Front shots of Raptors cage
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I suppose in a perfect world it is a bit high. I would have liked to put it lower, in fact we tacked it on lower but the wipers were hitting it so now there is abourt 1/8" clearance at full swing. I thought it might get in the way but really doesn't. I'm happy w/it.
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Another X-Cage, Cool!
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Is there a reason you didn't scoot that bar toward the front of the hood until it was in front of the wiper pivots? There's room there to clear the hood hinge if you do this, isn't there? Then it could be almost laying on the hood...
Is there a reason you didn't scoot that bar toward the front of the hood until it was in front of the wiper pivots? There's room there to clear the hood hinge if you do this, isn't there? Then it could be almost laying on the hood...
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wow!!!!!!!
how many hours?
est. on cost of material?
what type of bender did ya use?
how many hours?
est. on cost of material?
what type of bender did ya use?
Not sure there is room to lift the hood w/it scooted to far forward. I wanted it to line up w/the bar going to the nerfs so as not to get any extra bends. The straighter the pipe the stronger it is. An exo is a kind of a fit and see kind of thing, there are lots of ways to do it.
There is about 90 ft. of DOM tubing. I got it through a friends shop so it was less than 2 bucks a foot. We ordered almost 300 ft. He's doing a flat bed on an Fj45. It wieghs just over 2 lbs per foot. We used a Mittler Brs bender w/the bend calculator. Took 3 Saturdays about 10 hrs a day to get it that far. The first day was pretty comical so maybe 25 hrs total. I bent it so it didn't cost anything ( borrowed the bender)but I did by the 1.75" shoe @ $490.
There is about 90 ft. of DOM tubing. I got it through a friends shop so it was less than 2 bucks a foot. We ordered almost 300 ft. He's doing a flat bed on an Fj45. It wieghs just over 2 lbs per foot. We used a Mittler Brs bender w/the bend calculator. Took 3 Saturdays about 10 hrs a day to get it that far. The first day was pretty comical so maybe 25 hrs total. I bent it so it didn't cost anything ( borrowed the bender)but I did by the 1.75" shoe @ $490.
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Here is an updated shot of mine...
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Damn!! How does everyone paint these things without getting it all over the rig itself? It looks great, but if I did this, it'd be all over the place..maybe that's another reason to go CAMO!!Originally posted by Chris Geiger:
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Well personally I think external cages are a little ugly, practical but ugly. By painting it the same color as the truck the cage stands out a little less.
When I painted the cage I used a roll of the wax paper they use to mask cars when painting. I covered the entire cab with the wax paper and then sprayed the cage. This gets the outside of the cage painted. I used brush on paint for the inside of the tubing that is near the body as I was not able to get enough spray paint on it. I used Rustolume (sp?) paint, they had both bush on and spray paint that matches in color exactly.
The black color on the old picture was not paint, it's just the natural color of DOM material.
[ 08-14-2001: Message edited by: Chris Geiger ]
When I painted the cage I used a roll of the wax paper they use to mask cars when painting. I covered the entire cab with the wax paper and then sprayed the cage. This gets the outside of the cage painted. I used brush on paint for the inside of the tubing that is near the body as I was not able to get enough spray paint on it. I used Rustolume (sp?) paint, they had both bush on and spray paint that matches in color exactly.
The black color on the old picture was not paint, it's just the natural color of DOM material.
[ 08-14-2001: Message edited by: Chris Geiger ]
I just got a couple drop cloths from the paint store. I put them under the cage all over the body and every now and then, especially under the bars, I put little holes in the plastic and put some tape over the hole to hold it flush w/the body. Then sprayed, and like Chris, I brushed it where the spray wouldn't reach.
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DAYUM <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">Originally posted by Chris Geiger:
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That looks SOOOOOOO much better yellow. Congrats. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
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both of you have awesome cages woohooo
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Yep I agree it would look better cut to match the cage. It would also be much less likly to get hit and crack the fender if cut out a little more. I will get around to it some day, got a bunch of other things still on the to do list.
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