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NuBomb · 04-14-2004, 02:00 PM

I found a company to make a rollbar. I don't really want anything more that a 4 point bar similar to the SmittyBilt bars that are no longer available. Does anyone have plans, dimensions, etc... that they used or any suggestions. I'm about to get back to work and I'd like the have all of the fitting done before paint. Thanks.

bouncytruck · 04-14-2004, 02:20 PM

You can still find the SmittyBilt bars at some shops (left over stock.)

bill4rest · 04-15-2004, 05:36 AM

If you have a welder I can make you one. or I guess I can make it bolt in

earl87gta · 04-18-2004, 11:16 PM

SW sells them cheap if you have some one to weld them up for you.

3wbdriver · 04-19-2004, 04:46 PM

Pardon my ignorance, but who is SW? I'm looking for one myself.

NuBomb · 04-19-2004, 06:18 PM

On the S & W website they only list an 8 point cage. I was really looking for a simple 4-point. I'm going to check on getting one made like is on the blazer below, but without the front bar and able to fit under a soft-top & hard-top. I don't know whose blazer this is, but I like the roll bar.

3wbdriver · 04-19-2004, 06:24 PM

Can you give the web address for S & W?

NuBomb · 04-19-2004, 06:31 PM

Here you go!

http://www.swracecars.com/

3wbdriver · 04-19-2004, 06:39 PM

THANKS!!!

earl87gta · 04-20-2004, 10:10 PM

I have a few of the 4 point stock rollbars next time I go to fla I can bring you one if you want to drive to I95 to pic one up. Pm me and we can work somthing out.

earl87gta · 04-20-2004, 10:11 PM

for the price of an sw cage you can alway leave off what you dont use and add it later if you change your mind.

bill4rest · 04-21-2004, 12:42 PM

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Originally posted by earl87gta
for the price of an sw cage you can alway leave off what you dont use and add it later if you change your mind.

Has anybody bought one? With a real pic of what it looks like?

Bluegoose972 · 04-21-2004, 01:21 PM

I just purchased one. When I get it installed, I'll post pictures of the nitty gritty details! It won't be here until next week and I see installing it in a few weeks.

NuBomb · 04-21-2004, 01:59 PM

Thanks Earl, but I-95 is a bit far. I saw your post on the parts board, but that is the wrong side of N.C. for me. I've been to ECU while I was coaching football. I'll be waiting for the nitty gritty from bluegoose, my first plan on finding a welder didn't work out and I'm thinking it would be easier and cheaper to buy a pre-made one. Has anybody ever delt with sterling Manufacturing out of Florida? a 4x4 store suggested trying them.

earl87gta · 04-21-2004, 11:19 PM

My cage is an SW and I like it alot I have thier full blazer cage that goes all the way behinde the passanger seat and I love it. I still have to finnish the front tobes that run up the door pillers Im going to rebend them so I have room to unbolt the top.

3wbdriver · 04-21-2004, 11:21 PM

So you have a 10 point cage? That's what I'm thinking about, but I may start with an 8 point, and add later. It fits under the hard top with no problems?

earl87gta · 04-21-2004, 11:23 PM

fits under the top fine but I dont like the way it blocks the front top bolts so Ive got to do a little bending thier.

3wbdriver · 04-21-2004, 11:28 PM

That's why I'm thinking about going with the 8 point. I'll use my race care fab s'purience, to figure out forward from there, and I got a muffler guy in town who can do the bending for me. Thanks.

keota · 07-23-2004, 06:51 PM

I Agree With Eddie.....buy A S&w Racing Cage And Keep The Extra Bars.....you Might Want Them. You Can't Beat Their Prices And The Quality Is Good. S/h Is Quick. I Bought A S&w 10 Pt. Cage And Added Another 10 Pts. And It Is Awesome . You Never Know When Those Extra Bars Will Come In Handy Saving Your Head.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 07-24-2004, 05:09 PM

Anyone have pic's of the bar's installed I really need to get a cage in mine ...

earl87gta · 07-24-2004, 06:08 PM

Jeremy (NUBOMB)
I just moved to TN and will be travaling trew atlanta alot so if you would like one of the ones I have let me know I can bring it to you on one of mmy trips.

