Volcom's new roll cage
06-30-2009, 11:49 AM
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With the kind of wheeling I had seen pictures of you doing I figured you already had a cage
Scotty: as always your work is outstanding. Very tight to the body/interior, losing a minimum amount of interior space
I like what you did with the center mounted "Oh Poop" handle. Gives someone a great hand hold but it is not out in front to whack a head on in a sudden stop.
I think I may borrow that idea and PM the guy doing my Trekker cage
edit: curious what the little red thing was on one of the left side bars (above back seat)?
With the kind of wheeling I had seen pictures of you doing I figured you already had a cage
Scotty: as always your work is outstanding. Very tight to the body/interior, losing a minimum amount of interior space
I like what you did with the center mounted "Oh Poop" handle. Gives someone a great hand hold but it is not out in front to whack a head on in a sudden stop. I think I may borrow that idea and PM the guy doing my Trekker cage
edit: curious what the little red thing was on one of the left side bars (above back seat)?
Last edited by dropzone; 06-30-2009 at 02:24 PM. Reason: random thought
06-30-2009, 12:19 PM
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Why dont you come on out and help me with mine now 
Looks good
And you both with your 90+ weather... Keep it out there! I cant take the sun
execpt what it brings out or should I say off of the ladies
Looks good And you both with your 90+ weather... Keep it out there! I cant take the sun
execpt what it brings out or should I say off of the ladies
06-30-2009, 09:23 PM
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That little red thing is a little notch tool to mark where the notches need to go on the tube. We actually didn't use it but somehow made it's way on the cage
07-01-2009, 08:48 PM
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More cage pictures!
CU BUFF 4Runner wire wheeling the welds before paint
We also cleaned up the floor with the wire wheel to get ready for some DIY Herculiner bed liner.
Dash speader bar just barely cuts off the bottom portion of the guages.
A pillar floor mount. All the floor mounts are .25" x 5" steel plate.
B pillar floor plate. We tucked the B pillar hoop back to maximize space to get into the rear seats.
C pillar mounts on top of the tubs to clear the big tires.
Dash speader bar and an awesome grab handle.
All the triangle tube gussets came out perfect!
Rear view of the cage and the D pillar floor mounts.
With the tailgate closed.
CU BUFF 4Runner wire wheeling the welds before paint
We also cleaned up the floor with the wire wheel to get ready for some DIY Herculiner bed liner.
Dash speader bar just barely cuts off the bottom portion of the guages.
A pillar floor mount. All the floor mounts are .25" x 5" steel plate.
B pillar floor plate. We tucked the B pillar hoop back to maximize space to get into the rear seats.
C pillar mounts on top of the tubs to clear the big tires.
Dash speader bar and an awesome grab handle.
All the triangle tube gussets came out perfect!
Rear view of the cage and the D pillar floor mounts.
With the tailgate closed.
07-01-2009, 10:19 PM
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I'm guessing the tires on there are his street tires, normally he has 39.5'' IROKS according to his sig...so he'd need the clearance.
07-02-2009, 06:03 AM
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07-02-2009, 07:28 AM
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Seats will not longer fold all the way down with a full cage. The B pillar stops that in all rigs. You can still fold the seat back forward, but they will no longer lay flat. Small price to pay for the safety of you and your family though.
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man, the cage work looks great!
my only concern is that 'awesome grab handle'. i've been in both low speed roll overs and high speed impacts with a cage. in both cases, you have very little control over where your body goes with the amount of force of a roll over or impact. my point is that your front window, steering wheel, and dash are going to feel soft compared to eating that grab handle. you have enough hard steel out there with the spreader bar but adding another 'bubble' of steel to contact seems kinda dangerous compared to the benefits of an 'awesome grab handle'. i had a friend in a roll over cut the top of his ear off because he had hung his cb 8" away from his head on the top of the cage. it just isnt safe to have things in your potential path of travel.
if it were me, i'd cut that out, pad the front spreader as well as you can and get some five point harnesses to limit your body's movement in the event of an impact...that or wear a full face helmet every time you drive you runner. jk BUT, all this is my couch wheeling $0.02.
my only concern is that 'awesome grab handle'. i've been in both low speed roll overs and high speed impacts with a cage. in both cases, you have very little control over where your body goes with the amount of force of a roll over or impact. my point is that your front window, steering wheel, and dash are going to feel soft compared to eating that grab handle. you have enough hard steel out there with the spreader bar but adding another 'bubble' of steel to contact seems kinda dangerous compared to the benefits of an 'awesome grab handle'. i had a friend in a roll over cut the top of his ear off because he had hung his cb 8" away from his head on the top of the cage. it just isnt safe to have things in your potential path of travel.
if it were me, i'd cut that out, pad the front spreader as well as you can and get some five point harnesses to limit your body's movement in the event of an impact...that or wear a full face helmet every time you drive you runner. jk
BUT, all this is my couch wheeling $0.02.
07-02-2009, 10:42 AM
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man, the cage work looks great!
my only concern is that 'awesome grab handle'. i've been in both low speed roll overs and high speed impacts with a cage. in both cases, you have very little control over where your body goes with the amount of force of a roll over or impact. my point is that your front window, steering wheel, and dash are going to feel soft compared to eating that grab handle. you have enough hard steel out there with the spreader bar but adding another 'bubble' of steel to contact seems kinda dangerous compared to the benefits of an 'awesome grab handle'. i had a friend in a roll over cut the top of his ear off because he had hung his cb 8" away from his head on the top of the cage. it just isnt safe to have things in your potential path of travel.
if it were me, i'd cut that out, pad the front spreader as well as you can and get some five point harnesses to limit your body's movement in the event of an impact...that or wear a full face helmet every time you drive you runner. jk BUT, all this is my couch wheeling $0.02.
my only concern is that 'awesome grab handle'. i've been in both low speed roll overs and high speed impacts with a cage. in both cases, you have very little control over where your body goes with the amount of force of a roll over or impact. my point is that your front window, steering wheel, and dash are going to feel soft compared to eating that grab handle. you have enough hard steel out there with the spreader bar but adding another 'bubble' of steel to contact seems kinda dangerous compared to the benefits of an 'awesome grab handle'. i had a friend in a roll over cut the top of his ear off because he had hung his cb 8" away from his head on the top of the cage. it just isnt safe to have things in your potential path of travel.
if it were me, i'd cut that out, pad the front spreader as well as you can and get some five point harnesses to limit your body's movement in the event of an impact...that or wear a full face helmet every time you drive you runner. jk
BUT, all this is my couch wheeling $0.02.I agree with you on the guys that mount the CB up there. I've seen some pretty bad pics of earless people because of where they mount their CBs.
07-02-2009, 02:04 PM
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I've been involved in a 2.5 slow barrel roll and a high speed 5.5 barrel roll down a 100ft ravine. That grab handle saves your ass IMO. It keeps you from reaching up and grabbing an upper bar in a roll. In both rolls, I never even got close to that bar. Its actually down and out of the way. The upper bars will be padded and its up to Aaron to run harnesses if he wants.
I agree with you on the guys that mount the CB up there. I've seen some pretty bad pics of earless people because of where they mount their CBs.
I agree with you on the guys that mount the CB up there. I've seen some pretty bad pics of earless people because of where they mount their CBs.
for what it is worth, i love the cage. very nice work.
07-02-2009, 08:43 PM
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Scott, Very nice work on that cage. Looks like the new shop is treating you well. I know Ryan with the white runner is looking forward to getting his cage in. Keep up the good work!
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