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UPDATE
Started the weekend off with running down to a buddies in Waukegan to pick up a set of DonMusk M3 over fenders. Which I have wanted for a long time and timing worked out plus I saved huge not having to ship from Poland.


going to take some work to get them fitted right, more so on the end of opening up my wheel wells. The overs themselves fit great.
 
Then I moved onto passenger side door bars.

 And after that was getting the gussets in for the door bars on both sides.


With the gussets being completed that was the final touches of the true fab work. 




Then on to final welding!
Only pic I really took of final welds. Turned out ok.

 
The next step to finish final welding was to remove all 4 rocker boxes and drop the cage down to get to the tops.


That was about it for the weekend. Next weekend I am hoping to get the cage back up and in place, then weld the boxes to the car and the cage to the boxes and finally the daunting task of painting. Lol
 

UPDATE
Started the weekend off with running down to a buddies in Waukegan to pick up a set of DonMusk M3 over fenders. Which I have wanted for a long time and timing worked out plus I saved huge not having to ship from Poland.


going to take some work to get them fitted right, more so on the end of opening up my wheel wells. The overs themselves fit great.
 
Then I moved onto passenger side door bars.

 And after that was getting the gussets in for the door bars on both sides.


With the gussets being completed that was the final touches of the true fab work. 




Then on to final welding!
Only pic I really took of final welds. Turned out ok.

 
The next step to finish final welding was to remove all 4 rocker boxes and drop the cage down to get to the tops.


That was about it for the weekend. Next weekend I am hoping to get the cage back up and in place, then weld the boxes to the car and the cage to the boxes and finally the daunting task of painting. Lol
 

UPDATE!
Got some really rewarding progress done this weekend 😊
Had the windshield removed during the week.

Then moved on go making my CAD rocker boxes a reality.

Next was the A pillar bars. Notching them was a real trial and error process but again super grateful to Sam for the help on these as well.
They fit really well and I'm happy with them.


Then I moved on to the door bars on the passenger side. Which turned out exactly how I envisioned them! Theres pleanty of ways to do a door bar but from day one this was what I wanted and I couldnt be happier.
Just need to add the verticals for more support.


And to further my excitement the door closes and fits perfectly with the seat and door panel!


Things are moving along so hopefully the other door bars go smoothly then final welding can commence. 

UPDATE!
Got some really rewarding progress done this weekend 😊
Had the windshield removed during the week.

Then moved on go making my CAD rocker boxes a reality.

Next was the A pillar bars. Notching them was a real trial and error process but again super grateful to Sam for the help on these as well.
They fit really well and I'm happy with them.


Then I moved on to the door bars on the passenger side. Which turned out exactly how I envisioned them! Theres pleanty of ways to do a door bar but from day one this was what I wanted and I couldnt be happier.
Just need to add the verticals for more support.


And to further my excitement the door closes and fits perfectly with the seat and door panel!


Things are moving along so hopefully the other door bars go smoothly then final welding can commence. 

Thanks! And it's going to be a 6 point with door bars. So yes much further haha

Update.
Been busy with some personal stuff but finally got some time to get to the shop.
Pulled out the main hoop and got it completely welded. 
Which was a daunting task for me leading up to it. I can weld and do fab work but when it came to something this permanent I got nervous about my welding skills.
But it went well 😊 so confidence re-instilled.

Then I cleaned up all the seam sealer under where the rear box plated for the main hoop will be and re-tacked them in. Forgot to take a pic but it wasnt much of anything exciting.
Before putting the main hoop back in we "clearanced" the rear seat area with the good ole attitude adjuster. Aka hammer. The idea was to make room for the chassis harness to slide back down next to the bottom of the main hoop. Really excited on how that little detail turned out.


Next we threw in the main hoop and tacked it in place again, then I got the rear down bars properly aligned and squared up and did a final weld on them to the main hoop.



Hoping to make more progress next weekend!

