talked with one of the local steel shops today about getting some dom tubing for the cage... the qouted me $9.35/ft. <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> now i know anyone who pays that is just begging to get bent over. what should i be paying for this magical dom? i was qouted $2.75/ft on erw tubing? think that's what it was. i was expecting the dom to be in $3/ft range. anyone got any recomendations on where to get some cage tube?

Originally posted by poppyseed:
<STRONG>talked with one of the local steel shops today about getting some dom tubing for the cage... the qouted me $9.35/ft. <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> now i know anyone who pays that is just begging to get bent over. what should i be paying for this magical dom? i was qouted $2.75/ft on erw tubing? think that's what it was. i was expecting the dom to be in $3/ft range. anyone got any recomendations on where to get some cage tube?</STRONG>

I use DOM seamless tubing (1.75"OD x .120" wall) in my cage, and it wasn't cheap, but it wasn't $9.35/ft. I think it was about $4.00/ft, but I can't remember. But I don't worry about the strength of my cage.


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well i'm looking for about 120ft of 1.75 .120 wall. i'm not worried about strength just don't like getting raped at the checkout line. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> i've bought a lot of steel at this place and most of their prices are competitive but this $9.35 b.s. is never going to happen. hell it'd cost me $1122 for just the tubing.

Originally posted by poppyseed:
<STRONG>well i'm looking for about 120ft of 1.75 .120 wall. i'm not worried about strength just don't like getting raped at the checkout line. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> i've bought a lot of steel at this place and most of their prices are competitive but this $9.35 b.s. is never going to happen. hell it'd cost me $1122 for just the tubing.</STRONG>


I have a place in dallas that sells DOM 1.5" .120 wall... $2.50 a foot... in 1 foot increments. I paid over $5 a foot awhile back. I found the place by asking the question of a guy that builds cages for a living... fine someone who does it near you and ask him where he buys his tubing.

I buy tubing weekly, and at my cost 1.75" .120 wall DOM went for about $2.77 a foot. Thats at wholesale. It also depends if the yard you buy from stocks it, and remember DOM comes in random lengths, so you could end up getting more than you need or a little less. For example I needed around 80' and I wound up getting just under that, I got 4 sticks that where anywhere between 18' and 22'. It also depends how much you need small quanities means your going to pay. Just last week we need a piece of 2 1/8 .188 wall and it cost me around $170 for one piece of tube! Tell ya the truth I can't see the reason why you would want to use DOM, HREW is fine. But it's only money. Just my .02

i'm just pricing right now. i think hrew is what i'll end up using to keep the cost down.

HREW, works fine. I the only time that we use DOM is when the rules call for it. The price on 1 3/4 .120 wall is about $23 a stick. I think that's alot cheaper, however 2" .120 is only $24 a stick, why not use 2"? Are you planing on doing the cage internal or are ya cutting? <IMG SRC="smilies/eyemouth.gif" border="0">

I have prices at home for the local shop here....pretty descent price....ill let you know tomorrow.....1 3/4 is a good size...ill take some pics of my cage and post tomorrow...

i'm thinking 1.75 would be perfect. that's a big price differance for the hrew. sounds right for my budget. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> i want to get rid of most of the body and replace it with tubes. oh, and i don't want to die. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

Originally posted by poppyseed:
<STRONG>i'm thinking 1.75 would be perfect. that's a big price differance for the hrew. sounds right for my budget. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> i want to get rid of most of the body and replace it with tubes. oh, and i don't want to die. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"></STRONG>

I have rolled mine 4 times with my cage....im doin ok...
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Poppy-you should talk to Jason, he buys lots of tube locally. He'll know where to get a fair deal. Unfortunately for you he's at the Hammers til Saturday or Sunday though.

Are ya thinking exo? we used 2" for mine, and it's taken some hard hits. <IMG SRC="smilies/skull.gif" border="0">

What do you use to bend tubing? I know there are pipe benders for cheap on the market, but what about cheap tube benders. Why not use pipe?

Originally posted by fatkid:
<STRONG>Are ya thinking exo? we used 2" for mine, and it's taken some hard hits. <IMG SRC="smilies/skull.gif" border="0"></STRONG>

thinking exo fatty <IMG SRC="smilies/shy.gif" border="0">

I got 40 feet of the 1 3/4" x .120 wall dom for $60.00 at our local shop <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">.

