cage problem

alrite lads got a half cage the other day from one the lads
it going into a s14a

now have the car striped seats and rear seats and all the plastic out,
but if you put the cage in as it is your more like to hit the bar going across your head becasue that low,just it that right? just barely misses the bride seat with a squsee, there a gap bewteen the cage and the roof lineing of 2 and inchs .............
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the socket would be the gap differance from the head linner

cut, liner and extend?

that cage is designed to be bolted into the car but the car needs boxes welded in(like you'd have on a weld in cage) for the cage to bolt too an helps spread the loads into the floor...the cage should be tight enuf against the roof an pillars

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Originally Posted by Livewire 78

cut, liner and extend?

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well the cage would have to be extend to meet the roof linner, but it was bought as a s14a cage, just i dont want go through all the hassle if i togo cuting the cage to make it fit, like if that how the cage supose to be ill put it in
but my gut feeling sayn it should be tight to the roof linner

Looks to me somebody cut the legs & welded it again, maby resulting in it being shorter with the 2inch gap?

Also a bolt in cage will never be bang up close to the roof / pillers cause its a bolt in cage, there not made to exact fitment like the way roco make there cages.

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Originally Posted by way2fastforu

that cage is designed to be bolted into the car but the car needs boxes welded in(like you'd have on a weld in cage) for the cage to bolt too an helps spread the loads into the floor...the cage should be tight enuf against the roof an pillars

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yep but if you weld a box in, does the cage then have to be welded to the box??

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Originally Posted by Dunnedriftin

Looks to me somebody cut the legs & welded it again, maby resulting in it being shorter with the 2inch gap?

Also a bolt in cage will never be bang up close to the roof / pillers cause its a bolt in cage, there not made to exact fitment like the way roco make there cages.

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was tinking that as well colm, i know it wouldnt be tight up againts it but the gap too big for my likeing, there too much play in it

it should be tight to roof an A and B pillars even if its bolt in!!...it needs boxes welded into the floor to bolt the cage onto!!

no the cage wouldn have to be welded to the boxes you could jus bolt it to them!
but the boxes would have to be welded in.

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Originally Posted by way2fastforu

no the cage wouldn have to be welded to the boxes you could jus bolt it to them!
but the boxes would have to be welded in.

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rite no bother ill have get box for them, iam only down the road from a steel fabucator, drop into them see what they have

jus make sure on the boxes for the cage they weld nuts on the inside of the box where the bolt holes for the cage are goin on them so you've somethin decent to bolt into

lock her up she going back .................

as put by one of the lads which is a good point

''if you have to weld in boxes to make a bolt in cage work, its the wrong cage for the car.
simple as that''

Where did you buy

I have a bolt in cage in my s14a and its tight to the floor and roof . I would say thats a 180 Hoop you have there , Can measure the lenght of mine if ya want.