just exo the cab. easier, doesnt tear up sheetmetal as bad if you hit something, more room inside. i would hit my head on everybodys cage if i was driving, thats why im going to exo my truck
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just exo the cab. easier, doesnt tear up sheetmetal as bad if you hit something, more room inside. i would hit my head on everybodys cage if i was driving, thats why im going to exo my truck
you won't hit your head on my cage or joeseph's cage
yall have open rigs. there isnt alot of space to work with in a single cab truck
you couldnt tear the headliner out and get a halo up in there?
yes lurch needs his head room, he practically hits his head on our front door jam at the dexter house *** :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by RCook527
The old cage we put in my black truck when we tried to truggy it was tucked up pretty well, and it still came very close to my head. With the 4runner, the seats are even higher, so tucking it up in there may still not be enough. I don't mind the little bit of foot room lost with an internal cage, but after riding in the buggy with a very low roof line, I want my head room.
As for tearing up sheetmetal, that doesn't bother me. I like the looks of a beat rig. So many of the exos just turn into a clusterfawk of pipe it seems. And even with an exo, most people seem to loose thier windshields and sheetmetal in a couple of flops. Yes I do admit that drawing looks pretty sweet, I just don't know if the finished product will turn out the same.
And finally there is always the want to try to do something a little new and different, just so your rig doesn't look like ever other one out there. In the end I may go with the exo, but for now I would like to think of other possibilities
here is a good example of how a exo can just ruin the look of a vehicle
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...postcount=1704
The guy building this truck puts alot of effort into doing things cleanly, and really thinks outside the box. But he didn't want to do a internal cage due to the lack of room, so he went with an exo. Its not finished yet, but I don't like it, and think it takes away from a vehicle that was really thought out and built well. I know that seems wierd, but thats just my opinion. I just don't think an exo is the way to go for me
one nice thing about the exo mentioned above is that he is using a halo design in it. I never really noticed until I began looking for them, but very few toy exos use a halo, and none that I found are shaped like the one he is building. Notice it comes to a point near the center of the windshield. Thats basically what I was thinking, to get the "brow" that Ed mentioned in order to somewhat protect the windshield
drawings of different halo designs
How about some prerunner lights :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mudtoy67
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...postcount=1677
btw, thats a joke
okay, I know some of you questioned the strength of a sandwhich plate with the sheetmetal in between, but what do you think of the flanges that some people use on portions of thier cages to allow removal of certain sections?
If you don't understand what I'm talking about you can kind of see it here
http://tamor.us/members-rigs/albums/...2/100_0206.jpg
I needed to add a little protection to the engine, but want to keep it removable, so I added a crossbar with flanges connecting it to the shockmounts.
Now I understand most of the time, these flanges are used in non critical areas. But Eckerts picture earlier in the thread got me to thinking about making a flange similar to the ones above, but with a piece of tube running inside to help provide extra support. It would be like sleeving the tube, but instead of welding it up, it would be bolt on, and hopefully would be stong enough to use in critical areas.
here is a paint drawing of the idea
http://tamor.us/members-rigs/albums/...ange.sized.jpg
In this case, there would be 2 pieces of tubing, say 1.75x.120 DOM, with flanges welded to the end of them. These flanges would have between 2-4 holes drilled in them (depending on what shape you went with) for bolts, and a single large hole, in the center. In this case the hole would be 1.5 so that a piece of the same diameter tube could be slid inside, and maybe plug welded on one side to keep it from moving after everything is together
So, and reason why that wouldn't work, and be stong enough for use in a critical area? And how long would the piece of tube inside need to be? Would 4 inches be enough? Or would 6 inches be better?
I'm not saying I would use one, but in a case like mine I could see where using a couple of these could make assembling and fully welding a cage together much easier. Plus thinking about stuff like this is much more entertaining then studying like I should be.
As for the flange, AA-MFG has one that would work pretty well for this application, though I would drill the bolts out to 3/8s at least for a little more piece of mind
http://www.aa-mfg.com/pdshop/shop/item.asp?itemid=956
I have never had a problem with my 4 inches... what???
I think the prerunner lights would look pretty good, as long as they're just the 4 or 6 inch lights, not those ginormous Hella lights some people use.Quote:
Originally Posted by CRaSHnBuRN
But what do I know....I like nekked lady mudflaps. :flipoff2:
how about theses they are super trick
http://www.polyperformance.com/shop/...&cat=58&page=1
or these like the ones you posted before but with 4 holes
http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/...p_89-1159.html