Building A Roll Cage 101

This is the typical 6 or 5 without the passenger door bar nhra style roll bar.

Building a roll cage 101.

A roll cage is a specially constructed tubular frame built in or around the cab of a vehicle to protect its occupants from injury in the case of an accident or rollover. Then you build upon that by adding bars for an 8 point roll cage then progress to an 8 50 or 10 point roll cage. The basic 4 point roll bar consists of a main hoop behind the driver two rear struts and an optional cross brace on the main hoop should you need it or the rules. A roll cage is a metal framework that can be built around the inside of a vehicle.

Adding diagonal main hoop support braces turns it into and 8 point roll bar. Shown here is a visual difference between your basic 4 point roll cage and an 8 point roll cage from the chris alston s chassisworks catalog.