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This is why you should never cut corners on installing parts, that is

#1 User is offline   Clix 

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 08:36 PM










It does have a roll cage. However it was not installed properly, hence why the roof caved. The driver is safe though.

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 08:52 PM

This is almost as bad as cusco's bolt on roll cage.
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Posted 29 October 2009 - 09:39 PM

At least the rims are still good.
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Posted 29 October 2009 - 09:50 PM

QUOTE (1love @ Oct 30 2009, 01:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
At least the rims are still good.


and the taillights
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Posted 29 October 2009 - 10:30 PM

He's a lucky guy, weird as that sounds.
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 04:48 AM

QUOTE (Mr. Chan @ Oct 29 2009, 11:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is almost as bad as cusco's bolt on roll cage.


It really has nothing to do with the bolt on cage. If you look at the 3rd to last picture, you'll see the cage went right through the floorboard. The installation failed.
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 08:32 AM

Who ever put that cage in...... wow.

Funny it's a mustang >.>
Why didn't it transform and blast the tire wall?
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 01:20 PM

QUOTE (Clix @ Oct 30 2009, 04:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It really has nothing to do with the bolt on cage. If you look at the 3rd to last picture, you'll see the cage went right through the floorboard. The installation failed.


You ever seen the Cusco bolt on cage and how crappy/dangerous it was?
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 02:55 PM

QUOTE (Mr. Chan @ Oct 30 2009, 04:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You ever seen the Cusco bolt on cage and how crappy/dangerous it was?


Yes I have but the cage was not what failed here... You were saying this Autopower cage was as bad as a Cusco cage. But Cusco cages fail because they're poorly constructed/engineered. This failed because the installation was poorly done. I didn't think that was too hard to understand from what I wrote.
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 03:38 PM

Yes, and I'm saying the fail which occurred is almost as bad as the cusco cage. Is it that hard for you to comprehend what I'm trying to get at?
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 06:44 PM

QUOTE (Mr. Chan @ Oct 30 2009, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes, and I'm saying the fail which occurred is almost as bad as the cusco cage. Is it that hard for you to comprehend what I'm trying to get at?


Then explain it to me, because apparently somewhere I don't understand how a roll cage that works almost fails like a cusco cage.
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 08:44 PM

QUOTE (Mr. Chan @ Oct 30 2009, 04:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes, and I'm saying the fail which occurred is almost as bad as the cusco cage. Is it that hard for you to comprehend what I'm trying to get at?


the cusco/safety 21 cage isnt the best but its not that bad. i've seen many pictures of accidents where the cage did its job just fine and not injuring the passengers...



seems that it works...i've also never heard of an injury caused by a cusco cage. now most of what i've heard comes from s2000 related stuff i dont know about their cages/bars for other models of cars.

would i put one in my car? no i wouldn't, i would get a custom cage made. but they arent complete crap

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Posted 30 October 2009 - 09:10 PM

no... thats why you dont buy and american car. wouldnt have happened with a nissan =]
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Posted 31 October 2009 - 12:30 AM

QUOTE (Clix @ Oct 30 2009, 06:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Then explain it to me, because apparently somewhere I don't understand how a roll cage that works almost fails like a cusco cage.


Cusco making a crappy roll cage for a pretty expensive price = fail

Improper installation of roll cage = almost as fail as Cusco with their bright idea of a bolt on cage for an expensive price.

Get it?

You don't need to bust out science for this.
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Posted 31 October 2009 - 11:42 AM

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Posted 31 October 2009 - 05:22 PM

he should have just stuck w/ straight line racin lol

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Posted 01 November 2009 - 11:11 PM

lol the irony of the text on the car
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Posted 11 December 2009 - 12:42 PM

if i'm not mistaken the cusco cage and the safety 21 cage are made out of different materials.
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Posted 12 December 2009 - 04:23 PM

Haha. I dont understand how you guys can be arguing that it was the cages failure that caused the roof to crush. You guys need to look closely at the picture of the car fully over turned. Look at the main loop bar protruding out the bottem. Now look closely as you can see the the mounting plates are still on the main hoop bar. Clearly its the floor pan that failed and broke through and not so much the cage itself.

Now this could of been avoided if it was say a 10point with a halo.
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