best place for a cage?

[Finny]

Just wondering where is best to buy a cage from preferably a cage that will actually work if in the event of an accident (hopefully not)

Im guessing the ones of ebay wont be upto much or am i mistaken?


Cheers, Dan

 

[Martin.]

Mark Fish Motorsport had a group buy on recently, not sure if it's still running.

I got mine from him anyway even without a group buy.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Mark fish do safety devices ones and there's a group buy currently on for them on here. You can't see it though as you've not paid the membership.
Others are custom cages, oreca (available from ktec) and omp. I wouldn't trust an eBay one with anything other than hanging clothes off tbh. Just my own opinion though.

 

[Finny]

yeah your right there but i use my ab cradle in my room for hanging them off so il not be buying an ebay cage...what is involved with fitting? do they come in pieces and il have to weld it up in the car itself?

 

[Martin.]

The rear Safety Devices cages from Mark Fish come ready built. You'll just need to get the foot plates welded to the floor/rear arches and bolt the cage feet to them.

If you get a full cage the front section also needs a foot plate welded to the floor each side. The rest of the joints are simple bolt on.

 

[Finny]

that sounds more like it! sorry to ask 100 questions but how much are mark fish cages? for both half and full?

 

[NorthloopCup]

yeah your right there but i use my ab cradle in my room for hanging them off so il not be buying an ebay cage...what is involved with fitting? do they come in pieces and il have to weld it up in the car itself?

As Martin has said, the safety devices one comes ready to bolt together and bolt in. You have to weld strengthening plates to the shell though where the cage bolts in.
If you get a custom cages or oreca you have to weld them in fully and they come as a load of tubes. The omp comes in 2 options, bolt in or weld in.
As far as I'm aware ALL bolt in cages are dash dodgers whereas weld in follows the a pillars closer and you have to mod the dash. Easy enough job to do though.

 

[Finny]

just spoke to mark fish about their cages (very helpful guy on the phone) awaiting a price list through then going from there...they also supply the cage powder coated which is a massive plus! thanks alot for your help lads

 

[mark123]

My OMP is not a dash dodger and is bolt in. I think OMP updated all their clio mk2 cages a few years ago to not be dash dodgers.

 

[Finny]

dash dodger? sorry im new to all of this!

 

[NorthloopCup]

My OMP is not a dash dodger and is bolt in. I think OMP updated all their clio mk2 cages a few years ago to not be dash dodgers.

I stand corrected then.

dash dodger? sorry im new to all of this!

Dash dodger means the front hoop of the cage comes down in front of the dash rather than passing through it.

 

[Finny]

i see thanks again for the help!