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Hope nobody minds I lifted their pictures for this question.......
which one of these is better? In the bottom one if the vertical of the hoop was welded to the bottom plate and the side plate on the vertical would that be good? Ive also seen some guys build boxes of the floor with plate and weld the vertical from the hoops to the top of the box.
i planned on going the second picture route and getting some weld on the vertical plate tied to the sill as well.
thanks
Running the reinforcing plate up the sill is usually much better than keeping it only on the floor.
The second picture is the better way of doing it.
The second picture is the better way of doing it.
Way better... In interest of full disclosure, that's one of my cage kits installed by someone else....
So what's your unbias opinion though, pretending you didn't build the second one 
And better yet....why?
So what's your unbias opinion though, pretending you didn't build the second one
And better yet....why?
It ties into the strongest part of the car: the rocker panel. You should always try to tie into the rocker either with a box structure or a vertical plate like that. It also ties into the cross beam under the rear seat.
The installation of this particular plate set is not ideal.. but you get the idea.
-John
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