More cage work

                today was a trying day, after putting my seat in to check for head clearance i realized that there was not much. so i had to pretty much start the front half of the cage all over. After already having made the halo bar and A pillar bars, today i had to completely redo them for more head room.  it was a hard start to the day, but i ended up coming out victorious in the end with an all welded in cage minus door bars and A pillar braces ( which i will do tomorrow ). here are the pictures that Ever took today, which includes makin the triangular bars at all four points of the halo bar, dropping the cage through the floor to weld the tops, and pretty much just welding it all up. sorry for not having a more exciting story to tell, but its really pretty obvious what i was doing. ENJOY THE PICS

It's my time... ( for a cage )

After the recent success of doing Bobby's cage, it was now time to start doing mine. I decided while it was still fresh in my mind I would start, Since I seem to forget how to use some of the tools and what dimensions work best if too much time passes between cages. 

The criteria for my cage is going to be basic as we'll. it is a must for me to have good head clearance with a helmet on, since on my last bolt in cage I would have to drift with my head cocked a little when I had a helmet on. Second would be keep it easy to get in and out of since I still drive my car on the street. 

A few people were wondering what we use for building cages. Here is a list of what we use.

JD2 bender, 6.5 11/2 inch die no hydrolic attachment just a big pole

JD2 Notcher with 11/2 hole saw bit 

Lincoln 220w mig welder 

Basic grinder with cut off and flap wheels 

Brake cleaner to clean where your going to weld 

23/8 hole saw bit to cut holes in floor 

Wire wheel to clean the tar off the floor to weld the base plates too 

Window removing tools

Ratchet strap

And bend tech software 

This time I figured I would try and document it a little more in detail and have Ever take more pictures cause he always takes the raddest  shots 

You will notice in some shots there is a ratchet strap, it is there to help hold the halo bar in place so I don't need two people to hold it while I fit it. 

Nicolas CAGE TIME

                      I don't really get on here as often as i should, even though im always fixing, fabing, modifying, changing, improving, destroying, or doing something car related. but to be honest usually every project that i do i always think about taking pictures after i have already finished, then i pretty much just say forget it and figure ill post one picture on instagram. however this situation is different in a few ways, 1 Ever just got a new camera so i figured i could get him to snap a few pictures since his pictures are always awesome, and second doing a cage is a pretty big thing so i figured i have a blog why not use it.

So in our local drift sanctioning body (VEGAS DRIFT) and most every other sanctioning body, you need to have a cage with door bars to tandem or compete in pro am events. I had one lonely friend who was a black sheep amongst us, he was the only one that couldn't tandem with us at the last event which was a bummer, cause we had some pretty large trains going on. so he figured he would ask me if i could build him a cage whats the worst i could say "no". So he asked and we struck up a great deal for the both of us. Let the build begin.

The criteria for the build was going to a very basic cage that would allow him to pass tech, and allow him tandem with us. My parameters were that it would only have 1 passenger door bar, just a basic 2 bar driver door bar, no X's anywhere, only dimple dies on the A pillars, no extra gussets, basically not a Fanboi stupid overly done cage with dimple dies ALL OVER. He didn't want any of that anyway, he just wanted a cage just so he could pass tech, and tandem with us. This is also one of the reasons i did the cage, because i knew he would be happy with anything i did no matter how basic. In all actuality i like having a very simple cage anyway. Keeps the weight down, keeps the cost down, and its better to let your driving do the talking not how stupid crazy over done your cage is. The worst is to show up to an event with a crazy built car and not even be able to drift, or drift the whole track, or be consistent.

So what he ended up with was an amazingly tight fitting simple yet clean looking cage that is going to allow him to have fun at any event he does. Im very happy with how it came out and im sure he is happy too.

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Do Taka a solid and watch this video. very interesting and puts into perspeective the true idea of drifting, and how much fun you can have.