ok i have a legitimate ? for you guys with EXPERIENCE. i have heard that some guys use a cage to stiffen up the body rather than installing frame stiffeners. or before installing the f.s.. so how does welding the cage to tie into the piss thin stock frame rails benefit over bolting to the floor. i doesnt make much sense to me. i would like to think that welding to the stock f.r. would only fatigue it and cause a weak point. i have only experienced working on sandcars. this whole welding cages to sheet metal is new to me... let the schooling begin.
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Finally caged the mall crawler.
- Thread starter Ryno XJ
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Yamadevil
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Apple Valley, CA
plate the uniframe before attaching the cage or anything else for that matter. Also in doing this if you plate it for some distance make frame stiffer and stronger
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boostamante
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- los angeles california
I actually understood you for the 1st time ever.
- Location
- San Diego
good thing you answered his question then :twak:
:kissyou:
but anyway.. bails- I have not built a cage, but the guys that I know who are running them in their unibody rigs plated the unibody before tying it into the body.
they guys that I know who are running framed/body vehicles with a custom cage used poly bushings between the frame and cage to cut down on vibration and allow the body and frame to move independently.
boostamante
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- los angeles california
I didn't say i knew the answer to his question. :kissyou:
jeeperjohn
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- Temecula, CA
Plating the frame is not as much of a pita as you might think. If you're gonna do extreme wheeling though you might need a cage also to tie it all together.
