Roll Bar for 1990 Bronc
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Roll Bar for 1990 Bronc
hi quick question for everyone....where can i buy a roll bar for my full size 1990 ford bronco EB? i want one where i can take the top off and it will look cool and keep the roll bar on when the top is put back on...thanks
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check out this place www.swracecars.com they make a pre bent/cut roll cage for our broncos. you will need someone to weld it up for you and figure out a way to tie it into the frame. if you dont do this last part the roll cage would be worthless in a rollover situation
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i just got a roll bar from a 78, on ebay. size-wise fits great, but i need to make feet for it, cuz the floor is a differant shape. then im gonna have 2 rear bars made up, and welded up. so the whole back will be caged, as for the front, if i cage it, i wont be able to get in very easy(being that i am 6'2", and have long legs) i would hit my knees on the bar constantly
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well i intend on a wide footplate for the bar, and prolly make a cross bar under the body from angle or box section. and tie it to the frame somehow
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KB has the correct website (but it may be blocked from here):
S&W Racecars
I have their 10-point cage kit in my 84 Bronco. Check my gallery at:
superford.org
for lots of pics on the install. JSM84
S&W Racecars
I have their 10-point cage kit in my 84 Bronco. Check my gallery at:
superford.org
for lots of pics on the install. JSM84
Last edited by justshootme84; Apr 5, 2006 at 10:25 PM.
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I've been looking at roll bars as well including looking at all of Justshootme84's photos. I saw a roll cage through bolted from the cage down through the body to a plate that had a urethane block between the tub and frame plate which was then bolted to the frame. You can see what I mean at http://www.sierrajeep.com/fullcage.htm It looks pretty sweet. I hope to do this myself and am seeing about materials now. If the shipping isn't too high I will go with the SW product, otherwise I need to find a tube bender as I only have a pipe bender.
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I believe the S&W Racecars kit when you order it can now be had with those frame extensions, or you can easily make them yourself. I found several styles of mounts to tie the cage to the frame by searching at Pirate4X4.com, so that site is a must for any cage design questions. I decided on the bushing mount at the frame to give flex, since that design pictured at sierrajeep can still have stress on the weld at the frame. While a direct weld to the frame of the tubing is the strongest, I know of a few instances where the cage flexxed enough to break the frame welds or bend the mounts. Having a urethane bushing in that instance will help, but then you rely on the strength of the tubing that the bushing is in as well as the bolt(s) holding it in. I used the same 1-5/8"x0.135" wall tubing for the bushing mounts and 1/2" grade 8 bolts on the plates, with a 5/8" Gr8 bolt inside the bushing.
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