup its a towel rail :bolt:

MPfive said:

Good effort. Should do the trick when finished

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with any luck I'll never find out, but yeah once the rest of its fitted it will be more than up to the job

GreenHornet said:

It looks nice painted. Can't wait until Sunday

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you coming to slab then mate?

I will keep an eye for ya and maybe tag along if that's ok..

is 38.1mm (1.5") big enough? looks good, im doing mine soon but il be going down side of car aswell, unless i go internal with cage....whered you get the connectors from that bars slot into...can see em in last pic.

Well according to me mate its more than up to the job so will have to take his word for it, its 2.6 wall so very strong for its size and ill be adding another 10 meters to the thing,so I'm sure it'll be fine..... hope so lol
I got the connectors off ebay but my mate says he can make them for about half the price so will keep you informed

Mine isn't finished yet tho and will go down both sides also but I've run out of tube till mid week

I plan to be there at the moment. Need to see you test the cage lol

I am more interested in doing some testing though so won't be swimming much lol......

Cool,

Unless Graham gets me the tube for mid week I won't be doing any testing of the cage lol

Looking very nice

All painted and refitted for now till I have rest of the tube, so far so good and I'm very happy with it

looking good, keep me posted about the cage mounts bracket things...i like how youve bent the aerial to match cage lol

NICE but i see the towel rail has disapeared. Has someone pinched it? (hmm would'nt of thought so) Aha I know you came out out off the towel closset and now feel ashamed. DON'T BE SHY PUT IT BACK ON (no one will tell anyone).

That looks sweet dude. Even better without the towel rail.

Paul,
Took us ages to bend the cage to suit the aerial lol