Hello All,
Since I have the tools and shady tree skills to build a cage, I decided to build one myself. I ended up being able to find some 1 3/4" .095 wall DOM tubing. The whole cage will be built from this material.

The stock mounting pads for the stock roll cage are pathetic at best. I am beefing both front and rear up with some 3/16" steel plate. The rears will be held in place with four grade 8 bolts per corner. The fronts will be welded down.

Here is a shot of the cardboard template that I made which will be transferred to the sheet to be cut out with the plasma cutter.






The outcome. Two parts clamped together and ground evenly to produce identical parts.

Next step was to build the rear hoop. I wanted to maintain the stock lines except utilizing a hoop form.

Next step was working on the front mounting pads.

Forming up the pillars.

Working up some bracing, coping, and preliminary mock-up.










These tube clamps will be used in the front to be able to remove the front plastics.




That's all I have done for now. I will be working on it all weekend and hope to have it completed. More to follow. Let me know if you have any questions.

that's pretty cool but now the rzr frame is the weak link and wouldn't it fold like a pretzel? what you should do is beef up the rzr frame to match the cage.

Makes me wish I could weld.

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Keep It Wet and Dirty!

What you say is very true; however, my seats are going to be mounted to the cage not the RZR frame. That portion of the build will be on this thread as well. With the seats/harness/etc. attached to the cage, I could care less if the rest of the RZR breaks off from the cage in the event of a violent roll over. I know I will be safe staying in the cage.

You should try to learn. It is a great skill to have and comes in handy often. You could teach yourself how to weld very well within a month or less if you just kept up on practicing.

If you ever pick one up, make sure you get one with a 240v plug on it. Better range than a 120v machine.

Nice Job

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Thanks! I appreciate it.

Built spreaders and some cross bracing this weekend. Cage will drop approx. 3/4" once I cope the bottoms of the cage to fit the mounting pads. Next will be work on the rear cross bracing as well as hooking up the 4 points.

nice work, keep those pics coming!

+1. I have been thinking of taking a welding class in the near future.

Those Are Way More Than Shade Tree Skills. If You Dont Mind Me Being Nosy, Where Can I Find A Bender And Coper Like You Are Using? Also, Where Do You Get Those Tube Clamps For Connecting The Tubing End To End? Thanks. That Damn Thing Looks Great.