Update.
Been busy with some personal stuff but finally got some time to get to the shop.
Pulled out the main hoop and got it completely welded. 
Which was a daunting task for me leading up to it. I can weld and do fab work but when it came to something this permanent I got nervous about my welding skills.
But it went well 😊 so confidence re-instilled.

Then I cleaned up all the seam sealer under where the rear box plated for the main hoop will be and re-tacked them in. Forgot to take a pic but it wasnt much of anything exciting.
Before putting the main hoop back in we "clearanced" the rear seat area with the good ole attitude adjuster. Aka hammer. The idea was to make room for the chassis harness to slide back down next to the bottom of the main hoop. Really excited on how that little detail turned out.


Next we threw in the main hoop and tacked it in place again, then I got the rear down bars properly aligned and squared up and did a final weld on them to the main hoop.



Hoping to make more progress next weekend!

Update.
Been busy with some personal stuff but finally got some time to get to the shop.
Pulled out the main hoop and got it completely welded. 
Which was a daunting task for me leading up to it. I can weld and do fab work but when it came to something this permanent I got nervous about my welding skills.
But it went well 😊 so confidence re-instilled.

Then I cleaned up all the seam sealer under where the rear box plated for the main hoop will be and re-tacked them in. Forgot to take a pic but it wasnt much of anything exciting.
Before putting the main hoop back in we "clearanced" the rear seat area with the good ole attitude adjuster. Aka hammer. The idea was to make room for the chassis harness to slide back down next to the bottom of the main hoop. Really excited on how that little detail turned out.


Next we threw in the main hoop and tacked it in place again, then I got the rear down bars properly aligned and squared up and did a final weld on them to the main hoop.



Hoping to make more progress next weekend!

Very nice fab work

Fitment looks perfect 👍

Update.
Been busy with some personal stuff but finally got some time to get to the shop.
Pulled out the main hoop and got it completely welded. 
Which was a daunting task for me leading up to it. I can weld and do fab work but when it came to something this permanent I got nervous about my welding skills.
But it went well 😊 so confidence re-instilled.

Then I cleaned up all the seam sealer under where the rear box plated for the main hoop will be and re-tacked them in. Forgot to take a pic but it wasnt much of anything exciting.
Before putting the main hoop back in we "clearanced" the rear seat area with the good ole attitude adjuster. Aka hammer. The idea was to make room for the chassis harness to slide back down next to the bottom of the main hoop. Really excited on how that little detail turned out.


Next we threw in the main hoop and tacked it in place again, then I got the rear down bars properly aligned and squared up and did a final weld on them to the main hoop.



Hoping to make more progress next weekend!

UPDATE!
Exciting weekend at the shop.
We started on the cage. So thankful for the help that Sam has given me already. 
Main hoop fits nice and tight thanks to the added ability of Sam with solidworks to be as precise as possible.

 
And then we were able to get the cross bar with the harness bars situated in the right spots for harness angle.

 
Then the downbars for the rear. Kinda hard to see with the straps holding the main hoop up.



 
Super excited to continue the process of getting this thing done!
Oh and on a side note I also bought some new windshield washer sprayers for my tire sprayer set up to keep the tires cool after each run, the spray pattern gets the whole tire now instead of only 2 spots.
Here's a pic of the spray pattern.

UPDATE!
Exciting weekend at the shop.
We started on the cage. So thankful for the help that Sam has given me already. 
Main hoop fits nice and tight thanks to the added ability of Sam with solidworks to be as precise as possible.

 
And then we were able to get the cross bar with the harness bars situated in the right spots for harness angle.

 
Then the downbars for the rear. Kinda hard to see with the straps holding the main hoop up.



 
Super excited to continue the process of getting this thing done!
Oh and on a side note I also bought some new windshield washer sprayers for my tire sprayer set up to keep the tires cool after each run, the spray pattern gets the whole tire now instead of only 2 spots.
Here's a pic of the spray pattern.

