If I ever decided to do a roll cage I’m coming back to this thread for ideas. The photos and the thought behind it is amazing. I hope you heal fast and it all goes smooth!
Build 86 Xtra Cab Build (4Wheelunderground 3 link front, 4 link rear and 3.4 swap)
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Thanks Mudder. If I were to start all over on the cage, I would change some things that could be better. BUT...In order to make those changes, the first thing I needed to do was change the wire harness.
The fuse panel needs to be out of the kick panel area and the ECM does too. That would let me put the A-pillars further forward into the dash which would allow me to keep the dash mostly intact. It would put the tubes right in front of the fuse panel and ECM with no way to access them otherwise. Doing it that way however, puts the floor plates over the thin floor sheet metal and not over the cab mount structure. Also more of a bend angle for the A-pillars.
I don't think would change the back stays going through the rear window though. To get the tubes higher requires them to be further inboard because of the inner roof structure. Closer to the side my head. I could maybe go a tiny bit higher to go THROUGH the back of the cab ABOVE the window but it would require cutting through that structure. There's always a trade off. There's so many details to consider.
If I had to pass tech, the only thing I could do would be cut off the roof so the cage could come out for welding. Just no way to get to some of the joints inside the cab.
I don't think there is a such thing as a perfect cage.
Thanks for the well wishes. I'm bored, in pain and just want to get healing up.
The fuse panel needs to be out of the kick panel area and the ECM does too. That would let me put the A-pillars further forward into the dash which would allow me to keep the dash mostly intact. It would put the tubes right in front of the fuse panel and ECM with no way to access them otherwise. Doing it that way however, puts the floor plates over the thin floor sheet metal and not over the cab mount structure. Also more of a bend angle for the A-pillars.
I don't think would change the back stays going through the rear window though. To get the tubes higher requires them to be further inboard because of the inner roof structure. Closer to the side my head. I could maybe go a tiny bit higher to go THROUGH the back of the cab ABOVE the window but it would require cutting through that structure. There's always a trade off. There's so many details to consider.
If I had to pass tech, the only thing I could do would be cut off the roof so the cage could come out for welding. Just no way to get to some of the joints inside the cab.
I don't think there is a such thing as a perfect cage.
Thanks for the well wishes. I'm bored, in pain and just want to get healing up.