Originally posted by Mud Lite:
<STRONG>What do you use to bend tubing? I know there are pipe benders for cheap on the market, but what about cheap tube benders. Why not use pipe?</STRONG>

We use a JD2 Bender. The bender is cheap, it's the dyes that cost cash. We As far as pipe it's just not as strong as tube from what I understand.

first off don't use pipe. its more brittle, teds to crack on hard impact instead of bending which is what you want. yes hrew is weaker than dom. I have split hrew before (strangly this happened when I used it to hold a bushing in my suspension, musta froze over winter) but the cage has never been a problem.

Poppy, that shop here in Sac S&K steel sells the 1 3/4 .120 wall for $1.85 a foot....thats $37 for 20'.

Just to give you some other ideas of what things cost...
6x2 .188 (1/4 wall, I use this for bumbers) $5.25 per ft.
1 1/2 Sched 80 Pipe (works good for shackle mounts...just buy bushings and slide in these) $2.75/ft

that's a price i can live with. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> thanks for checking rude. now i just gotta get the engine in and it's cage time <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

Just go with ERW. DOM is way overkill for this sport. Most of the buggies you see on this site are built with ERW, just ask Lance what he used in his.
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i used .250 wall dom on my exo cage around my cab and .120 wall around the rest. i'm glad i used .250 dom because it save my ass. some one may have seen the sluice box roll. it was cool. it ended up bending my cage about 3" in on the passenger side and put a buckle on the floor in the center of the cab! it also bent the frame and the .250 4x4" angle rockers. so don't be cheap now. also try a place called team tube in west sac. these places are wierd for tube. they go by weight. you want to by between 100-200 ft. or the price is outragious. i bought 1 stick about 7ft and they wanted $13.00 a ft. the same stick in 25ft was actually cheaper. it goes by weight. and no dom is not seamless. it stands 4 drawn over mandrel. it is stronger the cold or hot electric weld. i would recamend approx. .190-.250 wall from frame and around passengers and .120 wall electric weld around back and in front and for gussets and braces. have u ever seen a sammy tie rod let lose at 60mph? i have and there is not much truck left. go big or go home.you never know how bad you can roll your truck. i tell u what that dom saved my life many times. i know if i rolled end over end on the freeway and got hit by a semi that my cage would not collapse. just my .02

.250 wall ? think that's a bit much? SCORE and SCCA only require that you use .120 wall and thats for cars/trucks that go over a 100mph and hit hard! SCORE says for a wieght of 4000lbs and over with a closed cab that you only have to use 2" .120 wall, if 2" .120 will work for SCORE I think 2" .120 will work for a lil Zuk. I think you ment to say go heavy as all hell or go home.:)

i don't want the weight of .250 wall either. :D .120 will be fine.

try....

www.onlinemetals.com

i got some 1.5 .120 DOM....prices are reasonable...shipping is the killer

Do they sell anything longer than 8'?

no i guess not.....that could be a problem for making the main hoops of a cage.....i already had a davesport cage to begin with....i ordered three 8ft. pieces to reinforce and add to the cage when i chopped the top on my hard top

I don't think 8' wil get it.:)

Originally posted by suzuki w/the HEAT
i used .250 wall dom on my exo cage around my cab and .120 wall around the rest. i'm glad i used .250 dom because it save my ass. some one may have seen the sluice box roll. it was cool. it ended up bending my cage about 3" in on the passenger side and put a buckle on the floor in the center of the cab! it also bent the frame and the .250 4x4" angle rockers. so don't be cheap now.

