Roll cage cost?

Mr. Chaos

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For a samurai, what sort of ball park am i looking at for a cage? $500, $750, $1000? Basic cage, mainly the cab area as my sami has a RallyTops Sport top on it.

Here is what the top looks like. Not my sami. mine is uglier and less shiney
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It would probably help if you could post a pic example of what you are thinking

and that rear top is cool as hell
 
You can have someone build on to the existing B-hoop to avoid spending too much money. That is what my Samurai cage has and it has withstood numerous flops and a few rolls.
 
DOM 1.75x.120 is around $5 per foot. A good safe cage for that would take a minimum of 60 ft IMO. A good competent welder fabricator is a must and won't be cheap.
Budget $1000 and play it safe.
 
XJsavage said:
DOM 1.75x.120 is around $5 per foot. A good safe cage for that would take a minimum of 60 ft IMO. A good competent welder fabricator is a must and won't be cheap.
Budget $1000 and play it safe.
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Agree with above estimate. I've had a very basic exo done on a sami for $600. The internal will take less tube but more time.
 
yep, since your in that area i recommend the guy posting above me. Chris is def a "hands on" type of guy. but seriously. I would let him work on any of my rigs. and I trust no one, sometimes not even myself to work on my junk
or if u dont value your life im sure fuller could hook you up with in his mind perfectly safe cages and body armor. even suspension mods.
 
Look at it in terms of your deductible for an ER visit ($350?), a week of missed work for healing ($750?), or a cremation fee ($1000).
 
kaiser715 said:
Look at it in terms of your deductible for an ER visit ($350?), a week of missed work for healing ($750?), or a cremation fee ($1000).
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Add in the $500k life insurance policy and it pretty much cancels those out.

Do without a cage! It's more profitable that way! :lol:
 
rockcity said:
Add in the $500k life insurance policy and it pretty much cancels those out.

Do without a cage! It's more profitable that way! :lol:
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At 10x earnings you'really a little light bro.
 
Got this tube work done and tunnel and cab floor for less than a G. Supplied tube though. Metalworx is the shiznit, Scott, i believe it is, went over and beyond to make us happy, even rebuilt stinger after in progress pictures. Let Scott do it and you will be happy. I can post more pics if you're interested.
 

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When I quote a roll cage for a customer there are a bunch of questions I ask before I can give them an accurate price.
First. How much interior is in it when it'll be brought to me. Removing seats, doors, dash, center console, paneling, seat belts, factory cage etc take time. I'm not gonna pull all those parts out of it for free and put them back.
Second. 2 seater cage or 4 seater cage?
Third. Do you want it tied into the frame or to the floor. Then do you want it bolted to the floor or welded? If you're going to the frame do you want it poly isolated or hard mounted?
Fourth. Seats mounted to the cage?
Fifth. What do you use the vehicle for? Crawling, bouncing, street driving, 50/50? Simply a harness bar or a full X in the B-pillar.

Changing any or all of these things can make a cage go from 1k to well over 2k plus you have to factor in paint or no paint. It can take easily 8 hours to pull a cage out of a vehicle, wire brush, scotchbrite it, prime then paint and reinstall.

I've learned over the years that if I don't ask all of these questions I don't make any money.
 
Mars nailed it. As he does with his work. To many variables just to throw a price. Might as well be a dart board and a blind guy. An easier question would be what can I get for x amount of budget. With a small list of must haves, then the real figures get crunched. And I agree on the ranges given for a well built basic 6 point design out of DOM tubing. After that the sky is the limit, but only as far as you can throw your wallet.
 
easleycrawler said:
Exo or interior? Exo will be cheaper than a interior. More work involved inside.
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This may or may not be true. I don't like exo cages. They usually don't look great, it's really tough to fit one tight to the body and still be able to get it off for paint and final welding and you have to have rocker protection, front and rear bumper in most cases to tie it into. Figure on front and rear simple bumpers being 800.00+ then rock sliders maybe minimum 350.00 then you get to start adding tube. They typically take more tube than an interior cage because the spans are longer and you need more bracing/triangulation because you can't cross through the body in most cases.

If the vehicle already has substantial enough bumpers and rocker protection and you don't mind looser body gaps then yes one can possibly be cheaper.

I don't mean this to contradict you I just want it to be clear that for me specifically an exo wouldn't usually be cheaper. I get a lot of calls from guys wanting exo cages because they expect it to be much cheaper than an interior. Another thing to note is that sometimes an exo is necessary to allow for back seat passenger leg room. Xj's are really hard to do interior cages on where the b pillar isn't smack dab in the middle of the back door opening. In that case an exo would be better also.
 
What you need is a Davesport front add on kit. Google is your friend.
You can buy the kit and have a local weld it in or have local price something similar.

All it is is a front hoop, dash bar, and connectors that go from the front hoop to stock hoop.
I wouldn't expect it to be more than 500 bucks total.
The kit itself ranges from 250-350 depending on where you buy it ... some vendors are cheaper than Davesport itself.

Matt
 
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