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03-02-2010, 09:09 PM
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Do we know how well the cage would hold up even after adding an aftermarket bolt-on? It doesn't look like the tubing failed but the mounts surely did. To me, it seems, that unless you build a cage from the ground up it is just going to topple like Jenga blocks except with an aftermarket "sport cage" there would be more bars to keep your head off the asphalt.
03-03-2010, 01:38 AM
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The Sport cage from what I've seen not only adds bars but reinforces the weak points. Examble is the front where the factory cage ends at the windshield frame the sport cage connects the cage across the wondshield in the front and also extends down the a-pillar bracing down low to the frame. Also has some cool handles built in where it extends down toward the floor.
i know its only a reinforcment and not a true full cage, but its got to be better than factory, those stock bars scare me. i just dont see me cutting those stockers out and installing a top to bottom fabbed cage, as cool as it would look.
keep the pics coming....its aways good to know the weak spots so we can reinforce them....also these pics are kinda like watching scary movies....cant turn away.
03-03-2010, 05:13 AM
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After having seen another thread that had shown one wreck from rollover i have already installed the Rock Hard sport cage front and rear with pading.
i know its only a reinforcment and not a true full cage, but its got to be better than factory, those stock bars scare me. i just dont see me cutting those stockers out and installing a top to bottom fabbed cage, as cool as it would look.
keep the pics coming....its aways good to know the weak spots so we can reinforce them....also these pics are kinda like watching scary movies....cant turn away.
i know its only a reinforcment and not a true full cage, but its got to be better than factory, those stock bars scare me. i just dont see me cutting those stockers out and installing a top to bottom fabbed cage, as cool as it would look.
keep the pics coming....its aways good to know the weak spots so we can reinforce them....also these pics are kinda like watching scary movies....cant turn away.
03-03-2010, 05:18 AM
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03-03-2010, 05:24 AM
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Quick story my girlfriend lives an hour away so on my way home late one night I hit a deer with my Grand Cherokee doing 70mph. I had been looking around for a JK so I knew what I wanted... Found a great deal on one up by her, well on the way home it happened again. I was about 10 miles from the dealership when a fawn ran out in front of me.
03-03-2010, 05:40 AM
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That is totally true. I am thinking that the guy had fallen alseep at the wheel hit a guardrail, but don't quote me. I remember when he posted those pictures.
03-06-2010, 06:30 PM
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Quick story my girlfriend lives an hour away so on my way home late one night I hit a deer with my Grand Cherokee doing 70mph. I had been looking around for a JK so I knew what I wanted... Found a great deal on one up by her, well on the way home it happened again. I was about 10 miles from the dealership when a fawn ran out in front of me.
u got some shitty luck with deer. what was the road u were on so i dont go there?
03-06-2010, 07:41 PM
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This was my accident earlier this year, I ran a red light at about 35 mph and T-boned the Rav-4 and flipped him. After a month in the shop the jeep was as good as new!
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This was my accident earlier this year, I ran a red light at about 35 mph and T-boned the Rav-4 and flipped him. After a month in the shop the jeep was as good as new!
