FAKRWEE Navajo Roll Cage

FAKRWEE Navajo Roll Cage-Before and after

I finally decided to go with the most important upgrade you can make:roll:

Before:

 

[FAKRWEE]

And After: You can check out more detailed pics in Explorer Projects.

 

[MO_GUY]

That looks nice! Whoever did it did a nice job. Hope you are happy with it but never need it!

 

[FAKRWEE]

That looks nice! Whoever did it did a nice job. Hope you are happy with it but never need it!

Thanks MO_Guy, my thoughts exactly. The fab shop is 4XDoctor in Burbank.

 

[Black Magic]

How much?

 

[DocVijay]

Sweet. That looks great. I'll be doing that one day. But not as long as the X is my DD. Gotta be able to fit the wife, kid, and dogs!

That looks really nice though. Did you put steel plate on the cargo floor? Mine doesn't look like that.

 

[FAKRWEE]

Originally posted by Black Magic
How much?

Not cheap but worth it. $1,600.00

 

[FAKRWEE]

Did you put steel plate on the cargo floor? Mine doesn't look like that.

It's not a steel plate. It's cardboard with an aluminum finish. It came stock.

 

[DocVijay]

Originally posted by FAKRWEE
Not cheap but worth it. $1,600.00

The way I see it, you can't put a price on safety. Worth every penny if saves you from a broken neck. Hell, worth every penny if it saves you from a broken toe!

 

[FAKRWEE]

Originally posted by DocVijay
The way I see it, you can't put a price on safety. Worth every penny if saves you from a broken neck. Hell, worth every penny if it saves you from a broken toe!

Amen

 

[DocVijay]

Originally posted by FAKRWEE
It's not a steel plate. It's cardboard with an aluminum finish. It came stock.

Oh. All I got was a piece of carpet...

 

[FAKRWEE]

Originally posted by DocVijay
Oh. All I got was a piece of carpet...

This is a picture of the bottom.

 

[FAKRWEE]

It sits in these groves. May be the difference is the Navajo is a Japanese Ford

 

[Crankcase]

That cardboard thing comes on all first gens, Ford or Mazda. They must have cheaped out later...

 

[jasonb]

that's awesome! looks good tom.
and is it just me or does the second pic (the after) look like that tire is just hovering.

and my capet has a layer of carpet pad under it.

 

[FAKRWEE]

Originally posted by Crankcase
That cardboard thing comes on all first gens, Ford or Mazda. They must have cheaped out later...

In Mfg. they call it cost savings. I call it nickel and dimeing the client.

 

[DocVijay]

Originally posted by jasonb
...and my carpet has a layer of carpet pad under it.

OK, mine has padding too, so I guess it's not that bad.


Anyhow, how long did it take to have it installed? How long was the planning?

I'd probably get a full cage. I'm planning on swapping in a 347, so the weight wouldn't be too much of an issue, other than center of gravity. But then that's what the cage is for!

 

[FAKRWEE]

and is it just me or does the second pic (the after) look like that tire is just hovering

It has a bracket carrier welded on to the cage;

Here's a better pic.

 

[FAKRWEE]

Front view tire. It has a small storage area underneath for tools.

 

[Black Magic]

My 91 has the same thing. (the foil covered cardboard.