Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
Here are my thoughts on the subject for what its worth...
If your going to do an exo, you might as well do it right. That means a complete exo. You DO NOT have a roll cage built in. It is roll over protection that our government requires. Again NOT a roll cage. The purpose of an exo is to protect the exterior. If you roll it, the roll over protection might keep you from crushing you brains but that is about it.
As far as design. The only way it wil look good is if it tightly follows the lines of thr vehicle. Before jumping into it, take a look at some of the 4x sites and see what looks good. You will quickly see which ones are half ***** slapped together and those that are well thought out.
Also use the right steel tubing. I am sure your friend will steer you right in that catagory.
Good luck.
I agree with the well thought out and planned part. This would be different than the bumper. My bumper is easily removed, takes less than 2 minutes, so if I screw it up or don't like it, not a huge deal to recover from. The exo on the other hand would be very time consuming and not easily removed. You just have to trust me on that one, it would be a drawn out job, not a learn as I go like my other project.
I have done no research on this, but I would probably use chromolly 1" or 1.5" tubing. That is where funding becomes a problem, that stuff is crazy expensive, and I have to special order it around here. So baby steps, but once the VX is paid off, I can start saving more pennies. I am not smart enough to do the SAS, but if I were modding, I would want the protection before the capability, kind of like upgrading brakes before upgrading the engine...just makes sense to me.