Start a new post. i feel stupid that you guys are adding to it.


Modified by Advan06 at 8:55 PM 11/10/2004

 

i know someone can help with this... pls

 

bump for the morning

 

2 things to think about,

1- are you going to retain the factory seat belts or go a different route,
2- If I were to weld anything to the car that's not under it, I would use a TIG.
Stronger = safety

 

Is this for show? If not, piping is out, you need to use tubing (DOM). I'm not sure a brace like that is going to help much anyway, though.

 

if you're a bit handy in welding you could make a roll bar like I did and attach the seatbelts to it, on the other hand I welded a cross brace behind the bar from side to side and made it so that it was bolted to the chassis and could be removed at all times

 

thanks for all the input. looks like im gonna abandon the plan

nice roll bar btw

 

DAmn Solsurvivor, that is magnificent

 

yeah no ****...that sol looks pretty damn good man. PM'd BTW

 

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I'm looking for a full cage for my sol too....

 

I own a del sol and I'm hating the fact that soon I will have to install a cage due to track regulations. Its not that I dont love welding but del sols have the weight disadvantage in the beginning

 

DAM THATS REAL NICE. I GOT A GUY GOING TO DO MINE TO...

 

very clean...

 

is that streat legal to have the belts attached to a non dmv approved brace?

 

well I live in the Netherlands and the law states that seatbelts should be properly fastened to the chassis....and in this way they are..

 

Wow anymore pics of your cage? That looks really nice.

 

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/483989

lots of pics on there, also of the rollbar

 

what kind of tubing did u use? and how thick? also did u bend it yourself? i was thinking maby a torch and just bending it i would just be worried abuot the striength of it after and kinking the metal,

 

I used a tube bender, works perfect, heating this kind of tube up and bending it is nearly impossible

 

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good job!

 

thanks.....

 

solsurvivor:
Some might call your car rice here in the u.s., but i really like it. Especially since you did the majority of the work yourself, and the style is the norm in europe/etc. (like the exhaust)...which is really unique. I wish I could Have that kind of roll cage in my sol! Good work on everything! Also, what kind of gauges are those? What kind of plate did you use to block off the main a/c vent in the middle?

 

thanks, the gauges are S.P.A design, a british company. I used aluminium plate to block off the vent. the exhaust was an experiment for which I had to remodel the entire spare wheel whell. all of it including the engine was kind of an experiment to test the extremities of what I could get away with at the yearly inspection we have over here. all went well and the car is already sold.

 

what kinda tubing did u use?