Installed and ready to get Cert.

 

why didn't you take out the back seat they don't look usable now.

otherwise it looks good

 

looks great i keft my back seats is as well. to me it just gives a more finished look. how was the x bar to install.

 

Thanks. The cross bar was one of the easier things to do. I also kepted the back seats for the finished look.

 

Looks nice

How much does a cage like that weigh?

 

i am not saying it is a bad thing i like that look i am just saying i am not used to seeing a full cage with full intier

 

i have a back seat in my camaro too, with a 8 point. it looks better overall

 

The back seats are so light that its a pretty small difference. I'd leave it as is - I think you have a nice clean looking strip/street car as is.

 

Dont know what the cage weighs. I already had a 6 point in the car and added the Halo, front down bars the rear x bars and the two bars that go to the tunnel .

 

1991 RS/SS.... I'm installing a mild steel S&W 10 point cage in my 88 right now. The shipping weight was 170 lbs but that was with 2 sets of door bars (bought the clearanced door bars to fit around arm rests)

After I took the cardboard off, metal band clamps, paper work and straight door bars it only weighed 143 lbs

but to put the two bars to the trans tunnel you need 2 extra 6" x 6" x 1/8" plates and those 2 weighs 3 lbs. So now at 146 lbs.

If you want swing out side bars, 2 swing out kits weighs another 4 lbs.

 

i figured between the cage and subframes i added 175-200 pounds back into the car

 

Nice pics Mr Boyd, my name is Jeff Boyd I met you in Orlando at the bracket finals long time ago
Do you have a feul cell and batt in back if so pls put a pic Im thinken about doing that to my car Lucille also how did you seal the batt,gas area from the drivers compartment

 

always wondered how do you paint the cage once its done??? anyone know a good way for a professional look? thanks guys later Aaron

 

to get that pro look take out all the interior and depending on the outside of your car as well get it all panited. to jsut do the inside well the painter has to do some good masking and all to not allow paint mist to get on the outisde. me persoanly i would like do do this all over again and have everything taken apart and sprayed at once.

 

thanks both need paint but diff. colors.

 

Jeff, I do remember you from Orlando. That had to be 96 or 97. Tha Battery is in the stock location. I do have a cell mounted in the rear. It is sealed with alliuminum sheet. I will post some pics when I get some.

 

Very Clean install, I like it. I bet that thing doesn't flex one bit now.

 

where did you get that cage at? and if ya dont mind me askin how much?

 

V6camaroman... I got mine stright from S&W race cars. Mines the same as BlueBeast's from the pics of his I seen.

10 point cage, clearanced door bars, and shipping to my house was a few bucks under $400. Like $393

I don't have it fully installed yet, but you can take alook at my pics on the install at http://community.webshots.com/album/535313828Bdmlrh

I still have to cut, fit, notch and tack weld the door bars in, then grind the sloppy flux core welds smooth and go back and fully weld all the joints with a mig welder.

I was just gonna tack it in place and get a pro to weld it, but they want $400 just to weld it if I bring the car to them. So I bought a hobart 140 mig today for $420 at tractor supply. The tank and gas will run about $130 and I'll fully weld it myself

 

cage

 

I bought the cage from Summit which is a Competition Engineering Kit. Cost was $250 plus $80 shipping to my door. The kit did not come with the two cross bars in the rear nor did it come with the smaller bars that are coming off the door bars.

Just passed Cert on Sat. good to 8.50 now.

 

I got mine from spohn. has bent door bars to clear factory door handles

 

I don't think that passes tech. I thought the door bar had to hit you between your elbow and shoulder?

 

it does go between my elbow and shoulder it just bends in towards the drive and passenger to clear the pull bars.

 

How do you get passed tech with that fuel cell? I really dont like the Look of the Halo Down bars. But other than that it is a clean install. My door bars are straight and clear the door rest I just mounted them to the cross bar instead of the hoop.

 

I really wanted to have the down bars go thought the dash and follow the pillar more but i didnt want to cut into my dash. the cell i made up a cover for it at work and i havent had any problems at tech with it, not yet anyway.

 

I was talking about the guy I quoted w/ the "chrome" cage. That won't pass tech.