This is definately a delima. With the new cage rules, quality is more of an issue than before in addition to the double door bars. If you are considering a bolt in cage like an AutoPower or Kirk cage, they take about 4 weeks+ to get so keep that in mind.
My car has a Jegster kit which required a lot of cutting, notching and welding. It was by no means a weekend install. It's still not all in the car. Now that I have done one, I could do it again much faster. My car needed a lot of restoration type work just to put a cage in since the floors were pretty much completely rusted out. I don't rememebr what the wait time was but when it arrived, some parts were missing and it took another week or two for the freight company to get the whole cage here.
Point is, you can wait on acceptance for the cage but you better have a plan cause you may be waiting a month to get a cage kit and by then your timeline is pretty short.
Troy
#35 LRE
1973 Datsun 240Z