Are you out of your fawk'n mind!!!!!!!:eek:
Why not just go SOLID??
There is not one Motor sport that calls for 250 wall!!!!
As far as Bending of the cage go's, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT in a roll that hard....
If you were to design and brace a cage properly you will have an "HEAVY DUTY" cage in .120 wall...
Like FATKID said, SCORE calls for .120 wall 2" on 4000+ pound trucks that run 130 mph PLUS!!!!!...
Overkill is cool, but not to the point of stupidity:rolleyes:

.250 wall........are we building tanks or wheelers????
That is insane!!!! If you bent .250 wall 3" with a rollover in a sammi....you need to recheck your design!!! Ive rolled 4 times with my cage, all i have is scratches!!! and im using .120 wall 1 3/4".

zuk w/heat
what was the wall on that tie rod?
stay hydrated.:confused: :D

This isn't over yet, I wanna hear all about this...:rolleyes:

Originally posted by bobaki
zuk w/heat
what was the wall on that tie rod?
stay hydrated.:confused: :D
Prolly a mix....:beer: :beer: ...and Calmini

ya i said .250 wall dom. you can never have to much. i like a sence of security. it is only 20-40lbs heavyer. i used 2 20ft sticks around my doors and i will use it again on my toyota. .120 wall is probably ok for joe wheeler but sorry i like to get it on!!!!!!!!:flipoff2: :flipoff2:

and as far as u go rud zuk. you only have scratches on your cage because u only rolled into the maybury bushes. you have a inside cage so for yours to bend you would have your body wraped around it. i have a exo cage!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got scratches on my cage on auburn blvd. the cool stuff comes on the trail shane
not in the garage.:flipoff2: :beer:

:rolleyes: :confused: :rolleyes: :D

Poppy my chart says if we go 13/4 x .500,the 100' part would only weigh 660lbs------your thoughts:D

I know this guy is Just a " joe wheeler" but I think he gets it awn, and yes we used 2" .120 wall. I think you should change your name to "Suzuki w/the weight".:flipoff2:

:confused:
If I'm follow'n your logic wrong, let me know....

Your say'n that my 9mm might kill someone fine,
but I should get a cannon because it'll make me feel more "secure"...


My car works get for get'n around town,
but a semi would make me feel more "secure"...

.120 wall is fine for a 4000+ truck that see's 130mph, or a ralley car that falls of cliffs at 90mph,
but .250wall on a 2000- rig that MIGHT go over once or twice at less than 1mph is better cause i'd feel more "secure"....

My sence of "secure" comes NOT from what it's MADE OF,
but the DESIGN work and FABRICATION that go's into make'n it!!

Please show all of "us" just how much of "joe wheeler" your not... POST SOME PICS OF YOUR CAGE and maybe some ACTION?
Words are CHEAP.....

Try to get something in the picture that would prove you are on the same planet..........:D

Gots to see some pics...:D

Originally posted by suzuki w/the HEAT
and as far as u go rud zuk. you only have scratches on your cage because u only rolled into the maybury bushes. you have a inside cage so for yours to bend you would have your body wraped around it. i have a exo cage!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got scratches on my cage on auburn blvd. the cool stuff comes on the trail shane
not in the garage.:flipoff2: :beer:
Well I think bending all that heavy steel has gotten to your vision....My roll over pic doesnt look like bushes there...actually it looks like the Rubicon....And i dont think ive seen any pics of yours "wheeler" out here...
Trust me, my rig gets plenty of action...:flipoff2: :flipoff2:

:flipoff2:

You guys should go to the Hammers on the 23rd, and get it awnn...:skull:

Originally posted by fatkid
You guys should go to the Hammers on the 23rd, and get it awnn...:skull:
Ill be at loon on the 23rd....and on the 24th ill be at the soup bowl, Little sluice, old sluice...................oh yeah but my rig doesnt get out of the garage...:flipoff2:

Come up to the con with us fatty....And if anyone else wants to come up, we will be staying at loon lake the whole weekend.

the pics are dark because the really cool ones are at my shop so these will hold u over till i can get them.

more

The Con is kinda of a long trip for us, so when we go we like to spend about a week there. July is our annual Con run, although now that we make our own hours were gonna start making a few more trips a year. The Hammers on the other hand are only about 120 miles so it's a weekend thing, you should bring your Zuk out to see what it can do.:)

right, I remember that zuk. It was the one on the ramp.:rolleyes:

wile yes it was. suspension is dialed now and it ramps a 825 on a 30deg.

pics

more pics

check the con pics shane

pics. oh oh is that soup can? while yes it is

Lets see some of ya "getting it awnn" I don't want to see the "joe wheeler" sh*t.

pics

getin it on

Man you get it...:rolleyes:

Now what in those pics says you need .250 wall...

