RWMGB pt. 47: DIY ROLL CAGE

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Today we start on the half cage for the mgb! This is a custom design I'm bending on my roguefab bender. I have never built a real cage before but I've been practicing a lot with the bender and it paid off. This cage is going to fit very well and be super custom. In today's video we will be making our plates, main hoop, and rear supports. We will finish it out in the next one with cross bars, door bars, and harness bar.
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[@hkj73]

Hey Caleb, whomever is behind the video direction and editing is doing a great job. I'm really enjoying this one, to the point that I actually had to pause the video to write my comment! Keep'em coming brotha.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

That would be FJ Eric! Check out his channel by the same name

[@Hemedali]

Ngl been checking this project for around near enough a year…..hurry up and finish it will you!

[@jayinmi3706]

As a suggestion, you could adapt something like Chrysler Town and Country motors for the rear pop out windows so you don't have to crawl in the back around the cage to pop them open or close them every time. Duckman Cycles and VW Garage did this on his Bug build a while back before it went off to paint. I think he started with T&C motors, but might have switched to some other minivan window motor.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

That's a great idea!

[@BritishBeeMan]

Just commented on a previous "mgb not bad" I'm upgrading it to 🤬 epic!!

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

I like that roll cage & fire wall idea. & I REALLY love that you gave credit where it belongs. not claim the idea for your own!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks yeah its going to solve a ton of problems.. wish I could remember the guys ig name but I couldn't find it

[@DustyMacsGarage]

Sickkkk!! Great video!!!!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks dude!

[@UnWrecked]

This is going to be a fun car to drive.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I hope so!!

[@justinbeigh75]

This is such a great build!!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks dude

[@mw3scale]

I wish I had the ability and facilities to do this. Stunning car

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

It's been a long road to get here but it is really fun

[@reneeandrews13]

Can’t wait to see this on the road ❤️

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Saaame!

[@buildingthis1987]

wow so cool, i understand you so much when it comes to weld from underneath

[@zankydk624]

Loved the build...

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks!

[@robertferrell8518]

I really don’t envy the guy that’s going to have to come in after you and try and work all that upholstery unless you’re doing it yourself good luck on that

[@1one3_Racing]

Upholstering any car with a cage is a bitch

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I'll be doing it myself, every panel on the mg is so thin it shouldn't be too hard.....im sure I'll reference this post when I start into it and tell you you were right but im choosing optimism for now🤣

[@vkrito]

Yo I work right across the road from your shop, your cars are cool, I look at them every time I pass lol but cool I found your channel

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Ah no way! At DG?? Come by sometime you can check em out

[@roguefab]

Great video! Good explanation on all the processes. -Joe

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks Joe, I definitely wouldn't use this as a tutorial but it is a super fun project👊👊

[@WideOpenThrottleGarage]

great work looking MINT!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks man!

[@cronbudz]

I just learned mig welding myself. It is very useful and gave me tons of ideas.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Yeah dude I don't know how I made it so long without welding g

[@cronbudz]

@@BUILTOFFICIAL I learned OTJ but when I get my own man it's gonna awesome. Love your work and channel brother!!

[@bigsexymuthashutyomouth2546]

She's a beaut Clark!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

🤣🤣

[@dannay8217]

Hey brother you should cover every coolant connection in the car that is near to you. Wrap anything around those connections in case any of them blow it will save you from hot coolant spray. I say this just because you have a rear mount radiator just cover all of it with something

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I'm going to build a "coolant tunnel" to seal all of that off from the cab. Kind of a firewall for the lines

the song at 11:30 is an absolute banger!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Haha yeah I like it too👊

[@brianjernigan2023]

Used a bar out of a yj jeep in mine

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Utility

[@removeableskull7446]

Hey when you weld the tops of the bars take a large metal can and hose clamp to make a splatter shield to keep the head liner nice Just cut the can open and leave some of the bottom on to have a spot for the clamp to hold on the can and the bar Your welcome

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Reeeeeally wish I would have read this before filming this week's video lol.. didn't burn it up too bad but that's a great idea

[@Tech-ez1qj]

Never herd anyone use plexiglass and firewall in the same sentence.

