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I need some help with pics of body coloured roll cages please :) More the better

Thanks in advance

I know a painted roll cage looks great, but there was an article in HotVW's a few years back on rolcages (I think) probably a dune buggy special, and they mentioned several times you can't see cracks in the cage when it's painted. That's why they leave it bar metal.

I call on thee, almighty librarian, dig that article up  :o Speedwell?

Hi Adele, you might have to leave it bare until the cage is teched unless you've already had it teched, in this case i'll shut up ;D

Its not teched yet but its fine, both of my pervious cages have been teched when painted. Plus i know it will pass ;)

Dr Jeckill you see very few cars now with cages that are not painted/powder coated. They have laser/ultra sound type instruments to asses the cage and the depth of the metal, like they did with my old Ghia. Theres no way it would be left unpainted either :)

Please paint it BLACK

I thought pink on pink ;D

Michael

Sorry i think it a bit over the top when you paint the cage the same as the rest of the car.

But your right pink would look nice. ;D

You will just have to wait Martin :)

Cool so you are doing it Pink went do i get my PowderPuff crew T Shirt. :D

thought you had one, with the way you drive..... ;D ;D ;D

Good point actually :o
Would I need to get my home built cage teched before paint?
I`d have paperwork for the tubing.
Cheers,
Kev

they can test it painted dont worry. they will also test the material with a hardness tester, which will make a little dent in the paint, but they will do it out of the way.

just dont start grinding down the welds to make it all smooth! thats bad!.

Cheers Martin, thats another beer I`m owe you ;D

some one say beer?! :o ;D

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Adele

Beer? Where?

 :)

my place......mmmmm beer

Adele/Steve

Have a look at the outlaw website, quite a few pics of P.B's orange assault on the eye  :-\

My cage is going to be lotos white like the car, the lighter the colour of the cage/inside the "roomier" the interior appears

.....must stop watching these daytime DIY programmes now that I'm home

Frank

You should stop watching daytime DIY programs, for sure!  :o

 ;D Hey dude, hope you are well  :)

I've seen some cars with body coloured cages and it looks cool and then on others it looks awful, the colour of the car isn't a bright colour so it could work well but also there is alot of tubing there and it might be a bit full on! I've asked the painter for a 'quote' on painting it a different colour so once we know that we can go from there. Its kind of like we have come this far so lets just go a bit further but on the same token the line needs to be drawn somewhere as we've worked so hard to pay for everything so far but how much more money can we spend!!!

you could have made life easier for us and put all your posts today in one section, just seen the other one in da werks..... >:(

Oh by the way, Sally your car looks nice. Don't spoil it with carpets and interior  :)

I know you're reading this.....

 ;D

Found this photo on the other site..

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/57hotrodvw/VW/TXR_TNT/IMG_4732.jpg)

Cage looks good body coloured

DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This looks nice.

(http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/features/0108vwt_01zoom+Volkswagen_Beetle+Passenger_Side_Interior_View.jpg)

Imagine if it was the same colour as the interior.

Ant makes a good point - what colour is the interior going to be? You've got a lot of aluminium in there... If that's going to be body colour too, then it could look washed out. I'd probably go for satin black - you want subtle, not shiny! ;)

Yes I agree, but that has everything red including the floor wheras our floor will be gloss black. The seats and tinwork will be polished..

Might look a bit 'Sreet Rod'  :P

In my racer its also black with padding on it 8)

In that case I'd do the cage the same colour as the floor.

As long as it's not white, that's so 1980s rally car :)

Actually the reason rally cars do them white is for crack detection purposes I was told.

I reckon a shiny black cage / floor would make a good contrast with all that alloy skinning 8)
If it was all the same colour it would all blend into one & the details you`ve put into it might be lost which would be a shame..imho ;)

I'm not!  ;)  ;D

Not body coloured but a subtle contrast. I can get some better more recent pics if it helps?
(http://www.meza06.force9.co.uk/pics%20of%20bug/DSC00541.JPG)
(http://www.meza06.force9.co.uk/pics%20of%20bug/DSC00524.JPG)

No pics, yet...But the'55 w/Mango Green paint will have an Ivory RLR cage.