Shoot, I made a headache rack out of 2" .250 dom for our old Cat grader. Leaned it up against a few trees and it never tweaked. Keeping in mind that the grader is in the neighborhood of 10 tons, sounds a bit much for a sami... :rolleyes:

just my $.02 :smokin:

that was kind of my point, did you say 10 tons!:eek:

Zuks that get it need that kind of protection:flipoff2:

I'm convinced now:flipoff2: first impressions shouldnt be ignored:D

first of me or him? :D

<font color="yellow">I couldn't find the pics (I think it may have been posted in the Toy section) but I think that green n' black contraption is the thing that rolled on flat ground on an RTI ramp. Someone posted pics a while back, and let's just say that that link design looks like it has the same problems Tom Boyd's roll-o-matic 1/4" ellip. early bronc used to...

"What's anti-squat?":rasta:

</font>

He said the suspension is dialed in now, so get off his back.:flipoff2:

Originally posted by fatkid
He said the suspension is dialed in now, so get off his back.:flipoff2:
<FONT COLOR="YELLOW">I hope so. It looked like a sensible design, just not horribly stable in version 1.0. I did see the pics several months back... so he's definitely had some time to tinker with it.</font>

I'd forgotten about you................him,the jury's still out on you :flipoff2:

Originally posted by Yota_San

<FONT COLOR="YELLOW">I hope so. It looked like a sensible design, just not horribly stable in version 1.0. I did see the pics several months back... so he's definitely had some time to tinker with it.</font>


ya I saw round one.:)

Originally posted by bobaki
I'd forgotten about you................him,the jury's still out on you :flipoff2:


Yes it is...:D

YAWnnnnnnnn.....

I don't mean to be a total ass, but I was waiting for some shots of you "get'n it".....:confused:
There's not one shot of your rig doing anything that a "normal joe wheeler" couldn't do......

I think the coments that you made about how "hardcore" you are and how you do stuff that go's way beyound the norm. is where you got me and others kinda up in arms...

In my PROFESSIONAL opion, if you were to have used ANY cross brace'n or corner gussets, an .095 cage would be stronger...

Once again, if you were just try'n to pull our chain than :flipoff2:
BUT if you really think that you "Get It"......you might wanna wake up :rolleyes:

Originally posted by suzuki w/the HEAT
pics. oh oh is that soup can? while yes it is



Uhhhhhhh :confused: Isn't it "SOUP BOWL" and "WHY"....

Originally posted by Tin Bender
YAWnnnnnnnn.....

I don't mean to be a total ass, but I was waiting for some shots of you "get'n it".....:confused:
There's not one shot of your rig doing anything that a "normal joe wheeler" couldn't do......

I think the coments that you made about how "hardcore" you are and how you do stuff that go's way beyound the norm. is where you got me and others kinda up in arms...

In my PROFESSIONAL opion, if you were to have used ANY cross brace'n or corner gussets, an .095 cage would be stronger...

Once again, if you were just try'n to pull our chain than :flipoff2:
BUT if you really think that you "Get It"......you might wanna wake up :rolleyes:

AMEN!!!:flipoff2:

:) :beer:

talked to a local race shop this morning they said .120-.125
or 11-13 gauge is the correct for a cage, exo can be either the same or you can go up to 4130 chromemoly schedule 80 much lighter thats what there building dragsters from:D :rasta: :rasta:

sch80 is just about the same as .250 wall. What kind of shop uses black pipe for cages?

:confused: :D

I worked as a pipe fitter for 2 years. Sched 80 is thiiiiiiiiick.

:skull: :skull: :skull:
now I'm going for quality,after all a guru has to have standards.:bounce: :bounce2: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce2: :bounce: :bounce2: :skull: :skull: :skull: :bounce: :bounce2:

Congrats on the NEW Guru status.. Bob A Ki.

What is a "ki" anyway??? :flipoff2:

Damn, can you believe that it's been 500 of those damn smiles already.:flipoff2:

are you talking to me

are you talking to me?

yes it has, this web wheeling is hard

I think I have some serious problems from all the web wheeling I do.

Maybe so, but there's a lot less down time from breaking your junk.

I work in a computer lab 4 hours a day, so I don't have a lot of choice in the matter, unless I bring an RTI ramp in here and awe college students with my 12.25" of total suspension travel.

