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sri_boi
24-12-06, 08:02 PM
could people post pictures of roll cages please, show ones not full, as i want to keep rear bench, also could you tell me prices and which are the best, cheers:thumb:
Philsutton
24-12-06, 08:12 PM
Waste of time imo, either have a proper cage or dont bother.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/skud52/DSC00012.jpg
sri_boi
24-12-06, 08:13 PM
i just like the look of them tbh, nice thick cage poking out behind rear window! :)
Philsutton
24-12-06, 08:14 PM
Take the rear seats out an fit one, being a nova owner you shouldnt enough friends to warrant the use of them lol
sri_boi
24-12-06, 08:22 PM
lol.....be suprised!
KPautomotive
24-12-06, 08:27 PM
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/babyvalver/migmeet/Dsc03243.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/babyvalver/migmeet/Dsc03241.jpg
could people post pictures of roll cages please, show ones not full, as i want to keep rear bench, also could you tell me prices and which are the best, cheers:thumb:
As said on other threads, unless you're rallying the car and the rules stipulate you need to keep the back seats in, then ditch them.
Not only will it be extremely unsafe to carry passengers in the back (if their head smashes against it during a crash, or even a pothole in the road, you're looking at possible severe head trauma), and any friends you currently have will soon be pissed off with having to clamber round a cage to get inside in the first place.
KPautomotive
24-12-06, 08:36 PM
fake "show" cage - pointless
KPautomotive
24-12-06, 08:40 PM
Hows the build going BottleThroddy?
sri_boi
24-12-06, 08:45 PM
well i would want interior but would only carry a passenger in back once in a while, but it just looks and feels better having full interior...not jus bare metal and cold feeling!! plus i will be having subs in boot so i wouldnt want them on show!
Shaun_O'Donnell
24-12-06, 09:00 PM
I would advise against fitting a cage whilst retaining rear seats for the same reasons as already mentioned, plus, the rear stays of the cage will foul the seats anyway requiring these to be cut to accomodate.
Here's the rear view of my last Nova with welded in Sparco cage.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/Shaun_ODonnell/Nova4.jpg
Big_Chap
24-12-06, 09:23 PM
well i would want interior but would only carry a passenger in back once in a while, but it just looks and feels better having full interior...not jus bare metal and cold feeling!! plus i will be having subs in boot so i wouldnt want them on show!
Heres mine, Fusion Fabrications, as far as i'm aware its a one off, connects to the edge of where the bench would go so you can still slide the seat back (difficult with the fearless one) make me a good enough offer and its yours :thumb:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Big_Chap/12082006002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Big_Chap/12082006001.jpg
No offence but show cages look gash imho, if its a shiny cage your after get a full cage chromed...
also just lately uve been a lazy Cnut lol.. why not do some searches lollol
KPautomotive
24-12-06, 11:26 PM
what a fooking waste of money!
Show cages are on par with delta kits IMO!
Why would you spend X amount of money on a cage if its probably gonna be more dangerous than anything in a crash!
You might as well give me ?300 and ill sit in the back and smack you over the head with nice bit of 3" alloy piping when you crash!
KPautomotive
24-12-06, 11:30 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Big_Chap/12082006002.jpg
lol
Look how fooking crap that cage is! It's bolted down with what looks like a couple of fooking self tapper screws and look and the bloody main hoop its bolted to hold it together! :confused:
You might as well give me ?300 and ill sit in the back and smack you over the head with nice bit of 3" alloy piping when you crash!
pmsl lol
KPautomotive
25-12-06, 01:00 AM
Seriously can anyone give me 1 good reason (other than to look good, which again is questionable) why you would have a fake "show" cage?
Big_Chap
25-12-06, 01:14 PM
lol
Look how fooking crap that cage is! It's bolted down with what looks like a couple of fooking self tapper screws and look and the bloody main hoop its bolted to hold it together! :confused:
Fooking crap? It achieves what it was designed to do, you may not agree with the concept but the "cage" itself is well made. its not fixed inplace (nor does it use self tappers) and it won't ever be!, it was only trial fitted when it arrived, it now sits in my garden shed
what a fooking waste of money!
Show cages are on par with delta kits IMO!
thats a bit extreme, although personally i do put them in the same catagorey as single wiper converstions and 6 inch "racing style" illuminated rev counters with ott shift lights lol
Why would you spend X amount of money on a cage if its probably gonna be more dangerous than anything in a crash!
thats never been proved
Seriously can anyone give me 1 good reason (other than to look good, which again is questionable) why you would have a fake "show" cage?
