Post by david on Mar 3, 2018 23:19:09 GMT -6
I am currently working on the Mobieus Melrose Missile and oddly enough, the kit does not come with any roll bars. It doesn;t matter because Ioften build my own since a lot of kit type roll bars are usually way off. The problem when building your own always seems to center around getting them either too short or too tall. Here's the way I've solved this and maybe it'll help some of you, or as usual, maybe some of you have an even better and simpler way to do them.
Fist, I take some #222 Evergreen rod and make a nice 90 degree bend making sure that the tail is easily longer than the depth of the car upon which I am working.
I then slide the piece inside the car and determine where I want my bend; in essence, how wide I want my bars. The roof curve varies from car to car so make sure you get you bars inside the roof on a nice consistent area. Then make your other 90 degree bend. Snip that leg off and it doesn't matter where you do that just as long as it is at least as long as the original leg.
Now here's the cool part. Determine where you want your roll bars and drill two holes that are slightly (SLIGHTLY) larger than you roll bar material (whatever you use). Then stick the legs of your roll bar down into the holes, protruding out below the chassis.
Now, put your body on where you want it and pull/push your roll bar legs until you have them right where you want them in relation to your car body. Make a mark on the legs on the underside.
Next, I want to add some down bars for strength (and because I think they look cool) so I make a couple of marks on the rear interior wall and again drill two holes slightly larger than my roll bar material and at an angle. I then cut a couple of pieces of rod and slide them into the holes and attach them to my main bar. A small drop of superglue and a quick squirt of accelerator and we're in good shape.
Everything is still loose and free so I now can pop it out and paint it any color I choose. In this case the research shows black so a quick shot of flat black and now back for one final test fitting. It looks good so I go ahead and use a drop of superglue underneath to nail the two main roll bar legs in. Once dry, I'll snip off the excess, sand it a little and dab a little flat black *that's the color of the underside of my frame) on it and nobody will ever know. I will also make sure the bars line up nice and then use a drop on the back side of the two down bars nailing that in.
No muss-no fuss!! It looks beautiful from the inside since your glue is always underneath or on the back side. It is just the right height for whatever you are building because sliding it through the floor means it is infinitely adjustable. You can also pull it out and spray before finally installing it. The same holes in the frame is done if your cage has down legs in the front. From this point you can add as many bars as you want any where you want. Again, this is just my way of doing these to get around the problems I initially had when trying to build them. Thanks and I hope this may help someone out there who has had the same problems with cages that I did!
Fist, I take some #222 Evergreen rod and make a nice 90 degree bend making sure that the tail is easily longer than the depth of the car upon which I am working.
I then slide the piece inside the car and determine where I want my bend; in essence, how wide I want my bars. The roof curve varies from car to car so make sure you get you bars inside the roof on a nice consistent area. Then make your other 90 degree bend. Snip that leg off and it doesn't matter where you do that just as long as it is at least as long as the original leg.
Now here's the cool part. Determine where you want your roll bars and drill two holes that are slightly (SLIGHTLY) larger than you roll bar material (whatever you use). Then stick the legs of your roll bar down into the holes, protruding out below the chassis.
Now, put your body on where you want it and pull/push your roll bar legs until you have them right where you want them in relation to your car body. Make a mark on the legs on the underside.
Next, I want to add some down bars for strength (and because I think they look cool) so I make a couple of marks on the rear interior wall and again drill two holes slightly larger than my roll bar material and at an angle. I then cut a couple of pieces of rod and slide them into the holes and attach them to my main bar. A small drop of superglue and a quick squirt of accelerator and we're in good shape.
Everything is still loose and free so I now can pop it out and paint it any color I choose. In this case the research shows black so a quick shot of flat black and now back for one final test fitting. It looks good so I go ahead and use a drop of superglue underneath to nail the two main roll bar legs in. Once dry, I'll snip off the excess, sand it a little and dab a little flat black *that's the color of the underside of my frame) on it and nobody will ever know. I will also make sure the bars line up nice and then use a drop on the back side of the two down bars nailing that in.
No muss-no fuss!! It looks beautiful from the inside since your glue is always underneath or on the back side. It is just the right height for whatever you are building because sliding it through the floor means it is infinitely adjustable. You can also pull it out and spray before finally installing it. The same holes in the frame is done if your cage has down legs in the front. From this point you can add as many bars as you want any where you want. Again, this is just my way of doing these to get around the problems I initially had when trying to build them. Thanks and I hope this may help someone out there who has had the same problems with cages that I did!