That's one nice thing about IFS - you can use a really SHORT ramp. :rolleyes:

Love that sig, didn't know you were that deep

what do you think of mine?

man u guy's r rough. i give up. i guess u r right. i'll just plasma cut the .250 wall off my thruck and install some .120 wall .
u guys all missed the point. bigger and thicker can't hurt! plain and simple! and as far as pics go those r some ones i still had in the digital so sorry the soup bowl isn't getting it awn i'll try to get pics of that narly rock at the gate keeper. I'll try to get some cooler photos. why i don't know because all that is going to happen is someone has to have a better one and try to talk smack. "That sammy rolling down the cliff of the box isn't shit. i rolled once to when my tire blew out on the road." bla bla bla. ya u r right .120 will work and work just fine is that what u needed to here? it's like people talking smack about a 60 in a yota. " it's to big, it would work better with a 60 and toy outters." it works, and works damn good.overkill maybe. birfields no. breakage? probably not. so the moral is if .250 wall is to big and .120 wall is perfect, is a 35 inch perfect and a 40inch to much? it depends on the guy. let me put this in other words. a 5inch penise is ok and a 10 inch penise is overkill? u guys stay with the 5 inchers and i'll stick with my 10incher. let the smack talkin start.

hey fat kid? how is the weather at the hammers in jan.?

I think you missed the point, .250 wall is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over kill. And if you think your "getting it" I think you missed the point again.:)

the weather in Jan is good, got to look out for the wind. Days are nice, maybe a sweater in the shadows and a Jacket at night. Overall a rock crawler paradise.:D

by the way about the gussets. ya i need a few more gussets and more tube but it is no way finished. the part that bent is in the picture. you can't see the buckle but the three braces under the truck go from the frame to .250" angle iron iron and the cage is attached from there. the part that bent is the angle iron, truck frame , and floor board. no dom bent. it did move the bottom of the cage in about 3" . i did manage to move it back out a bit with 3 torches and 3 chains and a few trucks. this is why i speak so highly about the thickness of dom i use.
I'm not talkin smack tinbender but why did u capital professional?

Originally posted by fatkid
the weather in Jan is good, got to look out for the wind. Days are nice, maybe a sweater in the shadows and a Jacket at night. Overall a rock crawler paradise.:D

Fatty, when you going to make it up this way???

well i must be mistaken about getn it. show some pics of u getn it awn and maybe i can grow up to be just like u! sorry if a roll over and soupbowl are joe wheeler. so show some examples and maybe i can dig up some comparable photos

Originally posted by RudeZuk


Fatty, when you going to make it up this way???

Not quite sure, I don't have a trip planed until Jul of next year. But who knows, what ya got cooking?:D

and Zuk/heat, I'm pretty sure that I have some thing to compare:)

Just thought of this, you should try to make it to the Tierra Del Sol run at the Salton Sea in Mar, if you haven't heard that place is a Fawkn Zoo! I think the attendace was in the thousands this year, good wheel and lots of free shat.

Originally posted by suzuki w/the HEAT
well i must be mistaken about getn it. show some pics of u getn it awn and maybe i can grow up to be just like u! sorry if a roll over and soupbowl are joe wheeler. so show some examples and maybe i can dig up some comparable photos

Tell ya the truth I don't even own a camera, but by all means if your calling me out let's get it awnn.:skull:

Originally posted by fatkid
Just thought of this, you should try to make it to the Tierra Del Sol run at the Salton Sea in Mar, if you haven't heard that place is a Fawkn Zoo! I think the attendace was in the thousands this year, good wheel and lots of free shat.
Keep me up to date on this thing, ill try to make it...

Snow started dumping here this week....So now out with the valve stems and lets see what this thing can do in the snow!!

Originally posted by suzuki w/the HEAT
I'm not talkin smack tinbender but why did u capital professional?

I guess I was just try'n to show that I'm not just some "web wheeler", or just another "joe"....
I know you've been around long enuff to hear about some of the "stuff" that I do, but I'm sure that there are some Newbies here that might not know of me, or the rest of the "TIN:skull: BENDERS"..
I hear what your say'n about your .250 and that's cool, but I think our paths crossed when .250 was "recomended".....
You made it sound like anything less was for puss's, and that just open'd the door....:beer:

tin bender i've seen your work. your truck is one of the best cages on a toyota i've seen to date.so no smack talkin just comparison. but i still havn't seen tin benders pics of you all getn it awn????

