bolt in cage for 2 door 325i

Post Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:47 am

What is the best/easiest cage to fit?

cheers

Post Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:54 am

I have fitted a Sparco FIA cage recently (with doorbars) which seemed the best compromise between cost and fit....

OMP cages have been reported to be 'difficult' to fit, and Safety Devices are very good (and British!) but were substantially more expensive than than the £455 I paid for mine.

HTH.

Post Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:00 pm

Hi there,

Just fitted a Safety Devices 6 point cage to my 2 door 325. It was pricey, but also pretty easy to fit as well - nothing needed messing with or changing - worth the effort for sure. Got mine from Automac (www.automac.co.uk).

If you are doing a trackday car, then I would try and get a cage with a diagonal and harness bars if at all possible - better rigidity and correct harness angles etc etc - depends on what you want - there's a cage out there for you!

Good luck with the project!

Cheers,

Mikey_Boy

Post Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:07 pm

omp are very difficut to fit, worse to remove tho i cant get the front part out mine to paint im gona have to do it in the car

Post Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:38 pm

Whoooops! Didn't realise I would be 'pinged' for dropping in a supplier name... Rest assured I don't work for that company or endorse their products... Just bought a cage from them.

Mikey_Boy

Post Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:51 pm

I have a Safety Devices 18 point bolt in. It comes with harness bars and door bars inclusive.

The cage also triangulates to the rear suspension mounts, thereby removing the need for a rear strut brace. It also has fitments to add a front triangulation kit to stiffen up the front towers.

The downside is that you need to cut into the dashboard for the fitment, which makes it a bit harder
I paid about approximately £850 for everything a year ago for everything.

Let me know if you want photos or supplier details.

Ingo

Post Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:13 pm

cheers guys, ordered up a sparco

Post Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:32 pm

Good man.... let us know how you get on and get some pics up!
Mind letting us know how much? and whether it was an FIA cage?

Post Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:46 pm

I have a saftey devices 6 point cage for sale £500

Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:33 am

ijahn2000 wrote:I have a Safety Devices 18 point bolt in. It comes with harness bars and door bars inclusive.

The cage also triangulates to the rear suspension mounts, thereby removing the need for a rear strut brace. It also has fitments to add a front triangulation kit to stiffen up the front towers.

The downside is that you need to cut into the dashboard for the fitment, which makes it a bit harder
I paid about approximately £850 for everything a year ago for everything.

Let me know if you want photos or supplier details.

Ingo

18 point bolt in?? I have WELDED 11 points and I wonder where the other 7 points are where you can bolt something to.
Can you post a picture please, I am really curious

Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:07 pm

I have the 6 point SD cage and it is easy fit/remove. ready painted and extremly well made. 2x diag and harness bar. for the money they are grate.

Post Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:24 pm

UweM3 wrote: 18 point bolt in?? I have WELDED 11 points and I wonder where the other 7 points are where you can bolt something to.
Can you post a picture please, I am really curious

I've got the same cage, I only used 16 of the mounting points as I couldn't quite figure out the last 2. I've marked the 16 I used on the photo below. The other 2 were supposed to go on the front legs and bolt to the chassis about half way between the floor and the two points that go into the existing threaded hole in the front screen pillar.

The circular mounting point (the other is obscured by the chair) shown near the bottom left has a long bolt that goes through the rear subframe bush, the other two at the very bottom go through the rear bulkhead and onto special brackets that sit on top of rear suspension turrets, shown below.

It also goes behind the dash.

Post Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:17 am

MrBen, is that the B7 safety devices cage?

Post Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:10 am

universal wrote:MrBen, is that the B7 safety devices cage?

No, this is the lesser known about B6. There is an upgrade kit for this too which goes through the bulkhead to the front suspension towers, about an extra £150.

Post Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:58 am

MrBenn wrote:
UweM3 wrote: 18 point bolt in?? I have WELDED 11 points and I wonder where the other 7 points are where you can bolt something to.
Can you post a picture please, I am really curious
I've got the same cage, I only used 16 of the mounting points as I couldn't quite figure out the last 2. I've marked the 16 I used on the photo below. The other 2 were supposed to go on the front legs and bolt to the chassis about half way between the floor and the two points that go into the existing threaded hole in the front screen pillar.

The circular mounting point (the other is obscured by the chair) shown near the bottom left has a long bolt that goes through the rear subframe bush, the other two at the very bottom go through the rear bulkhead and onto special brackets that sit on top of rear suspension turrets, shown below.

It also goes behind the dash.

I can see how you came up with the number now. I was only counting my main connections. If I add the smaller points as well I may end up with 50 points....

The only additional main connection I have is the rear diff.

Post Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:00 pm

may i ask where you got that one, and how much?

Post Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:24 pm

Power Developments in chesterfield, was £850 delivered I think.