Finally got the roll cage fitted on the track puma, waited almost 2 months for it from safety devices as they stopped making all cages as they had a big military contract on.
but got it in the end. the options i went for were rear cage with x bars and harness bar, front cage which included two bars running to the front foot wells and a bar across the top of the windscreen, and i also went with low down door bars. come in at about £840.00 all in with delivery which is quite alot but you can save £100.00 by having only 1 rear bar and no harness bar but i love the way mine looks.
went to my mechanic ollies for the day to get it put in and we both spent the whole day getting it in but managed it. getting the rear part of the cage in is a right struggle and very tight and well made. we got the whole lot in and bolted loosely together and then marked out all the points where the foot plates needed welding in.
took it all out then welded in the foot plates, then put it all back in and bolted it all in tightly.
we had a couple of problems with the cage, firstly being the flanges on the side of the rear cage that bolt into the seat belt holes for upper rigidity. they were about an inch too far back and no where near the holes, we had to cut these off and re weld them back in the correct position, someone else had this same problem as well.
second was that the front foot plates you have to drill out two 20mm holes in the floor pan for the 2 captive nuts on the back of the plate.
looks good though and i love it, tightens the car up no end, the car feels so solid and it even cocks a back wheel when cornering hard now
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ready for the cage.
rear cage.
ollie welding the foot plates in.
Roll cage all fitted.
if your going to fit one id allow a full day or even a whole weekend as it is fiddly and time consuming and everything needs to be stripped out, luckily i had already done that.
bits left to do know are get the car mapped properly to get the new inlet manifold working how it should do for the extra power. get a passenger seat to save weight and look better. remove some more weight where ever i can and book up a few track days, just need to rob a bank now as im more skint than a skint thing.
but got it in the end. the options i went for were rear cage with x bars and harness bar, front cage which included two bars running to the front foot wells and a bar across the top of the windscreen, and i also went with low down door bars. come in at about £840.00 all in with delivery which is quite alot but you can save £100.00 by having only 1 rear bar and no harness bar but i love the way mine looks.
went to my mechanic ollies for the day to get it put in and we both spent the whole day getting it in but managed it. getting the rear part of the cage in is a right struggle and very tight and well made. we got the whole lot in and bolted loosely together and then marked out all the points where the foot plates needed welding in.
took it all out then welded in the foot plates, then put it all back in and bolted it all in tightly.
we had a couple of problems with the cage, firstly being the flanges on the side of the rear cage that bolt into the seat belt holes for upper rigidity. they were about an inch too far back and no where near the holes, we had to cut these off and re weld them back in the correct position, someone else had this same problem as well.
second was that the front foot plates you have to drill out two 20mm holes in the floor pan for the 2 captive nuts on the back of the plate.
looks good though and i love it, tightens the car up no end, the car feels so solid and it even cocks a back wheel when cornering hard now
.ready for the cage.
rear cage.
ollie welding the foot plates in.
Roll cage all fitted.
if your going to fit one id allow a full day or even a whole weekend as it is fiddly and time consuming and everything needs to be stripped out, luckily i had already done that.
bits left to do know are get the car mapped properly to get the new inlet manifold working how it should do for the extra power. get a passenger seat to save weight and look better. remove some more weight where ever i can and book up a few track days, just need to rob a bank now as im more skint than a skint thing.
