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Izzy's Custom Cages

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The light at the end of a tunnel...

... is still pretty dim and small, but at least there's light! 

Barely have checked off anything, and in fact the list is still growing!

Cage left to do:

  • Pass side Taco gussets
  • Seat Back Bracing
  • Right Side Net Mounts
  • Window net lower mount
  • Kill Switch Bracket
  • Fire System Actuator Bracket
  • De-Spatter all weld joints for paint prep
  • Harness guides
  • Reinstall Drivers Glass & mechanism
  • Finish Lateral Bar pads (Boxing them in)
  • Paint Dash Cage Tubes and Area
  • Reinstall HVAC & Dash

Non Cage left to do:

  • hook up tach and shift light
  • Steering Column Reinstall
  • fire system install
  • paint interior & cage
  • exhaust
  • New Hub Knuckle install
  • Seelig Parts install (mainly plug wires and MSD Coil pack... Ultra cool windage tray/crank scraper's going to wait for a while)
  • alignment
  • new paint/graphics scheme
  • brake & WOT indicators for video

 One big item off the list is the seat and harness mounting. Doesn't sound too complicated, but after about 11 hours of work, the "Butler Built" seat is on it's own framework attached to the cage. The harness mounts are also attached to the seat framework as well.

Now that the seat is in position, the Safety Solutions Right Side Net is up next. That typically takes about 2-3 hours if the stars magically align the dash bar and the head/shoulder locations (Dual driver car, so we might have 2 different spots to mount too). 

Adding up the weight removed, we're right around 33 lbs. Luckily the seat framework came in about the same weight as what was holding the Corbeau seat in (factory sliders with some HEAVY 1x square tube mounts fabbed by the previous owners) 

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Published Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:28 PM by Izzy's

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