roll cages

[richy]

has anyone had any experience with any of the 6point cages, safety devices/omp/sparco? i know marks is a million billion point cage and way to much for my wallet!! lol

seriously thinking about one now! :twisted:

[Dancliovalver]

i want 1 too...... some advice would be great

[Lunner]

I want one too, but my main concern is insurance, apparently NFU will insure you wiht a cage, not got a quote tho, most other companies wo't touch you with a barge pole.

Think when i was speaking to him at FCS it was around £500 to supply and fit a 6 point cage, but honestly can't remember, could be way off....

[Justin..]

why wont they touch you with a roll-cage installed??? :?

[Mark_Ritchspeed]

Contrary to popular belief a roll cage can make a car more dangerous if not fitted using the proper MSA guidelines.

There are minimum distances that need to be maintained between the drivers head and sidebars etc. Which we follow.

Our favourite cages are the Safety Devices ones which in general are a tad more expensive to buy, but much better quality than Sparco and OMP. They are simply made more accurately and take less fitting time in general as less spacing is needed to make the cages fit.

For reference about the best company we have found for insuring cars with cages is Graham Sykes Insurance on 0845 1300 231.

[Jabba the...]

yep sd are the best, 6 point is all u need unless your in the wrc! plates must be welded to car properly on no rust etc. not too sure how else u could fuk up installing it as it only comes in 2 sections and will only fit in the car 1 way :!:

[Jabba the...]

get some padding on head & knee areas and no ****ing pipe lagging either :!:

[Clart]

Admiral wanted £200 extra to insurce a cage

[Swervin_Mervin]

Admiral are a bunch of sheisters.

[Jabba the...]

i think hic dont mind!

[2 live]

hehe...weld a couple of 4x2 box section to the inner sills.....hoop a bit of 1/2 inch tubing up the side of the windscreen, stitchin it to the shell, across the roof, same at back hehe


triangulate a bit n ur rite lol

thats all the minis gettin hehe

[Craig]

HIC, and greenlight are cool with cages!

[Jabba the...]

hehe...weld a couple of 4x2 box section to the inner sills.....hoop a bit of 1/2 inch tubing up the side of the windscreen, stitchin it to the shell, across the roof, same at back hehe


triangulate a bit n ur rite lol

thats all the minis gettin hehe

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lol and hey presto one death trap :lol:

[2 live]

lol..its all they use for the grass track cars...and have u seen the crashes n rolls they get out of and walk away from?

[Jabba the...]

yep its all low speed stuff on grasstracks trust me dont do it :D

[richy]

im with admiral now, and they said same extra £200 for a cage, but everything else theres no charge on!

even if i payed that its still about £700 less then i paid last year for std williams lol

[Jabba the...]

sd is being re launched at the mo so u wont be gettin any cages 4 a while :cry:

[richy]

not gonna be instantly anyway, ned to save up for it, but trying to get a idea on price etc

[FATBOY]

my advice! DONT ROLL IT THEN!!!! lol soz had to be done! i used to have a roll cage in my old mark 2 escort!

[richy]

dont want to roll it lol but u never know! might try a james bond on 2 wheels on its side etc :lol:

[Jabba the...]

not gonna be instantly anyway, ned to save up for it, but trying to get a idea on price etc

ft 119.80
rear 162 fixed diag
door bars 32 each
plus vat
good idea 4 ya :wink:
oh yeah if u want 1 installed properly for cheap by ex sd welders pm me

[edde]

Has anyone got any rules or guides to installing roll cages. I've got a 6 point safety deices one in the loft I need to install onces the car comes of the road (very soon at this rate) since my present insurers LV won't cover for it.

[2 live]

well iv never heard of anyone fitting a roll cage to their loft before mate...well done

[richy]

suppose if the house rolls over it may help!! :lol:

jabba what make is that for?

[richy]

what im after is a 6point cage but with door bars, X diagonal bars and harness bars, then will look at a fire system pos

[Jan]

:D Making a replica of Mark's car mate?!

[richy]

:D Making a replica of Mark's car mate?!

lol not quite a full replica!! wont be stickered the same :lol:

[Mark_Ritchspeed]

Have you tried contacting SD? If your desperate you may be better off going for a Sparco or OMP (in that order) instead of waiting for SD to relaunch. I was sure they were still trading though.

Even then , the usual wait is around 6 weeks shipping for a Clio cage as nobody stocks them off the shelf. We have fitted a few cages from a local supplier who does mostly Escort stuff and they do seem very good but I dont know if he has done 1 for a Clio before. I can ask if needs be?

[richy]

im not desperate for one yet mark, need to clear a bill off then i will have the cash, bit of luck next month :D

i was going to ring SD at the weekend when im off (if there open)