Weld in cage kits

Georgia Mike

Georgia Mike

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Who makes a good kit for the money? I don't have an extreme amount of money to lay out for one, but am looking at increasing the safety & strengthening the body of my XJ. I've seen the kits from D&C and Barnett. The D&C kit looks like something I could afford. Has anyone used this kit? Did it fit reasonably well? What options (if any) did you go with?
 
I'm in the same boat as you right now. I have been wanting to piece together a few of the kits out there to get what i wanted. I like the D&C cage, but i dont like the extra spreader design at the rear hatch. (Andy's dad had this cage in his, should have got a look at it this weekend). Maybe he can get some good pics of it and post them up. It looks like it fits pretty tight in his Jeep. I like the dash spreader and the top of the A pillar spreaders on the D&C cage. The only things i would change/ add is a X on the B pillar on the harness bar, and the rear hatch spreader with some triangulation on the roof and between the C and D pillars later on. There is a guy on mid ga offroad who has a bender near me and offered to help bend up the later pieces. The biggest thing i dont like about it is where the B pillar ties in directly above the unibody rail from what i have seen and read. I would probably just use a larger floor tie in plate.
 
I just don't have a bender, so as long as I can get a great start with a kit I can modify anything else that I don't care for.

EDIT: as long as what I need to modify is straight lol
 
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Same, I was going to have the X on the b pillar bent for me.
All my triangulation was going to be straight pieces I could do easily

I'll probably be doing this after Windrock, maybe even before Harlan if it works out. See what happens and do it better than me lol.
 
I have a bender but not the ability to use it. Talk to Andy. IIRC he bought a kit and then added to it. You remember WTF? He did some thing like that too but I don't remember which kit. If you plan on keeping it mostly stock then this is the way to go in my opinion. Ideally if I had to do it over again I'd do a hybrid cage with a roof halo and the a-pillar outside protecting the a-pillar. I was glad both my flops were just that. Something occurred to me this weekend when I was on my side on Twisted Intentions..... My internal cage is way too close to my head if I get in a violent roll..... Something to think about.
 
Andy has the T&J performance kit. It isn't on their site anymore and I couldn't get them on the phone when I called a few weeks ago.

If I had a bender I would do the same. Halo with a pair of A pillar posts through the fender.
 
Funny, I plan on doing the same thing. Get a pre-bent cage kit and add a halo, a-pillar posts, and tube fenders. Tie it all together and into some 2x6 rockers. It'll probably be next year for me though.
 
Yup, T&J Performance. Was $670 shipped to my door with the NAXJA discount.

I added both harness bars and a big X behind the drivers seat.

You can kinda see it here.
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Yeah Andy I remembered you mentioning it was a prefab kit that you'd started with then added on to, I just didn't catch who you said made it.

What kind of bender do you have, Glenn?
 
Georgia Mike said:
Yeah Andy I remembered you mentioning it was a prefab kit that you'd started with then added on to, I just didn't catch who you said made it.

What kind of bender do you have, Glenn?
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If you can get in touch with T&J I'd go with them. It fit VERY well. Within 1/4 in of the inside of the body all the way around.
 
Georgia Mike said:
Yeah Andy I remembered you mentioning it was a prefab kit that you'd started with then added on to, I just didn't catch who you said made it.

What kind of bender do you have, Glenn?
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Pro tools. I have trouble judging the distance between bends. Haven't had but two tries at it but both were wrong. I need to buy some tube and go to town one weekend and get it figured out.

Lowrange2 said:
If you can get in touch with T&J I'd go with them. It fit VERY well. Within 1/4 in of the inside of the body all the way around.
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I have heard good things about that kit. How do you think it will clear your head when on its side? The reason I ask is when I was on my drivers side I noticed my noggin was close to mine. Might be the fact that I'm in a seat belt and not a harness but it has got me to rethinking mine. In a violent roll over, not a flop, I am now concerned about hitting my head.
 
Georgia Mike said:
Have you seen the "Bendin' Tube 101" article on Pirate? Looks pretty informative.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/bendin_tube/index.html

I'd love to have a bender but I don't know how to use one either. I'm just at that crossroads of "you should try and make your own" and "you dumbass you should've just bought a prefabbed kit!" :laugh: I think for my sanity's sake I'm just gonna go with that D&C kit.
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Yep read that. Messed with it some with some pieces I have but either I am understanding the where it bends on my bender wrong or my math was wrong. Like I said what I NEED to do is buy some steel and play. $$$ makes that hard to do right now. I agree on the idea of a kit though.

Georgia Mike said:
And I'll definitely be putting some padding on the tubes close to our noggins and anywhere I think Sara may make contact with any body parts.
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Yes. No doubt. Mine needs to be secured better!
 
Georgia Mike said:
Well next time I'm out that way we can mess with it some. Maybe between the two of us we can figure out the directions in that article.
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Works for me. Unless I get this x paid and step off the deep end!

94xjsport94 said:
Buy some cheap sch 40 and play with that.
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I believe the last time I checked sch 40 is close to the same as HREW. Sch aint that cheap!
 
Ghost said:
I have heard good things about that kit. How do you think it will clear your head when on its side? The reason I ask is when I was on my drivers side I noticed my noggin was close to mine. Might be the fact that I'm in a seat belt and not a harness but it has got me to rethinking mine. In a violent roll over, not a flop, I am now concerned about hitting my head.
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The tube that runs along the top of the door is above the door frame and against the roof. If I'm strapped into my seat (Like I usually am on obstacles with a chance of roll-over) I don't think it's possible for me to get my head within 4 inches of a tube.

I do want to put some padding and Oh sh*t handles in strategic places. Those things are on my LONG list of things to do over the next 2 months.
 
Lowrange2 said:
The tube that runs along the top of the door is above the door frame and against the roof. If I'm strapped into my seat (Like I usually am on obstacles with a chance of roll-over) I don't think it's possible for me to get my head within 4 inches of a tube.

I do want to put some padding and Oh sh*t handles in strategic places. Those things are on my LONG list of things to do over the next 2 months.
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Yea my tube hugs the body so close you can barely get an oh shit handle on it. Still I was moving too much in my seat for comfort.
 
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