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DIY rollcage fitment
lewis - 7/5/11 at 06:53 PM

just thought i would show you what i have been up to this last week,i wanted a full rollcage in my indy as i did not think just having the single hoop was enough the cage kit will be fully welded as will the brackets,hopefully by this time tom it will be in and ready for paint,i will post some pics of the brackets/plates i have made tom.









jacko - 7/5/11 at 07:19 PM

Nice job you have made of that .
I like the way you have gone though the dash area will it give you more room for your knee ?

Instead of putting the double bend in the front legs could you have left them straight going more to your feet ?

I am thinking of doing something similar
Jacko

big_wasa - 7/5/11 at 07:20 PM

looks like a fair bit of work.

welderman - 7/5/11 at 08:08 PM

Looks good that Lewis

lewis - 7/5/11 at 08:38 PM

Cheers Joe taken a bit of time to get round to fit it

welderman - 7/5/11 at 08:55 PM

Good things come to those who take a bit longer lol

Keep up the good work

Rogthebandit - 9/5/11 at 08:49 PM

hi

cage looks well. i have built mine now but not sure how to put the pictures on here. what format do they need to be in?

cheers
ROG

lewis - 9/5/11 at 10:22 PM

I use photobucket to upload mine rog,some pics of the cage being welded and is now done! Just need to put it all back together











blakep82 - 9/5/11 at 11:49 PM

good work fella! looking good

something i noticed though, see the inner two harness mounts, are they gusseted underneath? or are they only attached by one line of weld along the plate? (or two, one either side of the plate?)
looks like they could do with a bit more stiffening?
wouldn't want you falling foul of it. as i'm sure you know, a lot of them are welded through the box section, rather than a plate behind it

lewis - 10/5/11 at 07:25 AM

I'll take a look mate and might modify the fixings on them,it's got to be right. :-)

welderman - 10/5/11 at 09:01 AM

Harness mounts were like that on my MK, think thats how they did them

aka_shortie - 10/5/11 at 09:50 AM

looks really good mate, although i reckon it would look even better with the addition of side bars

lewis - 10/5/11 at 12:05 PM

Thanks Joe,and side bars I want but will add at a later date cause the look cool !!

lewis - 10/5/11 at 12:24 PM

Primer and top coat on just got to clear coat it then dash and seats back in!



blakep82 - 10/5/11 at 12:47 PM

wow looks fantastic

just seen some other MKs and the harness mounts are all the same. must be ok then

welderman - 10/5/11 at 01:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lewis
Thanks Joe,and side bars I want but will add at a later date cause the look cool !!


give me a shout if you ned some side bars doing

aka_shortie - 10/5/11 at 01:13 PM

looks good with the paint on, glad to hear your going to put side bars on at a later date

FASTdan - 12/5/11 at 07:18 AM

Looks really good that - wouldnt mind doing something similar on ours. Who did the tube bending?

Im guessing you cant use a DIY cage in any regulated motorsport event? - I'm not familiar with this side of things, just reading the odd snippet regarding MK's own cage and its compliance with regs.

lewis - 12/5/11 at 08:44 AM

Can't help re: racing regs but the front hoop was done by Joe (welder man) ant the rest of the cds tubing was bought and bent by a guy advertising on eBay,if you want to go racing then use the guidelines from the bluebook (do away with the bend by the dash) to be on the safe side.

lewis - 17/5/11 at 11:23 AM

just thought i would post some recent pics of the car back together







coozer - 17/5/11 at 11:29 AM

Very nice.. wanna come paint mine??

lewis - 17/5/11 at 11:33 AM

Haha no, that tube angle programme worked a treat thanks! Just used spray cans on mine and I don't think its going to be up to the job :-( prob need to redo in chassis paint.

welderman - 17/5/11 at 12:14 PM

looking good, cant beat Orange