Roll cage

[Bunnin]

Ive recent considered stripping out the back seats n boot and having a roll cage or subframe put into the car. I drive a 1.8T mk4 beeza FR

1) To stiffen the whole chassis
2) To reduce weight

Has anybody atempted this in there Seats or Beezas ? feedback, knowledge or info would be great

Cheers Bunnin

 

[F2 Stu]

You've not got hardly any sound deadening so thats a good start.

Carpet, trim, rooflining, (keep front door cards) and anthing you dont practically need; MK4 Ibiza wieghs 1300 odd KG so you've got you're work cut out!

most of this you'll have to take out to fit a cage

Stiffening side I'd get a nice cage with subtantial bracing - seem welded shell etc

All depends how hardcore you want to go

 

[Bunnin]

Cheers stu !

Im gonna look into this a little more and see what i can find out!

 

[mrcoyote]

Not being funny, but I suspect a lot of insurance companies won't insure you if you have a roll cage in the car...

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Not being funny, but I suspect a lot of insurance companies won't insure you if you have a roll cage in the car...

 

[Bunnin]

really ! thats something to bare in mind then, cheers folks

 

[dj_hektik]

Not being funny, but I suspect a lot of insurance companies won't insure you if you have a roll cage in the car...

that seems odd. do they "assume" you will race the car if it has a rollcage?

 

[devonmikeyboy]

that seems odd. do they "assume" you will race the car if it has a rollcage?

Yes they do. I wanted to fit a roll cage to a car i owned a few years ago. As soon as i said the word "roll cage" nobody would touch me.

 

[andy_dea]

i have just taken delivery of a custom cages mutli point cage with front and rear turret trianglation, just need to find some one local who can fit it now