So far so good. 8pt bar by competition engineering and installed by a local shop, 1st Try Engineering. Mig welded on the floors/plates, Tig weld everywhere else for clean welds that are visable. I am liking it so far

Seats are Corbeau Forzas, and i have to get to installing the rest of the interior pieces

Reusing stock seat brackets and get this, i used the stock power seat bracket setup for the driver seat. makes that seat so much more comfortable All you need is 4 metal tab brackets to connect the stock bolt holes to the corbeau ones. very easy to do. Cut and drill job. Sorry no pics of it at this time but its getting there.

More to come as i get to finishing it up this weekend or next week whenever i finalize what i'm gonna do for carpet and door panels. Dont think the arm rests will fit but i will notch them if i have to or just delete them

 

wow! way to get down to the nitty gritty!! looks good bro are you going to get a pass. seat as well?

 

do those plates just weld to the floorpan like it looks? or is it more complicated than that? I wanted to get the same cage later on but thinking arc welding won't do the trick.

 

i have all teh interior stuff laying next to the car, i just got the car back from the fab shop and havent gotten around to doing the rest of the interior. So yes there will be a passenger seat and carpet/panels/plastics/console, etc. COmplete full interior, just isnt quite done yet

Yes the plates weld to the floor all around the plate, and the bars weld to the plate. I have heard you can arc weld depending on how strong the welder is. I have a lincoln wire feed that runs on your standard 110-115 volt or whatever it is. I have heard it would work on that steel thickness if you do it right I just wasnt confident in my own fab skills to cut and mark up the bars like that, so i had a good shop do it right.

 

Looking good.

 

Yes, you can arc weld it if you really know what you are doing. It's easy to burn-through the floor if you arent paying attention.
That looks really good! Keep us up-dated!

 

Justin, can you take a quick picture from outside of the car, side angle, right by the top of the hatch area. Looking to install a cage with the notchback, and I want to see if it will clear.

Thanks man....

-Rob

 

I will get more pics tomorrow after raceday Do you want me to get get pics of the rear down bars basically?

 

Yeah, please do so. Got a few fabricators insisting that the bars will have to literally go through the window on the notchback because they won't clear, but then I have others telling me that there should be more than enough room. I'd hate to cut the notch, so if there is in fact no room, I'm gonna just stick with the stock hatch. Good luck at the track today, post some vids if you can....

 

Very nice dude! How much did this kit cost? I'll be looking into these cages pretty soon.

 

kit wasnt all that much but the shipping was over 100 bucks i think. its 120 lbs of kit Final price shipped was 320 bucks

 

 

Question for Orr89RocZ...
I also have the Corbeau Forza seats in my car and was wondering how much room there would be if I ever installed a roll bar without swing out door bars. Do you lose much room with your seat and door bar the way they are? Basically, is it any harder to get in with the door bar there?

 

No, its a bit more problematic to get in and out now but there is room without the swingouts. Its gonna come down to how you have the bars installed. My bars as you can see, run just with the edge of the seat so it doesnt really interfere with you getting in and out of the car

I dont have room for a door armrest tho.

 

how much did it cost to have a shop do it? i think ima do the same but I want a cage instead of a roll bare :happy:

 

Tig weld the upper bars mig the bottoms it cost me 350 roughly

 

Any problems with arm rest after installing a cage?

 

yep, armrest wont fit

 

I just got my competition engineering 8-point. I am getting ready to install it and was just wondering if they had to do anything with the fuel tank when they welded the plates on directly above it?

 

nothing done here, he welded with everything installed with no problems.


I got the carpets in, got a little more trim pieces to put in but its dark out so i cant get the pics of it all. No door panels yet, not sure what i'm gonna do yet, i probly will order new ones in black to go with the carpet. Still need some more red in there but only place to put it is on the door panel but i cant match this corbeau red

 

how much does it cost to get a shop to install a cage?

 

few posts up, but generally 300-400 is reasonable provided you strip the interior

 

Quick shots of the interior so far... about 95% done, just need a few more panels installed and the door panels yet which i dont have

I'll get a better overall pic outside when its nice out again
BEFORE


AFTER

 

VERY nice! I like the black carpet/door sills alot better. The Forza seats and cage look great.