Just answered your own question :confused:
To be fair, i didn't realise the fixing points were quite so flimsy, its was hard to tell by the pictures...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Big_Chap/8d_1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Big_Chap/2a_1.jpg
jesus people give him a break!!
Lets swing it the other way then, Speedline Alessio's WTF do they do besides look "average"??
They add weight, like a show cage, there shiny, like a show cage, they're pretty useless like a show cage.
Big_Chap
25-12-06, 01:22 PM
jesus people give him a break!!
Lets swing it the other way then, Speedline Alessio's WTF do they do besides look "average"??
They add weight, like a show cage, there shiny, like a show cage, they're pretty useless like a show cage.
i have speedlines too! :cry: lol
i have speedlines too! :cry: lol
hahahah gutted lol
right,
the argument isnt that the cages look crap, it is that they do more harm than good. Yes it hasnt been proven (thank the lord), however if you look at the show cage posted earlier in the thread, I cant see any mounting points on the rear and only small holes on the 'main hoop' to bolt it down. As for saying that you will only carry rear passengers now and then, that time you do carry some then it is sods law that it will happen.
If you are in a bad enough accident then either the cage will rip itself out of the floor and go banging round the car, or if it is mounted well enough and strong enough the main hoop will support the weight of the car however it wont balance very well and the front will drop to the floor but, the A-pillars and windscreen wont support the weight of the engine and car so it will crumple down to the scuttle panel where there is some strength. I personally wouldnt like to use my neck/head as a brace to stop the car flattening itself.
Do it properly or dont do it at all
A bit extreme but you can see how the car will shape itself around the cage which is fitted properly and designed to protect the drivers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFkvmg8GfA
i heard about that crash at mull
Big_Chap
25-12-06, 01:59 PM
show cage posted earlier in the thread, I cant see any mounting points on the rear and only small holes on the 'main hoop' to bolt it down.
i hear you brother, there is fixings in the rear, when it arrived i did think about welding thicker fixing plates and welding the centre of the main loop to make it one piece but too much hassle!
cornish
25-12-06, 04:52 PM
How can you slag his cage off KPAutomotive when your cage pics show that yours isn't even bolted to the floor??
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/babyvalver/migmeet/Dsc03241.jpg
KPautomotive
27-12-06, 12:04 AM
its welded in them pics and is now also bolted in.
Haha if you have to resort to trying to pick holes in my workmanship then fair enough but even if my cage had all he weld cut out and all the bolts removed it would STILL protect me more than a silly plastic fake cage!
General Baxter
27-12-06, 12:50 AM
cheap one yet link then some chrome paint lol
http://www.drainageonline.co.uk/
its welded in them pics and is now also bolted in.
Haha if you have to resort to trying to pick holes in my workmanship then fair enough but even if my cage had all he weld cut out and all the bolts removed it would STILL protect me more than a silly plastic fake cage!
Amen brother. :thumb:
jesus people give him a break!!
Lets swing it the other way then, Speedline Alessio's WTF do they do besides look "average"??
They add weight, like a show cage, there shiny, like a show cage, they're pretty useless like a show cage.
How are wheels useless?
KPautomotive
27-12-06, 09:30 PM
How are wheels useless?
haha i can imagine him trying to drive down the road with no wheels and stating "wheels are useless man... no need for them silly things!"
lol lol
Fool!
KPautomotive
27-12-06, 09:35 PM
jesus people give him a break!!
Lets swing it the other way then, Speedline Alessio's WTF do they do besides look "average"??
They add weight, like a show cage, there shiny, like a show cage, they're pretty useless like a show cage.
Cant believe i missed this gem of a post!!! lol :cry: lol :cry:
Must be up there with some of the stupidist things people have EVER said on the internet!
What do speedlines do other than look average... well let me explain.... The round things called "wheels" are there for the purpose of having rubber tyres fitted to them to aid in providing traction to the vehicle.
Without wheels your not going to be going anywhere so in theory you need these "wheel things" more than you need silly alloy cages.
Thanks
Rob
PS... think about your replies before posting them... you may end up looking silly.
Rofl @ this $hit, can't beat arguing on teh innanets lol
heres a random one i found for a astra, compleatly possitively show!
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/ronniecourt/astracage.jpg
jesus people give him a break!!
Lets swing it the other way then, Speedline Alessio's WTF do they do besides look "average"??
They add weight, like a show cage, there shiny, like a show cage, they're pretty useless like a show cage.
Just to add my twopence worth too, i can actually see your point to an extent, but what your forgetting is that its very unlikely that in a crash, you'll get a piece of speedline alessio embedded in your skull. lol
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