Roll Cage

I decided to build a cage that is similar to the cage found on a Land Rover Defender 90. I feel as though it is a good looking cage and liked the function of not needing any additional pieces to support the top. I was originally going to also have an external front part to the cage, but I didn't want it too look too much like a D-90 and it would have interfered with the ability to flip the hood up against the windshield which I really like. Rock Ware did the work and it looks good. The other major change I made was that instead of slanting the rear of the cage forward like the lines of a normal G-Wagen I left it straight up and down. This gained me a lot more room behind the seats for our Rottweiler, Zowie.

After painting it and running the new top for a while, I noticed two things. First, the paint was getting worn off by the top. Not at an alarming rate, but enough that I knew I had a long term maintenance issue on my hands. Second, the top was stretching and becoming a little loose. I decided to address both of these issues by putting roll bar padding on. I got the foam from a local plumbing supply house and then bought a wrap material from 4-Wheel Parts Wholesalers aptly named, "Rapz". It's a neoprene material with Velcro on one side so it fits almost any pipe and is very elastic.

In this picture you can see the uncovered foam on the down pipe.