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[Tomm]

good morning,

Recently i have been looking into non-mini engine conversions and whilst browsing a few sites i found many weird and wounderful custom made roll cages. I have no rear seats in my car and its of a stripped out nature so as long as there is enough room for a driver and pasanger everything will be peachy. I would idealy like door bars and a dash bar. i would also like 2 rear diaagonals to meet in the bacl of the car to make a X type shape and i would also like to do this above the front seats.



I would really like to get some thing looking like the above, i mean you dont see it to often. But what kind of things will i need to take into consideration when i do some thing like this? I dont want it up to any outstanding quality and supreme strenghts but i would like it to withstand a good woolop on the road.

Thanks, Tomm

[Pooky]

Seems dodgy to me. It's like making your own seatbelts or something... I'd try and get a professional to create one if you really have to have custom.

[TOMMO0302]

Seems dodgy to me too! You need to know what effect someone hitting you would have on the cage. For example, it would be no good having a weld that was weak when hit from a certain angle, breaking it and sending a pole into your head!
And certain areas to mount the cage etc, i think it would be far too easy to end up making yourself less safe in the event of an accident!

[Jammy]

Have a look at as many self built cages on 16V as possible, there are quite a number on there, theres also a few topics on the subject over there.

Personally, as long as your welding is ok, and you use a decent tube with a big enough wall, you should be able to make a very safe cage for yourself, and you won't believe how much you can save over other cages on the market!

[andywaller]

you can buy the correct CDS tube from roll center, i payed £9 a meter for 38mm od with 2.5mm wall tube.

[bert998]

Thats some work been put into that mini...

[Pooky]

Thats some work been put into that mini...

Looks like it's going to be rear/all wheel drive with that size tunnel

[marc]

Mowog - did you bend the tube yourself? If so where the hell did you get a bender with the correct size die for 38mm o/d? I'm also using 38mm od tube but cant find a die to fit correctly. PM'd