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If you haven't already done so, you may want to look at this:
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06-14-2013, 05:59 AM | #72 |
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hi
where are you getting your cage built? i had mine put in by a guy in germany. am really happy with it
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06-14-2013, 06:56 AM | #73 |
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I have mine build in Holland. Can you send me a pic of youre cage.
Here is the first picture of the build. They started with it today. |
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06-14-2013, 09:11 AM | #75 | |
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here are some pics of mine. i took out the rear seats and now just waiting to get the rear covered up so it looks a bit nicer than now. its also bolted and not welded so everything can be reversed to stock. (if anyone is interested: those seats - bmw performance seats - are up for sale as i will put in recaro pp - PM me)
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06-15-2013, 10:39 AM | #77 |
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Ace11 and Advevo, what were your criteria for choosing the designs of your respective roll cages? I am looking for a half cage myself and rather like the one offered by BRR and especially its modular bolt on design (I am yet to hear from them, not sure why it takes them so long to reply).
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06-15-2013, 01:00 PM | #79 |
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I have done a lot of research.
I wanted a clubsport cage for multiple reasons. I wanted to drive with a 6 point harness but i wanted the safety that in an accident the roof won t come down. And i really like the idea of a clubsport car. I have owned a Porsche 997 GT3 clubsport The GT3 with Race seats in combination with clubsport cage and 6 point harness ads a lot to the fun factor. I sold the car because i don t like the handling of the car with the engine in the back. But i knew i must put something together in my 1M. I also liked the fact how the M3 GTS is build. But the car is way to expensive for what it is and it s to big for my liking. I like smaller agiler cars like the 1M coupe. And if Bmw does not build 1M Clubsport i need to build it myself. So then 1M coupe Clubsport AdvEvo edition has to be build I looked at several clubsport cages but none ticked my boxes. I wanted to have cage which is wealded together like a real cage. I only want it bolted on the car not bolts in the pipes that looks not professional. A cage simular to the GTS one that would be my choice. But i didn t want any welding on my car(GTS need bracket welding) The cage is the only thing which is welded together. So it would be a custom made one. I have been looking in my car for points were it could be perfectly mounted on the chassis and toghether with the Rollcage builder we found for us the perfect solution. I got out the rear seat where you sit in. But i leave the back in and flip it down, so i get nice clean look and don t need make more work out of it to put in a flat planel and again welding brackets in it. It got 2 crosses like the GTS and 2 bars for the 6 point harness behind my seat. It can be put in thru the doors and it can be completely removed and make the car factory original again. The colour is gonna be Black. I thought about white like the car but i like the fact that with the dark windows you can hardly see the cage from the outside. I am very happy how the cage is build. It was ready today. It just need a coating. Next week it will be bolted in. When it s ready i put up more pics. Last edited by Advevo; 06-15-2013 at 01:20 PM.. |
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Awesome work on the cage! I love how it's all one piece.
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I removed the heavy seats with airbags from my MINI and added a race seat If I remember correctly a 5 ohm resistor was used. I'm not sure how to do it on the 1M. Would it be possible for you to ask your mechanic (a DYI would be perfect...)?
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My criteria were almost exactly like Advevo's. But since I hardly ever take anybody with me and don't ever use the rear seats I decided to take them out completely. Mine is also bolted on and not welded. Instead of 2 crosses, I have a cross in the rear and a diagonal bar with a harness bar up front. I will be running Recaro PP with a 4 point harness.
IF I'll ever want to sell my 1M I can easily take out the cage and put back the seats in the rear to make it stock again.
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Question have you consider to make the gap to the trunk closed with some kind of plate for the extra sound comming from rear. Or is it acceptable? I have also removed my back seat completely. First i wanted the back to go down to give a nice clean look. But it s so heavy to leave it in just for the looks. So got it out today. |
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Glad you decided to take out the rear seats. They really are heavy IMO.
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Advevo, Ace11, Thanks for sharing your perspectives as regards the roll cages. I seem to have warmed up to the idea of having a welded cage that would bolt on, but, nonetheless, be a one-pice welded construction as opposed to having a modular design. A modularity as offered by the BRR racing is extremely neat if someone indeed uses the rear seats. I can hardly think of an occasion when I had passengers in the rear and especially so now that I am having the SPG XLs installed. Thanks for sharing your pictures and ideas. Thats was definitely very useful.
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Any idea as to how to coverup the bottom part? |
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06-17-2013, 06:20 AM | #88 |
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Check out the solution in these pics: 3mm pliewood neatly covered with speaker cloth (gotta register to see the images):
Rear seat cover up (gotta register to see the images in this post) |
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