No-Drawback Jeep Wrangler Roll Cage
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No-Drawback Jeep Wrangler Roll Cage
Rollover ReadinessYou never plan on rolling your Jeep, but it does happen. Most factory roll cages in ’76-newer CJs and Wranglers are okay. But when your safety is on the line, okay doesn’t always cut the mustard. We had been planning on replacing the factory cage in our ’89 Wrangler for some time. Ours had the fastback-style rear downtubes and lap belts that didn’t offer much peace of mind when the author had his young children in it. In 1992 the factory did away with the fastback rear cage design of the ’76-’91 CJs and Wranglers and added three-point seatbelts and an inverted L-shaped rear bar that extended over rear passengers’ heads. It was a better design, but even though the rear passengers were better protected, the CJs used only the rear four-point rollbar and Wrangler cages tie a pair of front runners only to the windshield. There are no downtubes to the floor. In the event of a rollover, the windshield glass smashes and the windshield frame distorts, increasing the possibility of head injury to the front occupants. Adding downbars to the front runners of the Wrangler cage is a quick way to bolster safety, but most home-built and aftermarket options limit foot room up front and can interfere with the E-brake pedal and release.
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Rollover ReadinessYou never plan on rolling your Jeep, but it does happen. Most factory roll cages in ’76-newer CJs and Wranglers are okay. But when your safety is on the line, okay doesn’t always cut the mustard. We had been planning on replacing the factory cage in our ’89 Wrangler for some time. Ours had the fastback-style rear downtubes and lap belts that didn’t offer much peace of mind when the author had his young children in it. In 1992 the factory did away with the fastback rear cage design of the ’76-’91 CJs and Wranglers and added three-point seatbelts and an inverted L-shaped rear bar that extended over rear passengers’ heads. It was a better design, but even though the rear passengers were better protected, the CJs used only the rear four-point rollbar and Wrangler cages tie a pair of front runners only to the windshield. There are no downtubes to the floor. In the event of a rollover, the windshield glass smashes and the windshield frame distorts, increasing the possibility of head injury to the front occupants. Adding downbars to the front runners of the Wrangler cage is a quick way to bolster safety, but most home-built and aftermarket options limit foot room up front and can interfere with the E-brake pedal and release.
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