Well the cage finally went to powder coating today and should be done by tuesday. I wanted a practical roll bar that would protect me but not make the car look like a Toyota pick up truck. I also said it had to work with the Saleen Tonnoue cover. I am implementing some custom subs and amp into the rear seat delete which ties into the cage as well. Before I am asked why I went with solid door bars......I wanted them that way. I hardly ever run with the top up and am not too lazy to jump over the bar. Plus I think it is stronger. I ran 7.5 at 98 at the local 1/8th miledrag strip on ET Streets and have installed some giggle juice since so I figured it was time to make it a lil safer. I will upload more pics when it is installed. We did some custom sub frames as well. Tied everything into the cage, added jack points, the rear end will get new bushings and away we go. Let me know what ya think.
A few pics from my roll cage build.
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The blue cage in the back ground started the day off as a dune buggy but due to the builders hate for cheaply built buggies he cut it up and saved all the good parts. The cage is being built by Rodd Fantelli by the way.
Everything looks good but that car deserves better than Audiobahn IMO. I would like to see pics of everything all finished up.
Is AudioBahn bad???? I have heard nothing but good things about them........ They sound pretty good to mee but I mostly listen to Country. They are nice and shiney and that is what judges look for so ........... what would you suggest for the replacement. I am not sponsored so I can not afford 3 G's worth of amp and subs. I do however have the double din alpine DVD/MP3/yadda yadda yadda head unit.
I am thinking you should build me one. Can't wait to see finished pics I really like the design of the main loop, it looks alot like the CDC styling bar, but is functional which I like alot more.
damn, that shit looks awesome, GL getting your cobra back man
That's a serious roll cage there. Yeah, I'd love to see a photo of the finished product, too. Nice mods!
I will also say I love that main hoop, it definitely looks 1000x better than what most end up with in a vert. The dimple died metal treatment is cool too, I always loved how that looked on AIX-type cars when they use dimple died plates to tie the a-pillar tubes of the cage into the car's a-pillar.
Can't wait to see it all finished! :beer:
Can't wait to see it all finished! :beer:
looking good so far, deff get more pics up asap
Thanks for all the compliments. I will most definately be adding finished pics. I am hoping this is the final thing to maybe get my car in a magazine. So no one answered about the speakers.....are they crap or what???? I always thought they sounded great.........
Yeah that is why I had it custom made. No one makes these and I hate the look of a vert with just a regular roll bar. He is keeping the templates for these and should be able to knock them out fairly quick now for verts. I wish I had the room to take pics of the sub frames.....once I get it back I will put it on a lift and show those. It is insane. He tied the cage into the sub frames, added jack points, and tied the sub frames into the from suspension brace. It is kinda neat how he did it.
Nope, no good. go with some Memphis M3s
And how much do they cost? Would the amp I have be ok for those?
If I was going to recommend a sub for you, I would say Boston Acoustics G5's. I have a G5 10 in my dd and it is an amazing sub. It handles 450 RMS and has such a nice clean sound. It also has a very nice, tasteful design for inverted mounting like you are doing. Some parts of it are designed specifically so you can remove them and paint them whatever color you choose. They run in the $200-250 range for 1 sub in 12", and $170-200 for 10"
Here's a pic of one inverted:
Here's a guy who painted the parts I mentioned:
Here's a pic of one inverted:
Here's a guy who painted the parts I mentioned:
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If I was going to recommend a sub for you, I would say Boston Acoustics G5's. I have a G5 10 in my dd and it is an amazing sub. It handles 450 RMS and has such a nice clean sound. It also has a very nice, tasteful design for inverted mounting like you are doing. Some parts of it are designed specifically so you can remove them and paint them whatever color you choose. They run in the $200-250 range for 1 sub in 12", and $170-200 for 10"
Here's a pic of one inverted:
Here's a guy who painted the parts I mentioned:
Best ****ing sounding subs!!! I have two of these but i just have one way too much for two of these.
Those look awesome. I think I could pay that much....I figured they were 500 a piece. Might start looking on good ole craigslist for some.
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GREAT JOB on that bar! I always cringed when I would see a roll cage in a vert. The round main hoop with the foam over it just makes the car look hillbilly as shit to me. Making that hoop look like a light bar was BRILLIANT! Now if I may give my .02......if I were you, I would look into making some custom vinyl inserts to go in the middle of the top top hoop to cover up the metal. I would make it look JUST like a light bar if it were me.......
I agree making it look like a light bar would be cool but at the same time why hide all the nice metal work.....Lots of people have light bars....Not many people have roll bars that look like one.....
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