79corolla Posted December 4, 2012 Report Posted December 4, 2012 ive looked all over the internet for a rally spec roll cage for my ke30, anyone have any ideas on who makes a good pre fabbed roll cage, i do not have a tubing bender so ill have to order one and fit it myself, thanks Quote
Redwarf Posted December 4, 2012 Report Posted December 4, 2012 Where are you? Bond in Sydney do reasonable kits. Quote
19914afc Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 Bond cages can send it to you as well, but there should be someone who can make one to suit your car locally to your area, probably won't be cheap though so don't expect it to be. Quote
79corolla Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Posted December 5, 2012 Yea the local shops here in Montana want 1800 dollars, I've seen them online for 650 , just none for my ke-30 ill look up bond and see how much they charge to ship..thankyou for the info Quote
19914afc Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 Probably too dear to send to the states. $1800 sounds pretty good for a full cage. Quote
corollaart Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 Ordered one last week off bonds , six point ,double cross brace,side intrustion bars and harness bar etc 1740 landed.( basic cams spec) The bonds guys are very helpful and no there sh#t . Buggar no christmas holidays for me haha. :oops: rob Quote
ke70dave Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 Ordered one last week off bonds , six point ,double cross brace,side intrustion bars and harness bar etc 1740 landed.( basic cams spec) The bonds guys are very helpful and no there sh#t . Buggar no christmas holidays for me haha. :oops: rob what material did you get? I see they offer cold drawn seemless, cold drawn welded and Cro-moly. Quote
corollaart Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 CDS Dave i just went with what they recomended .The reason i went with bonds a mate of mine just built a wrx and got them to do the cage and suspention points seat mounts etc it is a true work of art but not cheap 8000. But then you would not put a bolt in six point in wrx/evo as there a shit load faster than a old ke (except trds car :wave: ) I ve heard that chrome moly cages have broken in a big hit ,seems as if it gets brittle as it gets old. As for a 650 dollar cage i would be very care full,you might have trouble when it comes time to get it log booked. I m going to pull my old alloy cage out and flog it off ,as there basic not usable any where now. rob Quote
ke70dave Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) A point of interesting, all these fancy new cars with carbon fibre "pods" for the interiour/driver, all the race cars have bolt in cages. As you can't weld steel to carbon! This is my favourte photo in regards to bolt in cages. Zoom in ;) http://i35.tinypic.com/2ppneae.jpg Edited December 5, 2012 by ke70dave Quote
corollaart Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 Holy shit thats not at all gone well. May be the carbon fibre dash helped him. Quote
B.L.Z.BUB Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) The accident apparently happened at turn eight of the track, and the results, as you can see from the gallery above, couldn't be any more dramatic. After ramping the tire wall, the car planted nose-first into the ground and flipped forward, coming to a halt on its roof. You can see in the post-pancake-flipping images that the bolt-in roll cage simply punched through the floor, completely failing in its duty. Incredibly, neither the driver nor passenger were injured in the accident. Reminds us why we prefer weld-in cages with big thick contact pads. Edited December 5, 2012 by B.L.Z.BUB Quote
corollaart Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 Well theys the problem ford shi#. Quote
kickn5k Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) A point of interesting, all these fancy new cars with carbon fibre "pods" for the interiour/driver, all the race cars have bolt in cages. As you can't weld steel to carbon! This is my favourte photo in regards to bolt in cages. Zoom in ;) http://i35.tinypic.com/2ppneae.jpg Which is why, no matter how much money I have I'll never own a composite built car!! From that photo Dave it only appears to have a rear half cage too, as I can only see two bars poking through the floor. To quote Redwarf "half cages are for halfwits!!" Edited December 5, 2012 by kickn5k Quote
79corolla Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Posted December 5, 2012 Looks like ill be racing next year, I need to upgrade the motor as well, the little 3k isn't gonna do me any good, I want my car to be quality and safe, not to mention pass inspection , thanks for the info Quote
snot35 Posted December 6, 2012 Report Posted December 6, 2012 Ordered one last week off bonds , six point ,double cross brace,side intrustion bars and harness bar etc 1740 landed.( basic cams spec) The bonds guys are very helpful and no there sh#t . Buggar no christmas holidays for me haha. :oops: rob So is that a weld in kit? Quote
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