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Old 12-29-2009, 03:43 AM
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so for the last few months ive been knocking around ideas about an interior cage and then realized i dont wanna take out my interior. but my question is where are the best points to mount them. i want to see what some of you guys have done (if any). thanks for the help guys.
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mounts to the front and rear bumpers, sliders in two spots and thru the roof behind the front seats for my 4-point harnesses...
Any pics of the through the roof to the seats? Been wondering on how to do that myself.
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iv always loved your cage and setup. always thought of doin it exactally like that
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Here is a pic of my truggy/exo


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Any pics of the through the roof to the seats? Been wondering on how to do that myself.

no i cant find any pics of it. i just drilled some 1 3/4 holes in my roof and floor at the same place behind the seats. ran some 1 1/2 dom thru the hole in the floor then thru the roof to my exo. i then cut my tubes to length and added some 4x8x1/4'' plate to the floors where the tube mounts. welded all that crap in then fit another tube across horizontal with the top of the back of the seats. that is the tube my 4-points hook to.

i am soon adding more to the interior part of the cage to get more triangulation.....its hard to do with an exo. i dont really care about the weight of extra tubes or i would be building a buggy, not a full bodied rig!!
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i wanna build one for my zj
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iv always loved your cage and setup. always thought of doin it exactally like that
and thanks man.....i wouldnt be hurt to see someone copy my design.....i would be flattered!!
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i wanna build one for my zj

keeping the body lines on a zj exo would be a little harder....way more bends!!
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yeah i would just have to settle for a regular roll cage.
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nothing wrong with internal cages....but i like my jeeps body to keep its shape as i bounce it off rocks!!
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Originally Posted by xjbones
here is my exo.....its a 10 point cage. mounts to the front and rear bumpers, sliders in two spots and thru the roof behind the front seats for my 4-point harnesses...used to be 12 point but the tubes between the front doors got to smashed and i couldnt get the doors open. everything ties into the unibody. this pic is from april ejs 2009. there was a dirty cancer stick in my hand...not anymore!!!


I plan on putting an exo cage on my 95 I like them. I think this one is the bombdiggity!!!!
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Yo Bones, it looks like you're running CA drop brackets with strait arms in this pic. Are they? If so, how well do they work?

I'm running short arms with 4.5" coils and the LCAs are at a pretty crazy angle so I've been thinking about drop brackets.
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That is a sweet looking cage. I've wanted to get a roll cage but i think im too tall, and id knock myself out on the center bar that goes above the driver and passenger seats... so an exo looks like the way to go
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i like that cage the only bad thing is if you have to replace the windshield lol

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