Competition Engineering Roll Cage

[nickm347]

Im wanting to get a roll cage/bar for my car, but dont wanna spend several hundred on a steeda or maximum motorsports. In Summit Racing, they have a Competition Engineering Roll Cage for about 160. Does anyone have any experience with these? Any pics of this or other bars/cages would be great. Thanks

http://store.summitracing.com/defau...rchinresults=false&N=115&target=egnsearch.asp

 

[bimmertech]

this is my mm 6pt cage with swing out door bars. fit was awsome, pipe was top notch, welds are robotic, you get what you pay for.

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[SeventyMach1]

Wow bimmer .... that looks awesome. So how exactly do the swing-out door bars work anyway?

 

[bimmertech]

the slot right behind the seat with the holes is where the pin slides through the door bar. the bar sets in a pad with a sleeve on the floor board right in front of the door opening. the bars can be swung or removed completely. i leave them out cuz they rub on the seat at the shoulder bolster and leaves a little mark. in the pic you can see the pass door bar is in and the drivers bar is laying on the floor in the back. since that pic was taken, i have primered the rest and have prepped the car for ebay.

 

[xr8d302]

don't rid yourself of that car....

 

[bimmertech]

don't rid yourself of that car....

i've been thinking that for the last 3 months, but i want a 03/04 sc saleen.

 

[nickm347]

how thick is the piping on it, and how much was it, if you dont mind me asking, both for just the cage, and also for itinstalled, unless u did it yourself

 

[bimmertech]

1 3/4" with .134 wall dom pipe. paid about $500 shipped to my work which saved about $30. installed by me and a buddy using a wire feed mig.

the main hoop comes assembled, the rear bars have to be fitted then welded to the hoop. the hoop and rear bars got welded in then we fitted the front pads and welded. i already had the interior removed and took about 6 hours.

the next time i put a cage in a car i will buy the bolt in, then weld it in. my reasoning behind this is when you buy a bolt in they supply plates for the under side of the car to bolt the interior pads to.

i like the fact that the floor pan is reinforced on the underside by those pads. i would bolt the cage in like normal, then go around and weld the pads in. just my theory though, i'm sure there is some internet chassis expert that will say i'm dumb and don't know anything.

once you get into welding on the stock floor pans you will understand my reasoning behind this. they are very thin and could use all the help they can get. a through the floor subframe connecter that connects the main hoop to the front pad would really kick ass too.

oh yeah, if you got 3k you could just buy my car with the cage already in it. it would save a whole lot of time.