UPDATE!
Exciting weekend at the shop.
We started on the cage. So thankful for the help that Sam has given me already. 
Main hoop fits nice and tight thanks to the added ability of Sam with solidworks to be as precise as possible.

 
And then we were able to get the cross bar with the harness bars situated in the right spots for harness angle.

 
Then the downbars for the rear. Kinda hard to see with the straps holding the main hoop up.



 
Super excited to continue the process of getting this thing done!
Oh and on a side note I also bought some new windshield washer sprayers for my tire sprayer set up to keep the tires cool after each run, the spray pattern gets the whole tire now instead of only 2 spots.
Here's a pic of the spray pattern.

Yes! Except the master is reverse so it faces forward.

I do my best! Honestly alot of the reason I update even on the littlest things is for myself. When I built my civic over the 8 years I had it I barely updated the build thread I did have, which was so much work. And sometimes the little stuff is informational and might help someone else too!

Cardboard aided design hahah but that's a good one too!

Not a whole lot of progress this weekend but got something done that I've been meaning to do since I first built the car.
Before I scrapped the stock bumper and bumper supports I cut off the tow hook threads, finally got around to welding them to the bash bars.
Here's the front. I welded the threaded chunk into a piece of tube then to the bar. Worked out really well.




 
The rear was alot simpler since I had added the jack point last spring. Lined up perfect so all i had to do was burn the piece right to the bar.


little thing that wont be noticed really but it felt good to get it done. Both just need some paint and are complete.
I also made some "CAD" templates for the rear door panels once the cage is in. I wont be able to fit the stock panels with how we are doing the cage so I'll be cutting them out of the same ABS that I made the bulkhead out of and then using nutzerts and some nice hardware to secure them.


 

Not a whole lot of progress this weekend but got something done that I've been meaning to do since I first built the car.
Before I scrapped the stock bumper and bumper supports I cut off the tow hook threads, finally got around to welding them to the bash bars.
Here's the front. I welded the threaded chunk into a piece of tube then to the bar. Worked out really well.




 
The rear was alot simpler since I had added the jack point last spring. Lined up perfect so all i had to do was burn the piece right to the bar.


little thing that wont be noticed really but it felt good to get it done. Both just need some paint and are complete.
I also made some "CAD" templates for the rear door panels once the cage is in. I wont be able to fit the stock panels with how we are doing the cage so I'll be cutting them out of the same ABS that I made the bulkhead out of and then using nutzerts and some nice hardware to secure them.


 

I like this every time it's updated

Cardboard aided design hahah but that's a good one too!

Not a whole lot of progress this weekend but got something done that I've been meaning to do since I first built the car.
Before I scrapped the stock bumper and bumper supports I cut off the tow hook threads, finally got around to welding them to the bash bars.
Here's the front. I welded the threaded chunk into a piece of tube then to the bar. Worked out really well.




 
The rear was alot simpler since I had added the jack point last spring. Lined up perfect so all i had to do was burn the piece right to the bar.


little thing that wont be noticed really but it felt good to get it done. Both just need some paint and are complete.
I also made some "CAD" templates for the rear door panels once the cage is in. I wont be able to fit the stock panels with how we are doing the cage so I'll be cutting them out of the same ABS that I made the bulkhead out of and then using nutzerts and some nice hardware to secure them.


 

I was going to say "Cardboard Aided Design"

"CAD" cardboard aided drafting 😂

Update 
Finished pulling the dash out of the car after some conversations about the cage placement. Pulled the sunroof and then pulled all the wiring down to separate it. Only going to be running the done light wiring back up after the cage is done.



 
Now that the tube is ordered it's time to really prep for the cage.
Made what I like to call a "CAD" design for the front rocker boxes.
Driver side.

 
Passenger side

 
And then I removed some of the rear panels that will be in the way of the rear boxes, not really sure what to call them.


Kinda blew a hole where one of the welds were but easily fixable.
And then I made up templates for the passenger box but called it quits for the weekend after this one. Still a rough design.