Topic: Tips on building a exocage

[LilChief87]

hey pumpkin toy cage looks good man

[pumkin toy]

thanks guys!!  i still need to throw in some extra support tubes over the roof. i also want to bend up some new taller shock hoops and connect the fender bars to them and possibly throw in a tubular brace over the engine.  its always a work in progress but hopefully i can get some of those pieces put in soon.

[pumkin toy]

oh yeah and i also need to take some more recent photos of my truck.  its not for sale any more, and i hate posting those pics with the sign in the window!!  they are the only decent pics i have right now 

[YodaKrawler]

this is my favorite just cause of the tightness of the cage.

oh and this one that i guy that i know built.http://www.reno4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23044

[4RunnerChevy]

I recently started building my cage.  I'll be working from rear to front and finishing parts as I go.  I tacked everything on so I know it fit, I then removed it and welded slowly so to minimize warping.  I then painted and masked off the parts I need to weld later. 

After some though I decided to make a new tailgate, that ties into the exo.  I am going to start with the bottom tube and make some spring loaded pins.

I made some pin recievers for the exo and some spring loaded pins for the gate.



Excuse the grease, on the pins.




And the bottom tube done.


Rear from the side.


More to come, as I finish the tailgate and move towards the front. In case your wondering about the Top,  my truck is bobbed so the fiberglass top is gone.  I have a custom top from Kayline and a wife who sews.

[pumkin toy]

yeah that 4runner exo looks pretty good!   and i like your tailgate so far 4runnerchevy!  should turn out pretty sweet

[bigarms23]

good start kevin i thought you had a internal cage already

[4RunnerChevy]

good start kevin i thought you had a internal cage already

I do, I got sick of replacing lights, and pounding panels back into shape.  Besides its winter, and I am waiting on Jags That Run for my VSS.  It gives me something to do.

[locktup]

I recently started building my cage.  I'll be working from rear to front and finishing parts as I go.  I tacked everything on so I know it fit, I then removed it and welded slowly so to minimize warping.  I then painted and masked off the parts I need to weld later. 

After some though I decided to make a new tailgate, that ties into the exo.  I am going to start with the bottom tube and make some spring loaded pins.

I made some pin recievers for the exo and some spring loaded pins for the gate.



Excuse the grease, on the pins.




And the bottom tube done.


Rear from the side.


More to come, as I finish the tailgate and move towards the front. In case your wondering about the Top,  my truck is bobbed so the fiberglass top is gone.  I have a custom top from Kayline and a wife who sews.

Nice, I did this on a set of tube doors I built a few years ago.

Jason

[LilChief87]

cage looks sick man nice jjob

[Knute]

hey i would like to see some more pictres of the orange 4runners back half of the exo cage and i dont really ahve any advise as to how to build an exo cage except look at lots of them before you do your, and check ot what other peole have done and ask them what works and what doesnt. heres my attempt

[Knute]

here it is with the redst of the bars on it, i still need to make a removaable bar in front of the windsheild, becase i live in redding and the cops would write me a ticket for blocking my windsheild

[brafmaster]

here is how i did it

[LilGonzo86]

thats original