 

Thanks, wait til i get pics of it from the outside in better light once its all done. the red/black compliment the motor as its red and black, and the competition grey wheels with red brake calipers and factory red Irocz badges in the rocker/rear bumper really go well together

 

look much better with the black interior in place of that "classy" red one. I would have gone for black seats though, but thats just me.

 

What style of door panels do you plan to go with? and what color?

 

not sure what pannels i will get and what color. probly gonna keep it all black too but i wanted a red accent on it to go with the seats

I went red seats because i was gonna do red carpet with black everything else. Unfortunately none of the carpets i could find match these seats so i went to black.

 

I like the looks of that! It would have been hard to find carpet in that color! A good upholstery shop could "Notch" the armrest for you and re-cover it in synthetic leather (Or something like it) and make it look right. My new door panels came with the holes for the armrest pre-cut.

 

i gotta get some pics of it outside in better light, it looks much better that way

Armrests may need cut in half to fit, not just notched

 

Wassup bro? Any updates yet?

 

nope, just whats posted above

 

Looks sweet dude. I can't wait to get my cage put in The issue with the armrests is annoying though. Maybe theres a panel you could make or buy out there to cover up the spots where the armrest mounts?

 

not sure what i'm gonna do with the arm rests. I think where id have to notch them it would be right where the thin handle meets the thick section..so basically cut it in two.

 

You guys (or, at least Demon355) could do what Kandied91Z did. I liked his design and came across it when I was searching for a 6 pt. roll bar but didn't want the standard front & rear support bars that got in the way. I built mine a couple years ago with a tubing bender, MIG, drill press & notcher, and it really stiffens the car up along with the subframe connectors. It's not as strong as the standard straight-bar setup due to the bends in the front and rear support bars, but since I'm not taking the car to the track it was fine with me. Jeff (Kandied91Z) and I are the only two I know of that have one like this.

Kandied91Z's



See mine attached below...

 

Similar to how I did mine.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...t%20pics/Cage/

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...e/DSC02267.JPG

 

problem is i do take my car to the track and needed the bars to be legal with the seats for the times i run. But then again, i'm not using NHRA legal harnesses so whats the difference? And next year if all goes well with my winter project, the 8 pt bar will not be enough. So it was legal for alittle while, well atleast part of the car is legal

 

Whoops, well make that three of us. I like how you braced it. After seeing Jeff's setup I was thinking of something similar but thought I'd see how everything fit, and then I never got around to it. So you switched from a targa top to a vert? Any finished pictures?

 

None finished ready for paint and a buddy of mine totaled it. Ill dig up the post in the vert forum and send it to ya.

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...20vert%20pics/

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...s/DSC01195.JPG

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...s/DSC02740.JPG

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/CarStuff/92Z/ouch2.jpg

 

UPDATE

Did my door panels FINALLY

Matching corbeau seat material on the panel. Bottom is black vinyl from Corbeau as well.
40 bucks a yard, only need yard each color. 8 bucks for the hardboard backing from lowes.

Not bad for a 50 dollar a piece panel in the end. Fits the car well enough for me. Not too fancy and easy to do.

 

looks great with the doors closed
from the inside i mean.

great looking car you got there

 

 

I like 'em! Definitely matches the seats!

 

yeah man looks good

 

so i really like this cage but i really want to keep arm rests. for looks and arm resting lol. it will be mostly a hot street car but i really want a cage for protection. how much weight did it add? affect performance?

 

Depending on how you do the bars, how wide your seats are, etc, you could keep a legal cage that will clear the armrests.

Ship weight of the cage was 110 lbs I think. he didnt use all the piping, so I guess it added 80 lbs.

this greatly stiffens the car. I noticed an immediate difference in how it launched at the track and even during day to day driving. Car felt stiff and much smoother.

 

Man that looks nice!! So as I get another car to drive I'm going to start doing a similar setup with mine. On the plus side it is nice to work in a fab shop were all the steel I'll ever need (use) is free... :P

On a side note... You ever going to be finished building/adding to this beast? lol

 

Probably not unless i run out of money someday Even then I will still be tuning it without having to add money to it so its never done. I already want to change this setup.

 

Well when i say hot street car i want a hot road race auto x car im just a little worried about the extra weight of susp mods and a cage

 

For handling, you should look at a roll bar/subframe connector combo. It adds weight but just add some hp to make up for it. The car feels much better with stiff chassis/body

YOu can spend more money and do chromoly which is abit lighter