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Old May 19, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Here are some pictures of my cage installation that is being done by Eric and the guys at Midwest Chassis.

I will post up some pictures of the finished results soon as they are almost done.

Then all I have to do is put the interior back in the car....






































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Old May 19, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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Looks good, I need to do a cage soon too. not looking forward to tearing the interior out though. cant wait to see the finished product, those guys always do good work!
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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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looks good. putting it back together sucks.
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Old May 21, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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are you going to be able to get your a pillars back in?
moly or mild steel? hard to tell by the pics. is it going to be mig or tig welded?
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Old May 22, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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its looking pretty good.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 10:53 PM
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That cage looks great, thats exactly what I'm wanting.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 03:57 PM
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Here are some pictures after most of the interior has been installed. The carpet still needs to be finished and the back panels are not in yet.





















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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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Looking good, I am in the process of getting my cage installed now too, and I have a question for you, what is going on in these pics, did they weld the cage to the door jam and what is that disc type thing in the pics? It almost looks like something is missing or different somehow, I just can't put my finger on it...

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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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hmm, nevermind my car has them too, but not attached to the cage, is that an optical illusion from your pics?

here are a few shots of whatever they are (I think it's where the bottom dash support mounts) from mine:

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The discs are sun spots or reflections off the glass and the lens of the camera. Where the cage runs threw the dash/firewall metal it was cut for the tube and then the tube was welded the the metal in these sections.
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those rear bars have a nice gap between the floor plates.
were they welded like that, or did you strap them down?
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This is on my list of things to do too. I just got mine delivered to me the other day.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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those rear bars have a nice gap between the floor plates.
were they welded like that, or did you strap them down?
Thats just how it was siting in the car at that point... when the rear bars were in position and welded there was minimal gap
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