Making some progress on the pickup ones? Sneak us some tidbits maybe 
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Roll cage kits Updated: last install video uploaded
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Making some progress on the pickup ones? Sneak us some tidbits maybe
I have a bunch of photos but not sure I want to let the cat out of the bag yet. We got some cool things going on.
Almost got the first A pillar bar done today. I'll have that done tomorrow for sure. Then to replicate it for the other side and fit. Build notching fixtures for that and we're off to the races.
Darn.
Well hopefully you keep working towards it. I'm saving money up. Id much rather take one night and have a full cage welded in. Then spend multiple weekends test fitting and notching tube.
Gotta get this blazer tied to the frame, so we can proceed with the jumping....
I'm hoping the blazer cage will at least be a 6 point.
Understandable. Fitting tubes in place and building fixtures is a very good sign though.
the base cage will be 4 points. Pretty simple to add a couple more. Things that will need to be added to any of the base cages whether we do it here for you or you do it yourself,
Dash bar
door bars
X brace or Inverted Y. I'd lean towards the "Y" in a pickup.
Seat mount bars
In a blazer a full family cage will most likely be an option at some point.
Didn't have a lot of time to work on it yesterday and probably less today. We did manage to get the design work done for the A pillar bars. Now just need to build a notching fixture and build a production piece for the official test fit.
Probably post a few pictures tonight.
Probably post a few pictures tonight.
Post away 
Looks good so far. I'm guessing attaching to the upper seat belt mount is the easiest way to add rigidity between the cab and the cage?
Its a great way to add rigidity. Nice amount of spread between the mounting points this way. It really helps with installation as well. During install all you want to do is tack things together which leaves things wiggling. Once you tack the B pillar/hoop to the upper seat belt tab, that wiggling is gone allowing you to concentrate on the next step. The Halo.
Kinda what I was thinking, will kinda work like and extra "hand" when putting it together. I was hoping to reuse stock seatbelts since I'd be doing just the basic 4 point cage. Would be easy enough for me to add a tab or threw bolt the stock upper seatbelt mount.
As for the video, I'd be good with written instrutions with a lot of good detailed pictures. But that's me.
As for the video, I'd be good with written instrutions with a lot of good detailed pictures. But that's me.
One thing to keep in mind, once you put in a cage, you should seat belt yourself to the cage. It is now your safety cell. Should the cab and cage ever part ways, you don't want to be sitting in one and strapped to the other.
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Could do that. But if the bottom mount for the seat belt and the seat itself is still bolted to just the body you would have the situation that Kurt was talking about. Think if that little bracket was flipped the other way and you used a longer bolt could put the seat belt back in the stock location and still have it add strength to the cage. Least from the picture it looks like there should be enough room to do that.
Keeping in mind all the rules/recommendations to installing a cage and its use are relative to how the vehicle gets used.
Since our vehicles are pretty generalized. Might be rock crawling today, a buzz through a mud hole tomorrow and maybe a 100 mph run down a desert road the next day, its wise to do things the safest way possible. Ya just never know and in my opinion, one of the cages biggest attributes is some peace of mind that you have protected your passengers and yourself.
Since our vehicles are pretty generalized. Might be rock crawling today, a buzz through a mud hole tomorrow and maybe a 100 mph run down a desert road the next day, its wise to do things the safest way possible. Ya just never know and in my opinion, one of the cages biggest attributes is some peace of mind that you have protected your passengers and yourself.
Very true, how the truck will be used plays a huge part in cage design. My truck since I'm going through the work of changing cabs and a decent paint job isn't going to be a hardcore wheeler. It'll get used but mostly light to moderate tight trail riding and open area high speed stuff (30 mph or so, nothing crazy). In truth most four-wheeling this truck will see is in the snow. Course if I ever more to FLorida then snow wont be an issue.
For me its mainly just to add protection for the people inside. I've seen pictures of these truck when t-boned and it isn't pretty if it hits the cab dead on. I know a simple 4 point cage won't stop it but it'll certainly help.
That being said I'm all for doing things the best way possible for the determined usage.
For me its mainly just to add protection for the people inside. I've seen pictures of these truck when t-boned and it isn't pretty if it hits the cab dead on. I know a simple 4 point cage won't stop it but it'll certainly help.
That being said I'm all for doing things the best way possible for the determined usage.
Im thinking I will just build the rear part of my blazer cage my self. But would really kill a lot of screwing around and wasting tubing if I had the in cab portion ready to weld in and go.
Between the pick up and the blazer, I would imagine that would all be the same except for the length of the b pillars attaching to the floor.
Hoping that would work, and get a cage in my blazer a lot faster.
Between the pick up and the blazer, I would imagine that would all be the same except for the length of the b pillars attaching to the floor.
Hoping that would work, and get a cage in my blazer a lot faster.
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Yep been there. I am very comfortable with my cage but would like to add a few more bars sometime.