NuBomb · 07-27-2004, 12:58 AM

Thanks Earl, but I had one made earlier this summer. I finally decided to just get it done. Here's a pic.

04-14-2004, 02:00 PM	#1
NuBomb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canton, Georgia, USA Posts: 1,119	RollBar Question I found a company to make a rollbar. I don't really want anything more that a 4 point bar similar to the SmittyBilt bars that are no longer available. Does anyone have plans, dimensions, etc... that they used or any suggestions. I'm about to get back to work and I'd like the have all of the fitting done before paint. Thanks. __________________ Jeremy (NUBOMB) 72K5 CST 350/350/205 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton North Georgia Group "... And the first rule to being a man is you gotta spend your life doing crap you don't wanna do." Red Forman.

04-14-2004, 02:20 PM	#2
bouncytruck SKINNY TIRES RULE! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 11,049	You can still find the SmittyBilt bars at some shops (left over stock.) __________________ bouncytruck 1972 K5 The Hauler 1994 K1500 Suburban The Daily2010 Kia Soul Wife's Ride2014 Fiat 500L

04-15-2004, 05:36 AM	#3
bill4rest Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Vista Ca. (So Cal) Posts: 46	If you have a welder I can make you one. or I guess I can make it bolt in __________________ Bill F.

04-18-2004, 11:16 PM	#4
earl87gta Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kingsport TN Posts: 4,641	SW sells them cheap if you have some one to weld them up for you. __________________ Earl 68 2500 4x4 GMC Burb

04-19-2004, 04:46 PM	#5
3wbdriver Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Central Louisiana Posts: 82	Pardon my ignorance, but who is SW? I'm looking for one myself. __________________ '72 Blazer, 4WD, 350/4 spd. Affectionately known as "Da Beast" '04 Silverado (new daily driver) '00 Intrepid (wife's ride) It's a BLAZER dude! No options, no emblems, no a/c, no fancy shmancy. It's a BLAZER....

04-19-2004, 06:18 PM	#6
NuBomb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canton, Georgia, USA Posts: 1,119	On the S & W website they only list an 8 point cage. I was really looking for a simple 4-point. I'm going to check on getting one made like is on the blazer below, but without the front bar and able to fit under a soft-top & hard-top. I don't know whose blazer this is, but I like the roll bar. __________________ Jeremy (NUBOMB) 72K5 CST 350/350/205 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton North Georgia Group "... And the first rule to being a man is you gotta spend your life doing crap you don't wanna do." Red Forman.

04-19-2004, 06:24 PM	#7
3wbdriver Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Central Louisiana Posts: 82	Can you give the web address for S & W? __________________ '72 Blazer, 4WD, 350/4 spd. Affectionately known as "Da Beast" '04 Silverado (new daily driver) '00 Intrepid (wife's ride) It's a BLAZER dude! No options, no emblems, no a/c, no fancy shmancy. It's a BLAZER....

04-19-2004, 06:31 PM	#8
NuBomb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canton, Georgia, USA Posts: 1,119	Here you go! http://www.swracecars.com/ __________________ Jeremy (NUBOMB) 72K5 CST 350/350/205 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton North Georgia Group "... And the first rule to being a man is you gotta spend your life doing crap you don't wanna do." Red Forman.

04-19-2004, 06:39 PM	#9
3wbdriver Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Central Louisiana Posts: 82	THANKS!!! __________________ '72 Blazer, 4WD, 350/4 spd. Affectionately known as "Da Beast" '04 Silverado (new daily driver) '00 Intrepid (wife's ride) It's a BLAZER dude! No options, no emblems, no a/c, no fancy shmancy. It's a BLAZER....

04-20-2004, 10:10 PM	#10
earl87gta Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kingsport TN Posts: 4,641	I have a few of the 4 point stock rollbars next time I go to fla I can bring you one if you want to drive to I95 to pic one up. Pm me and we can work somthing out. __________________ Earl 68 2500 4x4 GMC Burb

04-20-2004, 10:11 PM	#11
earl87gta Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kingsport TN Posts: 4,641	for the price of an sw cage you can alway leave off what you dont use and add it later if you change your mind. __________________ Earl 68 2500 4x4 GMC Burb

04-21-2004, 01:21 PM	#13
Bluegoose972 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 248	I just purchased one. When I get it installed, I'll post pictures of the nitty gritty details! It won't be here until next week and I see installing it in a few weeks.

