Painting Roll cage!!

1. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

   #1 31st August 2007, 15:53

   Wots the best way to paint a roll cage? And how much does it cost?
2. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

   #2 31st August 2007, 16:35

   you want it powder coating. ask saxo180 as he did his recently
3. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

   #3 31st August 2007, 16:48

   Can i paint it another way?? Powder coating expensive??
4. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

   #4 31st August 2007, 16:49

   Bullit u have been repped for ur help in the past few days
5. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

   #5 31st August 2007, 17:09

   you could spray paint it?
6. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

   #6 31st August 2007, 17:11

   Thats what i was thinking, just wether the paint will stick... Don't want it to look gash!! lol
   
   I would have to decide on a colour aswell.. I may polish it up hmm... decisions
7. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

   #7 31st August 2007, 17:13

   paint will stick fine. obviously primered, painted and laquered. mine was done like this. cost- do it yourself will be hardly anything
8. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

   #8 31st August 2007, 17:15

   Yeh man, just with halfords cans?? Should be quite straight forward then. I just have to decide on a colour now
9. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

   #9 31st August 2007, 17:18

   i used the primer and laquer fromt there but the paint from a car motor place thingy.
   
   cages should always be white imo
10. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #10 31st August 2007, 17:20

    Well yes, but im respraying my car seat copper so may paint it tht colour
    
    Or black metal flake but they may look wank. Lol
11. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

    #11 31st August 2007, 17:58

    Powder coat it. Paint will scratch too easy. Powder is much harder.
    
    Was about £120 for mine doing
12. user_15266 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 N.DEVON Posts: 2558 Pair of Crutches atm!

    #12 31st August 2007, 20:12

    tat aint to bad actually and yea it u have the possibility of the cage bein scratched it would be worth getttin it powder coated!
13. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #13 1st September 2007, 16:04

    How hard is to fit??
14. OLLYVTS Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2007 West Sussex . Posts: 5690 Subaru Impreza Wrx

    #14 1st September 2007, 17:43

    I have got a omp rear cage with the door bars and it cost me 50 quid to get it powder coated.Its worth paying to get it powder coated as it wont scratch that easy,and you dont want to have to take the cage back out just to re-spray it because it has got covered in scratches.
15. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #15 4th September 2007, 19:24

    Sprayed the cage today with cans, looks mint... But it has scratched already, and looks as though it will do more when i get it in to my car. But i will try touching it up with a touch up thing from halfords??
    
    How do i get the cage into the car, does the front bit go threw the door, and the rear bit of the cage through the boot??
16. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

    #16 4th September 2007, 19:45

    Seats and trims out, all of it through the door (back part first)
17. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #17 4th September 2007, 19:46

    Ok mate, cheers.... I have no trims in the car!!
18. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

    #18 4th September 2007, 19:48

    Should be a piece of cake then
    
    What cage did you get? Is it a weld in jobbie?
19. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #19 4th September 2007, 19:50

    Same one as yours mate, how does the rear bar go onto the wheel thing, lol.... Nd how long did it take you to get urs in??
20. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #20 4th September 2007, 19:50

    And some pics if u could mate
21. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

    #21 4th September 2007, 19:52

    Mines not bolted in yet. Needs a plate welding onto the rear arches ant then bolting/welding to that! If you have a look through my progress thread there are some decent pics in there
    
    Also, if it's exactly the same as mine you will need to say bye bye to your sunroof!
22. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #22 4th September 2007, 20:08

    I was probably going to get rid of tht 2 Anyways where can you get harness pads from?? Can i get them from homebase or something??
23. craig180p Yorkshire Joined: Dec 2005 West Yorkshire Posts: 31079 1989 Golf GTi Clipper

    #23 4th September 2007, 20:14

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by vtr130 I was probably going to get rid of tht 2 Anyways where can you get harness pads from?? Can i get them from homebase or something??

    Do you mean the foam cage padding? I wouldn't know where to start looking tbh
24. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

    #24 4th September 2007, 20:39

    you say youve scatched it. did you wack loads of layers of laqaur on?
25. OLLYVTS Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2007 West Sussex . Posts: 5690 Subaru Impreza Wrx

    #25 4th September 2007, 21:13

    Have a look at demon tweaks web site for foam pads.
26. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

    #26 4th September 2007, 21:27

    or as i have mentioned before. rally nuts
27. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #27 5th September 2007, 11:56

    Local place do it so im going to pop down there!! Its not scratched much but i will just cover that with padding I will post pics up later when i have fitted the cage into the car.
28. jeeves_101 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2007 Weston-S-Mare Posts: 3713 Racing Bronze Mazda MX-5

    #28 5th September 2007, 13:56

    look around for a price, or see you you know someone who's into that business.
    
    when i get my cage, i can get it powder coated for about £40.
29. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #29 5th September 2007, 19:26

    Its great ive just found out the cage that demon tweeks have sent me is for a 106.... Just as i have managed to bang it into place, but the part of the cage that connects to the floor where the b pillars are is about 2 inches off.. But it has damaged the sunroof area and mishaped the roof... Don't know what to do really?? Im going to ring demon tweeks tomorrow...
    
    Wot you guys recommend??
30. user_7076 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2005 Milton Keynes Posts: 8504 Audi A1 S-Line, Mazda MX5 Kuro, Renault Clio 1.2,

    #30 5th September 2007, 19:31

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by vtr130 Its great ive just found out the cage that demon tweeks have sent me is for a 106.... Just as i have managed to bang it into place, but the part of the cage that connects to the floor where the b pillars are is about 2 inches off.. But it has damaged the sunroof area and mishaped the roof... Don't know what to do really?? Im going to ring demon tweeks tomorrow... Wot you guys recommend??

    a cage from a 106 is the same as the saxo one.
    
    
    They're not easy to get in, widdle and fiddle and eventually it'll go into place.
31. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #31 5th September 2007, 19:41

    Its in place as far as i can tell mate, the two rear bars are on the the two bolts threw the floor in the back. But the b pillars are a bit out.. Are they meant to go to the floor of the car, and the bars on the a pillars need the dash to be cut out. which i have started, but its being a bastard. Nd it clearly doesnt want me to have a sunroof?? As it has altered the shape of the roof.
32. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #32 5th September 2007, 19:41

    I will have to get some pics of it 2moz
33. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #33 5th September 2007, 19:52

    the omp cages never bolt direct, you usually need to pull them and bolt etc to get it sitting right, but gives it a nice amount of tension in there.
34. vtr130 Established Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 2279

    #34 5th September 2007, 19:59

    So the cage is ok?? Even though its for a 106?? I have given it the almighty yank, lever and hammer today... lol. The dash cutting is going to be a c***
35. bullit Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2005 e-hollywood Posts: 17160 toyata hilux

    #35 6th September 2007, 19:48

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Itsafastworld85 the omp cages never bolt direct, you usually need to pull them and bolt etc to get it sitting right, but gives it a nice amount of tension in there.

    was just gonna say that. mine was a right basted to sit right. put in on my own and was a right basted. tightening and yanking at the same time