Ramcharger Rollcage

How I built mine.

My Ramcharger needed a roll cage. Number one, since the RC is my off road crawler, I didn't trust the flimsy (since I cut it up) bolt on hard top and the factory roll bar. Second, the factory seats were wore out, and their frames were junk, I needed new seats. I had been eyeballing the drag racing seats in Summit racing, but the best way to mount them is in a roll cage.

I decided to build my cage by integrating the factory roll bar as a starting point. I took some measurements, then I drew up some plans for the front down bars, the only bent pieces of tube I needed. I got a buddy with a bender to bend a 16 Ga test piece. After I had altered it, and fitted it to the RC, we measured it and bent a pair of 2"x11 Ga front down bars. These are the same size as the factory roll bar. I then bought about $40 worth of 1.25" Sch 40 and built the rest of the cage over one weekend.

The cage still isn't finished, this is simply to give you an idea of how I built my cage. It still needs a diagonal triangulation brace through the factory roll bar, mounts for a 4-point restraint harness, and I still need to tie the cage to the frame (it's just bolted to the body here).

Things to consider. Getting the seating position correct is difficult. Running a 2" tube past your head is going to be close, no matter what. I used 1/2" thick pipe insulation from the plumbing supply store to pad all of the bars near my head. Clearance for the park brake and headlight switch is tight. The glove box doesn't open all of the way now. I expected this, my plan is to just cut the end of the door off that hits the roll cage.