04-21-2004, 01:59 PM	#14
NuBomb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canton, Georgia, USA Posts: 1,119	Thanks Earl, but I-95 is a bit far. I saw your post on the parts board, but that is the wrong side of N.C. for me. I've been to ECU while I was coaching football. I'll be waiting for the nitty gritty from bluegoose, my first plan on finding a welder didn't work out and I'm thinking it would be easier and cheaper to buy a pre-made one. Has anybody ever delt with sterling Manufacturing out of Florida? a 4x4 store suggested trying them. __________________ Jeremy (NUBOMB) 72K5 CST 350/350/205 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton North Georgia Group "... And the first rule to being a man is you gotta spend your life doing crap you don't wanna do." Red Forman.

04-21-2004, 11:19 PM	#15
earl87gta Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kingsport TN Posts: 4,641	My cage is an SW and I like it alot I have thier full blazer cage that goes all the way behinde the passanger seat and I love it. I still have to finnish the front tobes that run up the door pillers Im going to rebend them so I have room to unbolt the top. __________________ Earl 68 2500 4x4 GMC Burb

04-21-2004, 11:21 PM	#16
3wbdriver Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Central Louisiana Posts: 82	So you have a 10 point cage? That's what I'm thinking about, but I may start with an 8 point, and add later. It fits under the hard top with no problems? __________________ '72 Blazer, 4WD, 350/4 spd. Affectionately known as "Da Beast" '04 Silverado (new daily driver) '00 Intrepid (wife's ride) It's a BLAZER dude! No options, no emblems, no a/c, no fancy shmancy. It's a BLAZER....



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04-21-2004, 11:23 PM	#17
earl87gta Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kingsport TN Posts: 4,641	fits under the top fine but I dont like the way it blocks the front top bolts so Ive got to do a little bending thier. __________________ Earl 68 2500 4x4 GMC Burb

04-21-2004, 11:28 PM	#18
3wbdriver Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Central Louisiana Posts: 82	That's why I'm thinking about going with the 8 point. I'll use my race care fab s'purience, to figure out forward from there, and I got a muffler guy in town who can do the bending for me. Thanks. __________________ '72 Blazer, 4WD, 350/4 spd. Affectionately known as "Da Beast" '04 Silverado (new daily driver) '00 Intrepid (wife's ride) It's a BLAZER dude! No options, no emblems, no a/c, no fancy shmancy. It's a BLAZER....

07-23-2004, 06:51 PM	#19
keota Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 52	Roll Bar I Agree With Eddie.....buy A S&w Racing Cage And Keep The Extra Bars.....you Might Want Them. You Can't Beat Their Prices And The Quality Is Good. S/h Is Quick. I Bought A S&w 10 Pt. Cage And Added Another 10 Pts. And It Is Awesome . You Never Know When Those Extra Bars Will Come In Handy Saving Your Head.

07-24-2004, 05:09 PM	#20
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,590	Anyone have pic's of the bar's installed I really need to get a cage in mine ...

07-24-2004, 06:08 PM	#21
earl87gta Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kingsport TN Posts: 4,641	Jeremy (NUBOMB) I just moved to TN and will be travaling trew atlanta alot so if you would like one of the ones I have let me know I can bring it to you on one of mmy trips. __________________ Earl 68 2500 4x4 GMC Burb

07-27-2004, 12:58 AM	#22
NuBomb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canton, Georgia, USA Posts: 1,119	Thanks Earl, but I had one made earlier this summer. I finally decided to just get it done. Here's a pic. Attached Images __________________ Jeremy (NUBOMB) 72K5 CST 350/350/205 1951 Chevy 1/2 ton North Georgia Group "... And the first rule to being a man is you gotta spend your life doing crap you don't wanna do." Red Forman.

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