FugginZukin's RZR cage build - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

FugginZukin · 06-20-2008, 08:01 AM

Hello All,

My inspiration to build this cage is the fact the stock one is a death trap. To start, the stock mounting pads for the stock roll cage are pathetic at best. I am beefing both front and rear up with some 3/16" steel plate. The rears will be held in place with four grade 8 bolts per corner. The fronts will be welded down.

FugginZukin · 06-20-2008, 08:02 AM

Next step was to build the rear hoop. I wanted to maintain the stock lines except utilizing a hoop form.

FugginZukin · 06-20-2008, 08:04 AM

Next step was working on the front mounting pads.

FugginZukin · 06-20-2008, 08:05 AM

Forming up the pillars.

FugginZukin · 06-20-2008, 08:07 AM

Working up some bracing, coping, and preliminary mock-up.

These tube clamps will be used in the front to be able to remove the front plastics.

That's all I have done for now. I will be working on it all weekend and hope to have it completed. More to follow. Let me know if you have any questions.

FugginZukin · 06-22-2008, 01:55 PM

Built spreaders and some cross bracing this weekend. Cage will drop approx. 3/4" once I cope the bottoms of the cage to fit the mounting pads. Next will be work on the rear cross bracing as well as hooking up the 4 points.

Crowdog · 06-24-2008, 06:55 AM

Nice work!

Jaggedx · 07-09-2008, 05:00 PM

Very nice!

JW · 07-15-2008, 03:42 PM

Any progression on this? Nice work!

FugginZukin · 07-16-2008, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowdog

Nice work!

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Originally Posted by Jaggedx

Very nice!

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Originally Posted by JW

Any progression on this? Nice work!

Thanks guys. I appreciate it!

Had a rough past couple of weeks and wasn't able to do anything on the RZR. I will be putting in some work on it this week/weekend in which I will update the thread. Thanks for the interest.

1wook · 07-16-2008, 10:08 AM

Nice cage work.

I like your cylinder mount on your bender.

FugginZukin · 07-17-2008, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 1wook

Nice cage work.

I like your cylinder mount on your bender.

Thanks. The cylinder mount is just a 3" piece of pipe cut in half with two pieces of plate with holes for bolts welded to each end of the pipe to form a clamp. Then there is a smaller piece of tube (sleeve) that slides over the outside bolt of the bender that is attached to the 3" clamp. On the arm end there is a piece of tube (sleeve) that goes over the outside bolt of the arm that has an old steel socket that fit over the end of the ram rod welded to it. Wallah, done. I got the idea from OffRoadFabNet.

FugginZukin · 09-21-2008, 01:54 PM

Finally was able to get some work done on this thing. I apologize for the delay. I have been extremely busy.

FugginZukin · 09-26-2008, 02:19 PM

Got some more work done. Should be finished by Sunday. I'll be putting some paint on it tomorrow.

Crowdog · 09-26-2008, 08:18 PM

Damn. That came out really nice.

Do you do this sort of stuff for a living?

FugginZukin · 09-28-2008, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowdog

Damn. That came out really nice.

Do you do this sort of stuff for a living?

Thanks man. I really appreciate it.

I wish I did this stuff for a living.

Nah, I am just a hobbyist who tinkers in the garage once in a while.

stallion85 · 09-28-2008, 07:14 PM

Pretty freakin' sweet! Those are some nice fat welds on those joints. What thickness of tube are you using?

KS Toy · 09-29-2008, 06:29 PM

VERY nice indeed! Be sure to post up pics when it is painted and installed. How do you like the RZR?

FugginZukin · 09-30-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by stallion85

Pretty freakin' sweet! Those are some nice fat welds on those joints. What thickness of tube are you using?

Thanks! The tube is 1 3/4" .095" wall DOM.

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Originally Posted by KS Toy

VERY nice indeed! Be sure to post up pics when it is painted and installed. How do you like the RZR?

Thank you. I will have some painted and assembled pictures up hopefully by the end of the week.

I like the RZR so far better than other UTVs that I have driven in terms of performance. The power and the ride are great. The one negative I don't like is the build quality. I wasn't too impressed with the stoutness of the frame and overall quality of assembly. Overall I am happy with it however.

Crowdog · 10-01-2008, 07:38 PM

Well for just a garage guy, you do great work. Please keep the pictures coming.

shortsub · 10-02-2008, 11:44 AM

that thing looks awesome . really nice job!!

leeman1790 · 10-02-2008, 01:36 PM

Thats some excellent work, looks better then the stocker and of course hell of alot stronger. I'd imagine the frame would fail before the cage haha.

FugginZukin · 10-03-2008, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowdog

Well for just a garage guy, you do great work. Please keep the pictures coming.

Thanks! Some new pics on the way.

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Originally Posted by shortsub

that thing looks awesome . really nice job!!

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by leeman1790

Thats some excellent work, looks better then the stocker and of course hell of alot stronger. I'd imagine the frame would fail before the cage haha.

Thanks. I agree, the frame would definitely fail before the cage. I have considered making a sub-frame to attach to the cage for the seats to bolt to. I kina feel uneasy having the lap belts attaching to the toothpick frame and the shoulder harnesses mounted to the cage. Maybe I will do that mod down the road.

FugginZukin · 10-03-2008, 06:35 AM

Needed a way to attach the side/net bars to the cage, so I cut off the old mounts from the stock cage and welded to the new.

