singletrack Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 That's nuts. A hatch is small enough without the roof crushed in! This was the car with homemade control arms, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiftedHatchSubie Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 DAMN!!!! Was planning to put a cage in my Honda Hatch but think I'm going to put one in my Subaru first then the Honda......Glad everyone was alright...very good idea to check the trail ahead especially when you can't see it from the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quebechatch Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 That's nuts. A hatch is small enough without the roof crushed in! This was the car with homemade control arms, right? everything on that lift is homemade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggroller Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Link? I couldn't find your gallery. Link to photo album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quebechatch Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 For the ones thinking of installing a roll cage in there car, I would suggest you put in a 4 or 5 points harness too, because without it your only protecting your car from being crushed. in my case It was a really good thing we were not wearing our seatbelts . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKrazy Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Wow, yea thank god you all were okay. Been in two Roll-overs in my life (none when I was driving) and they were both the scariest things I've been through...after seeing those pics though, my lifted Roo is getting a cage/good seats & belts before I do anything else major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Man I hated seeing those photos...scary. Especially considering that I have had a few close brushes with endo-ing in my Hatch. Just a couple weeks ago I didn't make it over the top of a super steep hill climb and when backing down it the rear wheels dropped into a hole and stopped the car suddenly. I nearly soiled myself when the front wheels lifted off the ground momentarily and I thought the car was going over backwards. Guess the roll cage needs to be put back on the to-do list. A few years ago I was toying with the idea of using a pre-fabbed six point cage made for VW bugs. I test fit it and found that it was a perfect fit for Hatchbacks. The wall thickness is thinner than SCCA requires but with added gussets etc, one of these cheapo cages would should hold up for rollovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstSubaruGLwagon Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Wow, yea thank god you all were okay. Been in two Roll-overs in my life (none when I was driving) and they were both the scariest things I've been through...after seeing those pics though, my lifted Roo is getting a cage/good seats & belts before I do anything else major. Yeah I had a roll-over going backwards at 35mph crushed my hand send blood squrting out the ends of my fingers,,,,, not fun Dr, I like your new avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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