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Derek's 1997 Jeep XJ

Roll Cage

I have continued construction of my roll cage! In order to provide for protection for the XJ's body and also provide roll over protection, I have come up with an roll cage that uses a smaller internal cage to provide support in the middle of the passenger compartment in conjunction with an external cage that protects the front, sides and rear of the passenger compartment. The end result is an 8 point cage with 4 internal points and 4 external points.

At this point, the internal portion of the cage and most of the external portion of the cage is complete. All 8 points of the cage as described above are complete, but I have decided to add some protection for the front fenders. That tubing has yet to be installed. I also plan to add a smaller protective tube for the snorkel.

Here are the pictures of the internal portion of the cage:

Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop Driver's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Close up of Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Rear, internal hoop viewed from passenger's side.
Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Driver's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Close up of Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Rear, internal hoop viewed from passenger's side.
Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Driver's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Close up of Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Rear, internal hoop viewed from passenger's side.
Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Driver's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Close up of Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Rear, internal hoop viewed from passenger's side.
Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Driver's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Close up of Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Rear, internal hoop viewed from passenger's side.
 

Heree are pictures of the external portion of the cage:

Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Driver's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Close up of Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop. Rear, internal hoop viewed from passenger's side.
Passenger's side sandwich plate on rear, internal hoop.
 

Check back later for more pictures as I continue making progress on my exo-cage!!!

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