[mcwilly]

Hey just wondering if anyone has pics of their exo cages so I can get a few ideas. Gonna be running bushwhackers so anybody with that setup would be awesome

[DropBear8]

mcwilly wrote:

Hey just wondering if anyone has pics of their exo cages so I can get a few ideas. Gonna be running bushwhackers so anybody with that setup would be awesome

confucius say "search function there for a reason"
http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... s&start=30
not a huge lot of exos but i couple for ideas

[tanshi]

look up kermits car fopr sale he has bushwackers, and boosted bricks cage

[mcwilly]

Couldn't find it, u have a link?

[maddog]

i don't have bushwacker flares but this is what i have done. might add an extra hoop on the rear a bit latter.

[boostedbrick]

You probably wont be able to run bushwhackers with my set up. But if your putting an exo on, you will probably be sliding along your side alot and the bushwhackers from what ive been told don't enjoy that too much..

[tanshi]

integrate the bar work from this thread into boosteds and bushwackers will be sweet.

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... sc&start=0

[SierraDan]

Wrong one. Fl33xy is the one with the barwork and bushwhackers.
Pretty sure mcwilly know Dave too.

[tanshi]

yeah sorry my mistake
fl33xy is the one

[tanshi]

this is the one you want.

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... 09&start=0

[mcwilly]

Yea I know Dave. Just hunting for ideas see what I like the best

[Gwagensteve]

I don't understand what's gained by running the downbars all the way to the sills. To me, they are just an anchor - making the whole car bulkier and less able to fit places.

Here's some Exo ideas that don't make the car less capable.














And this is why we don't like exo's that run down to the sill - extra width in the body costs capability where we wheel.

[SierraDan]

looks like the same terrain as the watagans.

[boostedbrick]

If it wasn't for those bars my panels would be in a very different shape. I know not all of us care about body work but i would prefer to not cause damage if i have the option. Mine is more than happy to slide along on two wheels resting on the cage.. Only time i have ever gotten caught, if it wasn't for the down tube i would have had no rear QTR left.. I think its a personal preference thing.

[Gwagensteve]

It's a fair point we don't care about our panels, but we care a great deal about our windscreen frames (if we cant fold the screen)

Adding bars in front of the rear wheelarch, or in the extreme case, adding bars around the flares, is just creating anchors and protecting something that should need protection, or doesn't need it in the first place.

Steve.

[ajsr]

and people say high tops are top heavy
theres 200kg of crap swinging above half these cabs

[boostedbrick]

ajsr wrote:

and people say high tops are top heavy
theres 200kg of crap swinging above half these cabs

Its saved my neck a few times... But it could be said i wouldn't have fallen over without that extra weight up there

[SierraDan]

have some big wieghts down low so you really can fall over

[Gwagensteve]

I've had mine over quite a few times with my welded-to-the-cab exo and it's done the job, but like caring about panels, I don't care very much if mine falls over.

I guess you need to know what you are protecting yourself from. Stock sierras cope well with a light flop, which is all 19 out of 20 rolls are for our driving, so there's no need to get too carried away adding weight.

Steve.

[dominator]

Once again, no bushwackers but still might help.

[dano_mung]

Sorry to go OT, but does that have 3/4 elliptical and drop shackles?

Not surprised it has pretty good rear flex, but it must suffer some rear driveline dramas too.

[dominator]

Yeah it does have both. I am just playing with ideas at the moment. It is a bit over the top but have not run into any big dramas yet. Still can't get full flex tho not sure if it is the tail shaft or the trac bar binding.

[3cyl]

Mine's on an LJ and doesn't have flares but it has fallen over plenty of times and is slippery enough to drive it back onto it's wheels most times. I agree that you don't want any anchors to get caught up and MUST protect windscreen frame (and firewall and front clip). Mine is mod plated and I couldn't have left much steel out and still call it a rollcage. If you don't crossbrace properly it you might as well not bother.

[Bugsta]

By now you've probably all seen mine.

I am planning on welding the front connections of the front top bars together, as they are removable atm, and adding a single bolt diagonal.

I also have a windscreen triangle frame that bolts on.

This cage has saved much panel damage. I have had it sitting on the sills and leaning against trees, against embankments and dropped the bottom corners of the rear bar at the drop in to a gully or hole.