Hi All! Just wanted to bring up a point about internal Cages, having a background in road racing as a racer and an official...
I have yet to see anyone with a Jeep and internal cage setup properly... You must have at the very least high density padding on all of the parts of the cages that your body or HEAD could possibly contact in the event of an accident. On top of that, without a helmet you risk DEATH by slamming your head against the cage. Some might say, no big deal because when you are wheeling you aren't going very fast, well maybe so BUT, when you are driving to the trail on the highway and you get in an accident all bets are off.
Basic rule of thumb is with adding a full cage to modified vehicles is you have to do everything, meaning cage, padding, 5 point harness (not attached to the seat) and helmet. Everything works in conjunction as a system.
Stock vehicles built since the early 80's are safer in MOST situations than vehicles with improperly installed or incomplete safety systems. This includes restraint systems (seat belts).
My recommendation (unless you want to wear a helmet all of the time) is to copy the Wrangler style roll bar. No front down bars or cross hoop within reach of yoru head.
Dan
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1991 XJ, 3 in lift, 31's, hardly any paint, almost 200k MI., bought with money from sale of race car, more improvements to be made after sale of race kart, wheeling is easier than racing, cause you can drink beer while you do it!
