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ManofSteel · 04-04-2009, 10:45 AM

What are ya'll running?

Ive got a trail rig that stays mostly in mud on forest trails, and am about to get a roll bar for it with legs that kick back to near the rear wheel wells. This is for a K5 Blazer.

Just wondering what everyone else has. And if you could, post up some pics.

Ive tried checking out ck5 but without paying for the thing, you cant see most of the pictures.

creepyjon · 04-04-2009, 02:14 PM

Don't buy a roll bar, make one. Even if it's out of pipe, anything is better than a chromed sheet metal tube that won't do anything. I built a simple external roll cage for my truck, it's a lot of work. But I like to be able to open my doors at the end of a day of dodging trees on a narrow trail, sometimes the trees win!

piche582 · 04-04-2009, 04:47 PM

I've got one of these Jegs ones (p/n 550-946904K) for my current Blazer project. Haven't started on it putting in yet & seeing as it's for a pickup I know some minor modification to the rear bars will probably be necessary. I have plenty of tube to make one, but sometimes it's just easier to start off with a decent one & expand it from there. It's good enough for drage racing it's gotta be good enough for wheeling

LegendKiller89 · 04-04-2009, 06:00 PM

If its a trail rig only, I'd put a roll cage in it. But if you want to daily drive this thing occasionally I'd do a roll bar.

04-04-2009, 10:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
ManofSteel Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Member # 123268 Posts: 48	Roll Bars and Cages What are ya'll running? Ive got a trail rig that stays mostly in mud on forest trails, and am about to get a roll bar for it with legs that kick back to near the rear wheel wells. This is for a K5 Blazer. Just wondering what everyone else has. And if you could, post up some pics. Ive tried checking out ck5 but without paying for the thing, you cant see most of the pictures. Last edited by ManofSteel; 04-04-2009 at 10:45 AM.

04-04-2009, 04:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
piche582 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15103 Location: Sonora, Ca. Posts: 211	I've got one of these Jegs ones (p/n 550-946904K) for my current Blazer project. Haven't started on it putting in yet & seeing as it's for a pickup I know some minor modification to the rear bars will probably be necessary. I have plenty of tube to make one, but sometimes it's just easier to start off with a decent one & expand it from there. It's good enough for drage racing it's gotta be good enough for wheeling Last edited by piche582; 04-04-2009 at 04:48 PM.

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04-04-2009, 02:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
creepyjon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Member # 123475 Posts: 34	Don't buy a roll bar, make one. Even if it's out of pipe, anything is better than a chromed sheet metal tube that won't do anything. I built a simple external roll cage for my truck, it's a lot of work. But I like to be able to open my doors at the end of a day of dodging trees on a narrow trail, sometimes the trees win!

04-04-2009, 06:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
LegendKiller89 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Member # 128238 Posts: 771	If its a trail rig only, I'd put a roll cage in it. But if you want to daily drive this thing occasionally I'd do a roll bar.