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Originally Posted by garcmol
So no more back seat? Or does that bar across the back come out. I had assumed beforehand that it would have to be gutted to get it in there!!!
How much fab work could you eyeball that you'll be doing to get the trim pieces back on?
"naked Brandi"
edit: Just lost the net when I saw you edited your post.
Delete my back seat question
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No problem on the back seat question... I thought about leaving it for cosmetic purposes, but when I saw the frame work used to hold it in, I decided that it would be a good weight loss start... It's a wooly booger project...
As for the trim, I've already cut out the quarter trim pieces... That was really a lot easier than I thought, but I ran into a snag...
....We are welding it in... The instructions are primarliy detailed for bolting in the 6 point cage....
(Let me say right there, John Nguyen at TrackSpec Motor Sports and the Crew at RPM are first rate... I called John with a couple of questions and he helped with what he could but felt I would be well served to talk to Rob or Tim at RPM... He called RPM, and Rob called me within a few minutes and was most helpful... and shortly after that, as Rob and I had discussed, Tim sent me some pictures of their work as they originally fabbed it up and those were most helpful in the details)
...So, the snag was that the plates on the inner wheels wells... It says in the instructions to cut out the quarter trim and loosely place it back in the car before bolting the cage in... This creates a problem... You can't get it back in with the cage in place, but you cant weld it with it in place... So... We have a plan, but it has yet to be proven a workable plan... If it works, I'll be forwarding what we did to RPM and TrackSpec for other customers...though they may have already figured it out... but coming from a different box, it may work for them as well... More on that later...
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Originally Posted by Mercuryman
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Thanks B, coming from you that really means a lot, I've seen the attention to detail you achieve...
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Originally Posted by JusticePete
Cages are a big project, Period. The detail work you are putting in turns it into a BIG PROJECT.
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I'm trying to make it really look good as well as provide the best level of safety in the car... I did find out that this is the 1st RPM 8 point cage to be installed in the 5th Gen Camaros... Other than the one they used to fab it...