cross brace installed [pics]

[cali yaris]

my nuts are in a C-clamp right now until I get word on some work I'm having done

ok first of all, ewww... that sort of made me ache in a very deep, very wrong place.

ok, I get the name thing and also if it's less expensive where you are. Plus, they send you all the parts, you just put the thing together -- pretty cool.

[blacksandiegovitz]

finished the install of the cross brace , tightened everything down , enlarged seat belt solts to clear the bars and re-installed plastic covers . Also picked up a nitto rear stb from Garm fits real nice , just had to trim the plastic strut cap/covers to clear the stb mounts.

[heeroyuy01195]

Originally Posted by blacksandiegovitz

finished the install of the cross brace , tightened everything down , enlarged seat belt solts to clear the bars and re-installed plastic covers . Also picked up a nitto rear stb from Garm fits real nice , just had to trim the plastic strut cap/covers to clear the stb mounts.

that's just beautiful....

[Gideon]

Wow, that's a lot of bars!

[Treyz]

I'm in love .. but it's a shame that I don't get paid much let alone every other week.

[falkor_99]

THAT IS JUST AMAZINGLY SUPER AWESOME

[cali yaris]

Shiny!! Great job!

[turboyaris]

wait... so let me get this striaght, you WANT to buy that cusco roll cage? and its 1200$... you do see that that is a BOLT-TOGETHER roll cage, as well as a BOLT-IN... kinda makes it like just a piece of show... The only piece in that that will really stiffen the chassis is the main hoop, which is required to be one piece, and if you are planning on racing, I don't remember the rules, but I don't believe the main hoop is allowed to have seven bends, thats just a little silly. I understand that its there to keep the interior in one piece, but a bolt together roll cage is silly.

in california everything is cheaper.. it's like 2k out hear on the east coast and the only one who I know who builds them is one of the guys down at e-town. I'd rather pay themoney for the roll cage if it goes around the dash and doesn't require much modification of the interior. However, for the price, you can't beat that cross brace.

travel a little further then e-town and you could talk me into doing it cheaper :)

[cali yaris]

probably good to start a new thread on this, we're jacking sandiegovitz' moment in the sun!

[RacerFreakXXX]

lol.. as far as I know cusco roll cages are d1 street legal so idk if they would still be legal for track but it does it's job... not as well as something welded into the chassis but i'm not going to be tracking the car too much and not planning on actually racing it.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by blacksandiegovitz

finished the install of the cross brace , tightened everything down , enlarged seat belt solts to clear the bars and re-installed plastic covers . Also picked up a nitto rear stb from Garm fits real nice , just had to trim the plastic strut cap/covers to clear the stb mounts.

give whole new meaning to the expression "behind bars"

It looks pretty badass!!!

[whooppee777]

Originally Posted by blacksandiegovitz

Need to trim the interior pieces to clear the seatbelt mounting hardware and make a flat cover out of thin plywood to cover the spare tire hole. Fits good but needed to cut a piece of metal out of the spare tire area to clear the bottom bar.

I'm pretty sure you installed it improperly. cuz when i installed mine last night i didnt need to trim any metal at all.

I mounted the horizontal bar where you mounted the bottom points of the X bars. mounting it this way allows it to clear the metal hump that i am assuming you trimmed.

not sure about trimming interior pieces where the seat belts mount cuz i removed my back seat and seatbelts saved a lot of weight, i can feel the difference in acceleration.

SUPERCHARGER GOES ON TONIGHT!

[cali yaris]

whooppeee, I don't think you can install it your way AND keep the back seats.

Jay got it installed with the seats in place, and as far as I could tell that metal hump will get in the way with that configuration.

[mikenacarato]

what kind of tools are needed to trim the metal and how do i do it? ill be looking forward to doing this on tuesday night. :)

[blacksandiegovitz]

Originally Posted by whooppee777

I'm pretty sure you installed it improperly. cuz when i installed mine last night i didnt need to trim any metal at all.

I mounted the horizontal bar where you mounted the bottom points of the X bars. mounting it this way allows it to clear the metal hump that i am assuming you trimmed.

not sure about trimming interior pieces where the seat belts mount cuz i removed my back seat and seatbelts saved a lot of weight, i can feel the difference in acceleration.

SUPERCHARGER GOES ON TONIGHT!

Um , no...
Post pictures of how yours is installed bro , also stop talkin' bout installing that S/c and get to it already

[mikenacarato]

hey, i want to keep my seats and put this in, so do i HAVE to trim that piece down? also can someone take some pics of the bolt holes where eatch part mounts so i can get a visual before i install this?

[whooppee777]

ok i understand.

u installed it that way to keep the back seats.

but back seats were not an issue to me cuz i was taking them out and leaving them out.

i'll post pix tomorrow night. and vids of supercharger too.