Working on design for James

This is my 2nd attempt.I had some technical difficulties last night. lol In the first picture is how the front looks on my 4 seat cage design James.This is how I made the CAD drawings look on your 2 seater but it can be changed to suit your needs.  
On the 2nd 3rd and 4th.The red part represents the factory cage.The grey is your spec.3" drop at the B pillar and 3" in per side for a total of 6.I did rake the A pillar down slightly.I do it on mine but I can bring it back up flat if you like.Let me know what you think.Oh and the horizontal bar going from A pillar to A pillar is also how I do mine.It can be straight.It's just kinda my trade mark and makes it looked pissed.  Everyone in my area knows if it came from my shop by that look.It does nothing other than looks.It makes it slighly harder to wrap a roof around it, but after done, looks good.This is my opinion though.So don't take offence to it.lol   

The A and B have to go up for a short distance before going in because the bungs need to be aligned the the factory chassis.If I do it any shorter I can't get the tube in the bender without bending it then cutting it off  .I can make the distance shorter at the B by another 6" if you want though.

Real cool so far,how would the sport roof might fit,adding bars?

can we do it like this so i can do my roofs the same

Looks pretty cool.

Do you have any drawings of the back & is it going to bolt to the frame or bed ?

just buy my cage and I will build another... I want to chop and drop mine anyways

How do you attach your top James? Is there a specific distance on those top bars or do you just wrap a clamp around the tube and drill a hole thew the clamp and top?

T rhino in this pic it's going to the bed.Don't be affraid to give me a call at 419-953-8509 if you want a better explaination of why it's not going to the suspension.It's better explained in person than trying to fallow what I'm saying here.lol

Baxter Built Fabrications wrote:

How do you attach your top James? Is there a specific distance on those top bars or do you just wrap a clamp around the tube and drill a hole thew the clamp and top?

T rhino in this pic it's going to the bed.Don't be affraid to give me a call at 419-953-8509 if you want a better explaination of why it's not going to the suspension.It's better explained in person than trying to fallow what I'm saying here.lol

 clamp around tube....

Bumpers wrote:

just buy my cage and I will build another... I want to chop and drop mine anyways

thanks and trust me I would cause your cage is bad ass but the 06 is different then the 08 cage but thanks for the offer

Don't forget tabs for your light bar.

That what you after?I even put it in Hot Rod red. lol

Looks good just needs a passenger grab bar and I was thanking maybe a small angle gusset in each corner threaded in the middle of the gusset so you could reassess your windshield and screw it into the gussets with a small viser over top to hold a Flimmy light and shed the rain away. Ohh yea a cooler rack in the back or spare tire holder. Perfect

and Teddy will send you the address to send it to. lol

Hell no I will pick it up shipping cost to much. Lol

T.Rhino wrote:

Hell no I will pick it up shipping cost to much. Lol

 This is very true. As far as tabs I can cut just about anything you need off the cnc plasma table.

Your CAD drawing looks very similar to some hand drawings I have  for the new cage going into my rhino.  Similar brow bar and all.  We had that design on our rock crawlers back in the day.  I am working on the  rear section design now.  I want to be able to still dump the bed if at all possible.  I'll start a thread in a couple weeks when I start the build. I would also be interested in seeing how you are planning on attaching it to the bed.  If you have any ideas on the bed still tilting, I'm listening.  

Thanks,
Stephen

I like the last print out of cage , looks good

My old 4 seat cages allowed you to dump the bed if you took the seat out and rear cage support that went down to the suspension.Problem I had with that design was:no matter what we may think, these things take some abuse, and over time your Rhino will get slightly twisted.Getting something to drop on the A pillar to the B and then wrap around and hit the suspension is easy when it's new.But when you try to put it on another used machine you will call me everything but a white man.lol When you bend your rear bars above the bed put a slight 3" kick out about 6" behind the B pillar.The way your bed pivots it will allow you to clear the front of your bed fenders.I'll look for some old pics

That is nice.

Nice!!

Looks like the roof will work with that one.

nice, I dont trust the yamaha "sport"cage. I have turned mine over a few times and no flex or damage to my .095 DOM cage. well worth the money for me

That really counts when your confident in your safety gear,plenty of other things to think about.