Hybrid Cage A-Pillar attachment

Planning on starting my cage build in about 10 days. I've got a buddy experienced in cage building who has all of the tools, just hasn't done a cherokee before. I've settled on the basic design, it'll be a hybrid = B-Hoop and back inside / A-Pillar outside. The plan is for a small halo at the roof line, attaching externally to the A-Pillar, and through the roof to the B-Hoop.

I've seen some pics where the front legs of an exo-cage tuck through the fender and was wondering if anyone had pointers or pics on how they attached them. . .

All the ones I have seen attach to the front rocker replacements, including mine.



-Alex

Excellent, and thanks for the pic. That's exactly how I want to route the front supports. I've got a set of AJ's sliders I can tie into.

How'd you go through the roof? We were planning to use a hole saw, and seal with something like the stuff they use for sunroofs.

When mine was built, it was welded to the roof, the seam sealer was applied to make sure it was water tight.

-Alex

Ba-Riedo said:

When mine was built, it was welded to the roof, the seam sealer was applied to make sure it was water tight.

-Alex

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Did Tim build your cage? Also, would you be able to snap more pictures of the interior parts of the cage?
Thanks

johnpatrick said:

Did Tim build your cage? Also, would you be able to snap more pictures of the interior parts of the cage?
Thanks

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Mine was built by Pat at Those Guys Rod and Customs http://home.comcast.net/~thoseguys/home_002.htm





Here are a few I have on the comp now.

-Alex

3XJFamily said:

Excellent, and thanks for the pic. That's exactly how I want to route the front supports. I've got a set of AJ's sliders I can tie into.

How'd you go through the roof? We were planning to use a hole saw, and seal with something like the stuff they use for sunroofs.

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I just built a cage almost identical to Ba-Riedo's, and I tied them into my AJ's rails.

Just a little heads up: I needed to extend the rail about 2inches in order to get a good purchase for the tube.

And I too welded to the roof, and applied seam sealer as a backup. I tested before the seam sealer and got a tiny bit of water leakage. Almost not noticeable; just enough to make me want to seam seal it.