New roll cage coming

[craigger007]

I've got a friend of the family I'm going to visit next week that makes roll cages for rally cars and he has said he will make me a roll bar for my Jimmy. I'm only going for a four point as I think 6 would be overkill as my Jimmy is a street queen now and won't see dirt. My question is where do I want the angled back bars to come down to? Do you I want them to come down in front of the rear well or behind? My main reason for getting the bar is for safety for my two girls and a third on the way.

Also do you guys have opinions on bolting to tub vs. welding to the frame? Seems the latter makes more sense but I never see anyone's trucks done that way.

Thanx in advance,
Craig

 

[K85 Octane]

well, to the frame is always stronger, but for a street truck it's not ideal without some bushings between the cage and frame.

Take a look at some of the current cage threads. Type in "cage" or "rollcage" (something like that) into the search. Specify "titles only" so the search is more helpful. It will come back with all kinda of threads with REALLY nice examples of the cages here on the forums. I would go to the back of the bed and tie it into a rear bumper or corner of the frame.

If you are having a cage built and spending the money (or even saving money with a friend doing it) don't hesitate to go 6,8,10 point. Just make it livable inside but complete.

 

[craigger007]

Thanx, Yeah I've been searching all over and bookmarking stuff. I keep swinging back and forth right now between 4 and 6 .

 

[Greg72]

If you're trying to protect rear seat passengers too, I'd make it a 6-point cage....

Actually, if I had access to an expert for free I'd ask for as much as I could get away with...triangulation, frame tie-ins, seat cradles, etc.

 

[Evil Fish]

When I get some extra cash I'm going to do a modified version of this one.

 

[tRustyK5]

Free expert help...

Protecting kids in rear seat...

Full convertable rig...

I'd seriously look into 8 point and integrated seating, even for a street queen. I guess it just depends on how much time your 'help' is willing to put into it for you.

The cage Evil Fish posted up looks damn decent, the big thing to keep in mind on a street queen or daily driver is ingress/egress ease. Another big consideration is designing it so you do not need to have a helmet on to be safe inside it. A blunt force trauma due to someone hitting their head on the cage bars would be tragic irony.

Rene

 

[bigbadchev84]

Here are some pics of my new one

 

[kdoske]

Wow that cage is super nice...

 

[63chevyll]

Yeah big bad, that was done very well. Do you have the same attachment on the underside.

And.I disagree about going to the frame. I think it should be done ALL the time. Regardless of how much vibration and street driving is done. But that's just me

 

[bigbadchev84]

The cage was one of the big reasons I bought the Jimmy, It is now in my blazer, It just has the DIY4X cage plates in it currently, But The cage is just sitting in the Blazer at the moment, it will be tied into the frame when I get back to working on it. The Jimmy is getting redone at the moment.

The nice thing about the cage is that it has the seat bridges in it and the seats/harnesses are all tied into the cage.

 

[70jimmy]

Very Nice.

Nothing like a tubed out big red jimmy!!!