My truck (85 Toy Runner) is one of the biggest pieces of shit you'll ever see!!!! It's kinda like the old say'n go's....
The Macanics car never runs, the Carpenters house looks like crap... My rig NEVER gets worked on or fixed cause I'm ALWAYS work'n on other peoples stuff....

I'm at work now, so here are some really crappy pics, NOT GET'N IT AWNNNN....

Again, these are weak ass pics.....

:yawn: my sammy sees more action than that :flipoff2:

again, weak ass pics... my windshiels is gone, but it's not too bad after being roll'd/flop'd 13 times that weekend..

I'm sure I 've got some good pics at home somewhere, but "pose'n" isn't my thing...

Just ask around, and I'm sure you'll find someone that been wheel'n with me...:evil:

Mr. Cock, I'll try to come up with some driveway shots of the runner just for you :D:D:D

I, for one, would love to see some pics of the TIN:skull:BENDER cage.

"Where's that begging on hand&knees smiley?" :D

here's one I did for Frosty...

oops let me try that again...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=117927

Here are some crappy shots of Stompers exo...http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=120765
It was in the Carnage on the Con if you were there...

At work so no good shots of these 2:( And NO shots at all of the others:(

Originally posted by Tin Bender
here's one I did for Frosty...

man i love that cage! i want something like that for the zuk.


tinbender, everyone knows only my zuk can get i in the driveway.


:flipoff2:

Originally posted by poppycock
Tinbender, everyone knows only my zuk can get i in the driveway. :flipoff2:

I don't have a driveway, so in the intrest of being like poppy, here's me, gettin' it in the parking lot at my apartment complex.

I think this is right where I had to winch. Couldn't clear the curb on obstacle 6. Almost rolled trying to GET IT. :eek:

<img src="http://www.people.memphis.edu/~ecmills/snorkel/front_view_close.jpg">

Stomper's 2" .120

Originally posted by Tin Bender
here's one I did for Frosty...

<img src="http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=129464" width="320" height="240">

Weird! I want to run SSRs (Anything steetable 37" high, really) And my runner is now that same falt tan color with all black trim.

Creepy...

And that is one :bender: of a cage!

2" looks good on those. i was thinking 1.75" for the main and rear and 1.25" for the front clip and engine. now i'm thinking 2". i really like that black one.

Don't forget.... .250 wall :rolleyes:

I guess that's in case you ever roll it, and a Freightliner lands on it.

I think anything less would be un civilized...:flipoff2:

Originally posted by fatkid


I wanna start working on my front Exo cage. I still have a bit to do on the interior to get it to be Tellico ready, but I also want to protect the front clip. Does anyone have any good Zuk shots of exo cages.

bought some tube today, around 2000ft. price out the door was around $cash money...:flipoff2:

Originally posted by fatkid
bought some tube today, around 2000ft. price out the door was around $cash money...:flipoff2:



:drooool: just stick a bow on it and drop by my house. thanks fatty :flipoff2:

serious tubage,what up.............:D

Couple of projects the Tin Bender and I are working on, Top Secrete mission code named "Sexy Goat"...:smokin:

2k"..........thats alot a goat........:D

Starting a new shop, "Goats Unlimited" what do you think?

:confused: :D :flipoff2: :bounce: :bender: :bounce2:

buggy on 37's...............:D

I can neither confirm or denie that alligation...:flipoff2:

SURE:D

Buggy ?
I want to play ...

Are you doing a cage or a buggy fatkid?
If you are doing an exo, do you have any sketches or ideas?
I havn't seen anything I like yet, but want to do something for the front before tellico.

:smokin:

Originally posted by CragRat
Buggy ?
I want to play ...

want to play? You should have been at the Hammers this weekend. We watched Ramstien brake his rear 60.

Tin Bender and I have a few Top secrete projects...:D
But after this weekend my Zuk is getting a face lift, and some new gear to make it better on the trail.:)

:bounce: :bender: :bounce2: :flipoff2:

Settle down bobby...:flipoff2: