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Cagefest Part#3 ***(56K beware)***
As some may know, a couple months ago Adam was so kind and a great help while building me a more suitable a cage. Well, after carefull consideration, I think I screwed up when I decided to do the overhead tubing the way I did.
I had the seats out at the time the overhead tubing was fitted which I think was a mistake on my part by not tossing them in to check for head clearance. Oh well. Yesterday we (Sergey, Blaine & I) removed some of the overhead cage tubing and redid it so it has less of a chance of knocking somebodys pumpkin. Here's how it looked before we removed 3 of the overhead pieces of tubing. The strength was fine, it's just that I didn't feel comfortable with having it that close to anybodys head. As you can see, we redid things so there's far less of a chance that the cage overhead tubing would cause injury from folks bouncing or from sudded trail changes when your body sometimes gets tossed about. Sure, seatbelts would take care of some of that issue, but if folks with a taller stature were in it their safety would potentially be in jeopardy. Plus, we added the 2 windshield chromo streamline pieces for a little more strength and tied the 2 overhead pieces together with some vented ~1/8" steel for shear strength. Then added a tab for the rear view mirror. Hopefully, possibly later today, the front frame tie-ins will be completed & my Jeep will soon be back home. Update on that - later. Thanks goes out toward my friends Blaine and Sergey for helping me out during the on/off drizzling rain. |
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Looks good Joe, I like the streamline tubing for the window bars
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Thanks David. I like it too.
The forewardmost frame tie-ins were finished today too. They came out AWESOME!
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'91 YJ,4.0, AX-15, SOA +1.5" leafs, SYE, D30/F8.8, 4.56, ARB's, & 3 rug rats! |
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Those frame ties did turn out nicely. I'm pretty pleased with them.
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Nice work guys! I think Blaine is getting the hang of this stuff, eh? Seriously, that looks like a million bucks.
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Looks good guys. I'm happy with my cage now that it's tied to the frame in 4 places. I don't now if it's a good thing to feel a bit braver or not.
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lookin good Joe.
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Thanks.
I'll be working on tieing the back to the frame along with preping the tube for paint and getting some padding for areas of the cage. No doubt - I'm VERY happy with the help Blaine & Sergey gave me with things, also with the blood, sweat & tears Adam gave along the way. Good times. |
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Nice approach on the frame tie-in. I need to change mine, hope you don't mind if I copy.
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Copy away Art.
I can't take the credit for the design. chef (Adam) & I talked about doing it, obtained some parts, but ran out of time. Blaine finished things & added his own touch. |
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Wow that looks really good!
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We need to tie your cage to the frame soon Stever.
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If you do it like we did, don't show it to anybody. It's almost not worth the hassle trying to explain to them that the isolator isn't a hinge that allows the cage to pivot freely about the frame.
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Wasn't it the movie Gumball Rally where the Italian racer rips off the rear view mirror and states "what's behind you doesn't matter"
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It rains in Southern California? Very good work guys....looks great
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I stopped trying to explain what I do years ago.
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You'll be good to go then.
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