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Old 11-03-2009, 04:44 AM
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Default fair price for a 10 point roll cage

i have a guy coming to look at my dart to put a roll cage in it.what is a fair price to do the install, bending and welding?he is going to make the cage out of mild steel.thanks
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:05 AM
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1,000 bucks sounds good to me if he uses 134 wall
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:40 AM
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thanks for the reply.
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Old 11-03-2009, 06:24 AM
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the reason im asking is i need to know how much cash to set aside.
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Old 11-06-2009, 09:25 PM
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I think I paid around $300 for the cage competition Engineering 8 point for my 73 Duster. Found a couple of fabricators with great welding skills for $ 500 & on a Saturday professionlly installed. I bought the cage off e-bay. You can buy a 10 point out of jegs for $ 249.99 plus shipping made for application with minor modifications 1 3/4 x.134 wall mild steel.
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Old 11-07-2009, 05:11 PM
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Chrome Moly 4130 tubing is the only way to go if you value your life and the weight savings is great also, Paul.
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Ya Paul chrome moly is the way to go. To bad its so much more in price plus to find someone that knows what there doing in welding the stuff. Price quoted for my car down in Tennesee $ 3500. Ill stick with mild steel seeing how it is NHRA & IHRA approved. Kalvin
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i am doing mild steel too.it will be a 12 point know so i have something to tie the shocktowers to.when i got my car someone cut a big hole in the innerfender wells and cut the shocktowers off too.
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Old 11-08-2009, 12:58 PM
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Chrome Moly tubing is not much more than mild steel in price. If the person doing the cage can't Tig weld, chance are good he's not a pro and the cage may not pass tech. It could save your life, Paul.
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Thats why chro moly is so high, as it is all labor welding.
Im not a fan of the stuff, needs to be heat treated after the weld to really make it strong again(not brittle). Hard to do in a car that has a body on it.
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Old 11-08-2009, 07:55 PM
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the guy doing the cage is tig welding everything.he does nice work i have seen his work in a 8.50 car.
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moly is over rated. DOM tubing is fine for what your doing. Like cageman said hard to anneal the tubing back when you have a car attached. just stay away from HREW tubing.
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moly is over rated. DOM tubing is fine for what your doing. Like cageman said hard to anneal the tubing back when you have a car attached. just stay away from HREW tubing.
what is DOM and HREW tubing?thanks for the help guys
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DOM Drawn over mandrel is stronger.

HREW is hot rolled electric welded. Meets the minimum standards.
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:35 AM
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ok i see he is going to use the mandrel.he did not call it dom he called it mandrel.thanks
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