4 Wheel & Off Road – October 2019

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A proper rollcage needs to be tied to the

frame, so we’re using 2- inch by 3- inch by

0.120-wall rectangular tubing as outriggers

from the frame. The A-pillar also goes through

the floor and ties directly to this tubing. Some

2x2 tubing will serve as a gusset for this union

and also be the forward attachment point for

the rock sliders. There are similar supports for

the B-pillar, and we’ll probably add one or two

between A and B for more structure to the rock

slider s. This cage is going to be prett y stout.

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With the frame supports complete, it was

time to put the top back on once again

and start tying things together. Simons added

connectors to complete the A and B pillars as

well as an ex tra crossbar that ties the B - pill ar

together and will serve as shoulder harness

anchors for the front seats. We plan to leave

the bulkhead in place and don’t have any inten-

tion of adding a backseat, so the cage is built

around the assumption that the Scout will stay

a two-seater. Note the B-pillar is going straight

through the sheetmetal to the frame. We’re

not too concerned about NVH for this build

because the bod y w ill prett y much be con -

nected to the frame without body mounts.

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We’re taking an unconventional approach

with the C-pillar due to the farmtastic

toolboxes that someone added to our Scout

decades ago. We really like the toolboxes

because they add quite a bit of storage, but

they were exactly where the C-pillar tube need-

ed to be. Since there were no plans for a back-

seat, we plan to tie the C-pillar to a 3/16-inch

plate that grabs the entire rear corner of the

body, which is pretty stout in its own right. The

horizontal tube under the window will tie to this

ver tical pl ate, and the C- pill ar ties to horizontal

tube. We might also get creative in further tying

the rear corner of the body to the frame beyond

what the factory did. The design is similar to

the plate steel A-pillars that you see on some TJ

and YJ rollcages that tie into the cowl. It’s not as

strong as running tubing to the frame, but we’re

only protecting stuff, not people, back here.

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The ideal for any rollcage is to construct

a bunch of triangles because the shape

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