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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Build Diaries, How-To, DIY => Topic started by: KStrat on October 11, 2010, 09:13:52 PM
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I got this samurai bone stock did my first spring over lift on it and then built a roll cage. It now has a 5.1 t-case in it with an e-z locker in the rear.
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this is the roll cage. Pretty much identical to petroworks except for a few extra bars and its welded together.
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looks good 8), I wish mine was in that good of shape, it's got rust all over the place :'(.
Jordan.
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did you bend that cage?
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Nice job on roll cage. Lets see some photo's of it installed.
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i bought this cage in pieces and welded it together
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here are some pictures of one sitting in the car
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Very nice. does it support a soft top well? where did you get it?
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Ya the top goes on just like the cage was never there. We bought them off of a guy in the high desert in SoCal
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just the right amount of bars and the placement of them that I want to get on one someday for my sami but ive pranced around the thought of having one across the back too.
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Looks good from the topside.... is it connected to the frame???
Tux... ???
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here are some pictures of one sitting in the car
The c pillar or rear bar is mounted to the wheel wells. Which is fairly thin metal for the mounting locations for both the b and c hoops. The rear floor of the sammy is actually thicker and layered, which is way thicker and stronger than the wheel wells. This where Trail Tough and Daves Sport cages mount their rear cages to.
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it is plated on bothe sides the top mount has an 1/8 plate and in the fenderwell has an 1/8" plate. Same way petroworks mounts their cages, and i know some people who have used the petroworks cage and they held up very well.
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Your cage setup is 3 times better than a petroworks cage will ever be. As fas as Petroworks cages holding up to roll overs, have you seen the video footage of the sammy rolling with one of their cages?
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thank you and no i havent seen the video and would like to but i have a buddy who rolled 3 complete times and the cage bent but it saved him. I would like to see the video though.
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Took me a while, could not find it at all. But finally someone posted it on another board. It is a horrific roll and does not show you the end results at the end. But the still photos are out there, and they clearly illustrate the weakness of petro cage. A and C pillar of this cage design are for user function and style and are less for user protection. No matter if you put 1/2" thick steel plate under the wheel wells.
Suzuki Samurai 4x4 roll (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp2ffw47OaU#)
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I got this samurai bone stock did my first spring over lift on it and then built a roll cage. It now has a 5.1 t-case in it with an e-z locker in the rear.
Hey KStrat, whos SPOA lift did you use? How do you like it?