Some Help From Roll Cage Builders For Sports Sedans

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

Hmm ok

Does anyone know if the diagonal there to stop the main hoop bending down onto my head in a rollover or to stop it coming in on a side impact

spose i coult make it a X and be covered for both...

[Beer Baron]

Thought id post my question here before starting a new thread

I’ve just received a bonds six point bolt in cage for my HR31 and am worried about the position of the diagonal bar on the main hoop.

With the cage assembled, it goes from the driver’s side bottom to the passenger side top.

Is this correct? I had a look in the CAMS manual and from the diagrams it looks like it should go the other way. Will it pass log booking like that?

yeah generally the diagonal in the main hoop goes from top drivers side to bottom passenger side. like you say it stops the hoop crushing in side impact and also protects your noggin in roll over. not sure why it runs the other way but it may be ok, or like you say to be sure you can make an X and be covered no matter what. the downside is the X severely limits access to the back of the cabin.

talk to bond about why the cage is like that. I'm sure they have a good reason.

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

cheers baron.

on another note, im about to respray the inside of the car and have noticed that most ppl go for white.

wouldn't black or a darker colour be less glary in the sun?

[zebra]

white shows up any cracks etc better than black.

that would be my reasoning, a matte white wouldn't be too glary I dont think

[warps]

The bits that are actually going to glare (cage, dash etc) are generally painted matt black or covered in floc (mmmm sexy dash).

White in the interior is easy to clean, easy to maintain, easy to find bits in when you drop them etc. If you don't like the stark white, then a grey is not too bad either. Mine is done in a gloss grey POR that looks pretty good and is reasonably hard wearing.

[Beer Baron]

the reason many people go white is purely for aesthetics. it looks nice. when you go black you loose all the detail in the interior in a sea of black and it does get hard to find dropped nuts etc. black also gets hot. grey is a good option. always a good idea to paint the cage the same as the interior as it hides it a bit unless you don't care in which case paint any colour you want.