Roll Cage kits from S&W Race Cars

Out of curiosity, why not one of the two "established" Lemons cage folks...Rhodes and Roll Cage components?

I used S&W for my cage in the Pentastar Dusturd, and my buddy used S&W for his Focus.

Be wary, it's definitely not a plug and play solution. When ordering their Lemons kit, give them your own custom dimensions instead of buying an off-the-shelf system. This will give you all the bars you need to make a safe and legal Lemons cage. Make sure you get those dimensions measured correctly though. They will bend the bars EXACTLY how you specify them, regardless of how badly you might have screwed your measurements up. They will provide you with a worksheet that you fill out before ordering.

With the kit, none of the bars are notched and all the door pieces are straight. The only pre-bent pieces you get are the main hoop, halo loop and A-pillar bars.  Everything else is straight un-notched tubing.  With that said, this kit is a bargain. Trying to source raw tubing locally would cost me MORE money that what the S&W kit is, even after shipping (additional ~$100). 

For the door bars, you can use a Harbor Freight / Conduit bender if you keep the bends less than ~30° and tightly pack the tubes with sand first. 

I would have no qualms about buying another kit from S&W again.  Just be sure to give yourself plenty of lead time. Waiting 4 weeks for your cage is not unheard of.

Consider buying your own bender. i can help you with Where and How Much to bend each tube if you send me measurements.

Surf your local CL for "Tube Bender" and "Tubing Bender". You'd be surprised what you can find. Sell extra dies that you won't use to recoup some $

Besides my welder, it's the best investment I've made.

Example:

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/t … 01548.html

I will call him again. I've sent emails and left a voicemail or two. I did not order a Lemons kit, I ordered a vehicle specific kit that came with more than the Lemons required parts. The packing slip listed items as included that were not in the box. Mainly those passenger door bars, the main hoop lower horizontal, and at least one other bar i'm not remembering right now.

Three Pedal has kindly said I can borrow their bender. Having never  bent a cage I was just thinking that it might make more sense to have someone bend the main hoop, A-Pillar Bars, and Halo, and then we can bend up better door bars, a better fitting dash bar, roof bar, etc.

I'm not expecting this kit to be perfect. I expect to have to trim and notch, but at least it reduces some time that I'd otherwise have to devote.

If you've never built a rollcage before this is a good series to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P … FtXMIrpjuz

We bought a Roll Cage Components kit.  I had him make a change to his basic kit.  Two bars were off, but he sent them to me immediately.  I would never try to bend a cage after using his.  Simple install.  Required fitting was minimal.

I also had a cage delivered by Rollcage Components. Delivery took longer than expected by my cage guy was impressed with the quality and the amount of time it saved him. They weren't great about returning calls and it did take a bit longer, but I wasn't in a hurry at the time.

I used Rhodes for the cage for my Mustang.  The kit was was not notched but I was fortunate that I had a very good welder.  We had to move the main hoop back due to the uneven floor.  Otherwise the kit fit well and didn't have a lot of waste.   All bars included. The guy from Rhodes was very responsive to calls when we had questions.   In fact, in tech the first time, they told me that since my cage was so well done that they wouldn't bust my balls on some of the little details.  Nothing that was a safety issue just - "do it better for next race".