My friend has just purchased a used Autopower roll cage for his 1995 Integra, and needs help installing it. I've read a little about it, but wasn't clear on the proper procedure to install it correctly. One thing we were curious about, if we're drilling and bolting in one side at a time, should the car be lifted completely off the ground? Or is that not a major concern? (did a search for roll cage and roll cage install, but didn't find what I was looking for). Any help or advice is much appreciated.

 

leave the car on the ground. no jackstands.

 

Got it, thank you very much

 

if it is the 4 point bolt in and it has rear supports that go to the rear fender you might wanna jack the car up to drill those holes. You can possibly drill into the tire.

 

Yeah, I was afraid of that, cause I'm sure I'll have to push pretty hard to get through the metal, maybe if we stuck a thick piece of metal between the tire car and the tire?

 

Use a chunk of 1x4 board or something if you are really worried. Frankly, if you start with an 1/8" bit and work up to the 3/8(?) that you need for the bolt, you shouldn't have to bear down on it very hard.

 

if you use a multi-step drill bit you shouldn't have to push all that hard. Let the bit do all the work and you should be fine. A block of wood might help though.

Something like this:


Steve

 

Ahhh, the bit that works for just about everything

 

Thanks for all the help

 

the correct way to put a roll cage in is to weld it in

but i guess the autopower is better than nothing. should stiffen the rear up a little.

 

Could you put a 4-pt bar in, then have it welded in later on?

 

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yea thats what i was wondering too

if i get an autopower roll bar that bolts in cant i just bolt it in and have it welded later? im pretty sure i can but im not sure if the weld in ones mount to diffrent locations

 

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yea thats what i was wondering too

if i get an autopower roll bar that bolts in cant i just bolt it in and have it welded later? im pretty sure i can but im not sure if the weld in ones mount to diffrent locations </TD></TR></TABLE>

weld in cages usually are mounted in a different location. whereas a bolt-in cage will mount to the rear wheelwells, a weld-in cage generally involves boxing up the rear shock towers and tying the cage in there.
despite this, there is nothing to prevent you from having a bolt-it cage welded up later on down the road.

 

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there is nothing to prevent you from having a bolt-it cage welded up later on down the road.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Any substantial benefit to doing this?

 

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Any substantial benefit to doing this?</TD></TR></TABLE>

it'll stiffen it up a little more. plus, while you're in there with a welder, you might as well add some more bars to the cage.

 

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it'll stiffen it up a little more. plus, while you're in there with a welder, you might as well add some more bars to the cage. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Hell yeah. Thanks for the info.

 

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yea thats what i was wondering too

if i get an autopower roll bar that bolts in cant i just bolt it in and have it welded later? im pretty sure i can but im not sure if the weld in ones mount to diffrent locations </TD></TR></TABLE>

theres nothing wrong with this. just make sure when you buy the rollbar, its made of DOM, not ERW tubing.