Help me design a cage for my B2

[The Jester Race]

I have been toying with the idea of building an exocage for my B2 for a while, and now I have some free time and some extra cash I think its time to do it. I have never built or designed a cage before, but I'v been doing my research and I think I understand the basics.

Here are a few designs I came up with.

This was the inspiration for the one above, I bring the suck when it comes to drawing so just imagine thats how that cage looks. Also I think I would get rid of some.....a lot of sheet metal if I built this one.

Thoughts?

-Jester

 

[CHKNFKR]

not really an exo guy but that jeep cage looks pretty stout to me

 

[86 slo-vo]

i like the 2nd and 3rd with a bars added in

 

[country0001]

I liked the 1st one with some more bars in back. Remove the doors and have some tube ones.

 

[The_Dealer]

i like the 3rd one down and the one like the xj

 

[The Jester Race]

i like the 2nd and 3rd with a bars added in

I liked the 1st one with some more bars in back. Remove the doors and have some tube ones.

Can you show me what bars you would add? Purely aesthetic? or would it be structural?

i like the 3rd one down and the one like the xj

The third one is supposed to look like the XJ I told you I can't draw.



-Jester

 

[3.0ranger1227]

2nd one with some extra diagonals

 

[AaronC]

Exos have design flaws all of there own.

A traditional cage will allow you have proper triangulation. You will lose torsional strength with an exo. Keep this in mind.

*Never have a dead tube junction. (running a tube into the side of another tube without a tube to pick up the load behind it).

*Triangulate from frame tie in to the furthest point on the other side of the vehicle. Don't go overboard.

*Tie into the frame properly. I would place upright ribs inside the frame rail and box the open side. Then place overlay plates over the frame material. Then I will land the tube on the corner of the frame rail and plate the tube in.

*Find ways to tie in high load areas. Make sure your shocks, bump stop points, suspension pivot points and tied into your cage in a manner in which will disperse the load's throughout the cage.

 

[The Jester Race]

Exos have design flaws all of there own.

A traditional cage will allow you have proper triangulation. You will lose torsional strength with an exo. Keep this in mind.

*Triangulate from frame tie in to the furthest point on the other side of the vehicle. Don't go overboard.

*Find ways to tie in high load areas. Make sure your shocks, bump stop points, suspension pivot points and tied into your cage in a manner in which will disperse the load's throughout the cage.

Can you please elaborate.

-Jester

 

[meatheaded nucklebuster]

I couldnt stand up for a while after seeing that xj lol. boinngggg jk. I always wanted to build a 2 door xj and that is probably the sexiest design I have seen. Keep in mind its not the safest or strongest design, I just like it.

 

[The Jester Race]

Bump.

 

[spdcrazy]

Exos have design flaws all of there own.

A traditional cage will allow you have proper triangulation. You will lose torsional strength with an exo. Keep this in mind.

*Never have a dead tube junction. (running a tube into the side of another tube without a tube to pick up the load behind it).

*Triangulate from frame tie in to the furthest point on the other side of the vehicle. Don't go overboard.

*Tie into the frame properly. I would place upright ribs inside the frame rail and box the open side. Then place overlay plates over the frame material. Then I will land the tube on the corner of the frame rail and plate the tube in.

*Find ways to tie in high load areas. Make sure your shocks, bump stop points, suspension pivot points and tied into your cage in a manner in which will disperse the load's throughout the cage.

really well put together.

i'm planning on going with a small exo cage as well. but like Aaron said, because its an exo cage, you can't do much for support from drivers to passengers side, the only bars that do that are on the top of the truck and don't have and vertical built into them, unless your top is chopped and you pull it into the bed. this pic is my motivation for the small cage i want around my cab, then tied into the frame through the bed.