Roll Cage Help 75CJ

[tonkatrucksryan]

After getting my jeep home I realized that the PO just set a POS old bent roll bar in it. I am ordering a new roll cage and my glass tub has never had a rollcage bolted to it. Yes no holes in it at all. My Question is what kind of bolts(round head, what), Washers, and What grade. I know this is a dumb question, but I don't want to mess anything up.

 

[Kane]

Grade 8 all the way. But, the fiberglass body will not hold up to a roll over with a cage that is only bolted to the floors. You need to tie it into the frame or else you have just a "sport cage".

 

[tonkatrucksryan]

What is a sports cage? I was going to get the standard cage and get an option that ties into the Dash board.

 

[IOPort51]

sport cage= pretty much just for looks.

 

[bdpalace]

sport cage= pretty much just for looks.

As long as nobody tells my wife, I'm still calling it a roll bar.

 

[Old Dog]

Grade 8 all the way. But, the fiberglass body will not hold up to a roll over with a cage that is only bolted to the floors. You need to tie it into the frame or else you have just a "sport cage".

It doesn't take that much to tie it to the frame, there's kits out there
to do it. You never know when you will need a real roll cage.

 

[tarry99]

Thats a tough one, with a Fiberglass tub. Bottom line as others have suggested you need to tie it into the frame both front and rear and each side. Outriggers welded off of the frame left & right front & rear. And of course keep in mind your body is floating on mounts so incorporate that also into your roll cage mounts into your body.

 

[73CJ]

All trail rides around here require non-stock tubs to be tied to the frame. I used poly bushings on the frame tie in mounts.

Large backup plates on both sides of the tub on the rear wheel housings. Even the top side. I have seen a roll push the stock bar through the wheel housings.

 

[IOPort51]

With a glass tub don't think the bar would even qualify as "for looks".

 

[defibvt]

As long as nobody tells my wife, I'm still calling it a roll bar.

Your secret is safe with me.

 

[cass]

my steel tub is all bent from being put on its side at some point. both wheel wells are dented and the bar has a large scrape on the drivers side like it saw some pavment nice and close. if it were fiberglass it would have just broke