[@michaelmason5136]

Super super good job Keep up the good work

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks I hope it's all good when it's done

[@statelineoverland]

Now you can come off of those plates and make seat mounting rails

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Good call! I gotta get this seat loooooow the roof height on these cars is insanely low and I've gotta fit a helmet on my massive head

[@CKone41]

Hi hope everything is OK not seen a video in a while.

[@swingking08]

Grab some pvc and a heat gun lol make basic shapes the lay them on the steel haha

[@robertferrell8518]

Yeah roll cages are great but they’re made for race cars specifically because they don’t have any upholstery inside and it’s a lot easier to deal with a flat painted surface as opposed to trying to do some nice upholstery work with sound deadening!!!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

The interior will be mostly rwcecar nothing too fancy. Plenty of racecars have door panels and heat dampening so that's what I'm going off of

[@ROADNOISEMEDIA]

Loving this build, the editing and music is also really good, but hearing the F word around 12:20 was a bit disappointing as I was watching with my kids and they caught it :( hopefully I miss heard it, as I just kept the video going to not push attention to it, but I’ll have to be a bit hesitant now to watch them together

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

couldnt handle it, looked up the lyrics , the ones in question are second line from the bottom "Pretty Carolina, oh-oh, oh-oh Stone cold stunner, she was a winner Started workin' at the diner, oh-oh, oh-oh Serves as a reminder to count your blessings 'Cause this town ain't fair (This town ain't fair) It'll put you down and leave you there Don't make 'em scared, yet it's the ugly truth Are they comin' for you? Yeah, yeah (Nah)"

[@ROADNOISEMEDIA]

@@BUILTOFFICIAL I appreciate you showing the lyrics, by no means was I trying to throw shade at your channel at all, been here since the beginning of the mr2 build :) I’m glad the words weren’t what I thought, just didn’t want to throw attention to it during the video by rewinding and listening to it again IN CASE it was the F word

[@1one3_Racing]

"You don't want to hit your head on the tube" As opposed to.... the road? The window? Another car? If you're moving around that much you're going to hit your head on something hard.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I did think about this but im not going off my own logic on that one... read several books and articles on cages and all of them said if the car will be on the street at all don't do overhead bars because in regulation they are always designed with a helmet in mind. I also looked at the cage in the new 911 gt2 which comes with a cage and is street legal and safety tested without a helmet on the dummy and they do no overhead bars so that was the deciding factor for me. If the car flips the main hoop should keep my head very far from the ground, further than if the car didn't have it like it comes from the factory, add in a 4 point harness and I think I'll be good. Again this is just coming from what I've read from professional cage builder that which I am not

[@1one3_Racing]

@@BUILTOFFICIAL in Australia you can't get road registration on a car with a full roll cage. It's difficult with a half cage.

[@ChZyEe]

Technically all roll cages are d.i.y?

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Haha fair enough

[@robertferrell8518]

I think the word you’re looking for is displacement.

[@Tech-ez1qj]

Tube cost $50 or 5 gallon of gas. ⛽️

[@Tech-ez1qj]

Why build the box? Why not just weld the cage to a plate? I see no structural strength purpose for that.

[@supdus]

your website expired BTW

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I need to shut it off ill do that today

[@1one3_Racing]

If you're going to build a cage, even of its not for competition use, I don't know why you wouldn't cast an eye over a regulations book. Even if it's just a drag racing spec sheet. Which is the loosest class of cage. If you don't follow a few basic rules for cage building its just for show and will give you no safety or structural benefits.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I did, drew the design from champ car and the porsche gt2. Also looked at some off the shelf cages for the mgb specifically

[@1one3_Racing]

@@BUILTOFFICIAL I know. You knew about building foot plates and boxes. Most people don't though. Although I'm not sure about having bends in the rear legs. I build cages for circuit racing and rear legs must be straight and parallel.

[@ykdominic760]

your lighting in the shop is very poor. can't really see what's happening

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Its as bright as its going to get. We are only in this shop for a couple more months. Part of that could be the filter on the camera as well