So I'm building an 8-point cage for the bronco. Basing it off a Smity built 4-point bar, and front cage kit. Then adding a hoop at the rear, two tie bars from the center hoop, to the rear, 1 cross bar mid way between the middle and rear hoop, a cross bar at dash level, and a cross bar at floor level at the center hoop. Now I had planed on building through body mounts attaching to the frame at all 8 points of attachment. So here comes the question……….. If I can not do these at all 8 points, is it still worth it? Will it help in a hard roll? will it place to much stress at the frame and on the cage?
It's looking like I can build the supports at the rear and front mounts only do to obstructions and placement of the middle 4 mounts.

With frame tie-in's only at the far ends of the cage, and the amount of flex this body/frame move now, I'm concerned it will place an enormous amount of stress on the frame and cage.


1: So what to do? Build the frame tie-in just at the front and rear points?
2: Forget all, and beef the sheet metal, mounting point footings (larger, to spread the force)
3: Work through the obstacles in the path of a frame tie in? This one would require a huge amount of tin bending.

Use of the cage will most like be just a flop, but a hard roll down the side of a hill are very possible, and a near miss this last season is the reason the cage is going in now…. It did not go over, but was sliding side ways down the hill to a 200 ft drop as the winch cable and pull pal were being set…
Lastly it's a daily driver, a full, well-built 8 pt cage could never be a bad thing and in a full on screw up on the road.

Thanks

What, it's a New Year and nobody has a thought on the subject?, no suggestions? Flames? No "it's your own fault, you wheel a ford? Nothing?

I figured at least one of them newbies from that "other" board would tell me to chrome it or something

I'm planning the same thing with my FJ40.

What I'm gonna do is mount it the normal way(bolting the plates to the floor wheelwell ect), only I will make another set of baseplates that will go on the bottom. Basicly I will be sandwiching the body. Then we will use tube stock to go from the underside baseplates to the frame.

I sure hope that wasn't too confusing:D

And by all means, go for the chrome:flipoff2:

I think that as long as you have most tied to the frame and the ones that can't be-mount larger foot plates on, you should be fine. On my 8 point (that I will finish soon I hope) there will only be 6 tied to the frame. The other two are mountd dirctly over my gas tanks but they are going to be tied horizontally to another set that drop down to the frame. Hopefully, this will keep them from trying to push through into the tanks if I roll.

btt