Got some paint on it over the past few days and have gotten the cage bolted to the RZR. I used Rustoleum black "hammered". It turned out pretty well. It is more of a dark gray than a black however. Matched the seats and plastic pretty good. Overall I am happy.

Next I will be making the harness mounts and a spare tire carrier that I had been planning to make. I will post those in this thread as well. I won't be active for the next week or so due to moving back to Arizona. Take it easy!

KS Toy · 10-07-2008, 06:10 PM

Looks GREAT! Can't wait to see it with the 6" lift and 32" tires!

06-20-2008, 08:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	FugginZukin's RZR cage build Hello All, My inspiration to build this cage is the fact the stock one is a death trap. To start, the stock mounting pads for the stock roll cage are pathetic at best. I am beefing both front and rear up with some 3/16" steel plate. The rears will be held in place with four grade 8 bolts per corner. The fronts will be welded down.

06-24-2008, 06:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
Crowdog Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Member # 2787 Location: Shingle Springs, CA Posts: 2,422	Nice work! __________________ UTVGuide.net

07-09-2008, 05:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jaggedx Wheeler Join Date: Jun 2007 Member # 94515 Location: Zona Posts: 272	Very nice! __________________ www.jaggedx.com 623-780-5984 "Full line" dealer for all of your rock, desert, and sidexside needs. Visit our online store: https://jaggedx.com/catalog/

07-15-2008, 03:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
JW Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 222 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,364	Any progression on this? Nice work! __________________ "See that double? Do that double! If you start thinking about it, you'll never do it. People who think too much end up living longer, making more money, vacationing in Tavarua, marrying wisely and investing well-but they don't clear as many doubles." budbuilt.com & highangledriveline.com

07-16-2008, 10:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
1wook Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Member # 107373 Location: 61520 Posts: 227	Nice cage work. I like your cylinder mount on your bender. __________________ 800, 302, c4, D20, jack stands

06-20-2008, 08:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Next step was to build the rear hoop. I wanted to maintain the stock lines except utilizing a hoop form.

06-20-2008, 08:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Next step was working on the front mounting pads.

06-20-2008, 08:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Forming up the pillars.

06-20-2008, 08:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Working up some bracing, coping, and preliminary mock-up. These tube clamps will be used in the front to be able to remove the front plastics. That's all I have done for now. I will be working on it all weekend and hope to have it completed. More to follow. Let me know if you have any questions.

06-22-2008, 01:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Built spreaders and some cross bracing this weekend. Cage will drop approx. 3/4" once I cope the bottoms of the cage to fit the mounting pads. Next will be work on the rear cross bracing as well as hooking up the 4 points.

09-21-2008, 01:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Finally was able to get some work done on this thing. I apologize for the delay. I have been extremely busy.

09-26-2008, 02:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Got some more work done. Should be finished by Sunday. I'll be putting some paint on it tomorrow.

09-26-2008, 08:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
Crowdog Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Member # 2787 Location: Shingle Springs, CA Posts: 2,422	Damn. That came out really nice. Do you do this sort of stuff for a living? __________________ UTVGuide.net

09-28-2008, 07:14 PM	#17 (permalink)
stallion85 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Member # 37089 Location: Cedar City, UT Posts: 285	Pretty freakin' sweet! Those are some nice fat welds on those joints. What thickness of tube are you using? __________________ M&M Fabrications

09-29-2008, 06:29 PM	#18 (permalink)
KS Toy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Member # 7938 Location: The Land of OZ... Posts: 3,512	VERY nice indeed! Be sure to post up pics when it is painted and installed. How do you like the RZR?

10-01-2008, 07:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
Crowdog Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Member # 2787 Location: Shingle Springs, CA Posts: 2,422	Well for just a garage guy, you do great work. Please keep the pictures coming. __________________ UTVGuide.net

10-02-2008, 11:44 AM	#21 (permalink)
shortsub Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Member # 46216 Location: Sealy Texas Posts: 579	that thing looks awesome . really nice job!! __________________ 396 forged and rollerd' [U]small block[/U], propane, 60 /14 with chromos ,th400, ord doubler , HAD 1410s f/r , full hydro, lockd 42 sxs .... all wrapped up in a glittery package 07 d max LBZ with a fatgirl on the back

10-02-2008, 01:36 PM	#22 (permalink)
leeman1790 Granite Guru Join Date: Apr 2008 Member # 113084 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 790	Thats some excellent work, looks better then the stocker and of course hell of alot stronger. I'd imagine the frame would fail before the cage haha. __________________ Chevy Truggy...5.3/350/203/205/d60/14b

10-03-2008, 06:35 AM	#24 (permalink)
FugginZukin Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75285 Location: Maricopa County, Arizona Posts: 450	Needed a way to attach the side/net bars to the cage, so I cut off the old mounts from the stock cage and welded to the new. Got some paint on it over the past few days and have gotten the cage bolted to the RZR. I used Rustoleum black "hammered". It turned out pretty well. It is more of a dark gray than a black however. Matched the seats and plastic pretty good. Overall I am happy. Next I will be making the harness mounts and a spare tire carrier that I had been planning to make. I will post those in this thread as well. I won't be active for the next week or so due to moving back to Arizona. Take it easy!

10-07-2008, 06:10 PM	#25 (permalink)
KS Toy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Member # 7938 Location: The Land of OZ... Posts: 3,512	Looks GREAT! Can't wait to see it with the 6" lift and 32" tires!

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