Cage Tease

[mike-2ptzero]

[Rhinop21]

Wow.

[prodrive]

looks good man which seats are those ?

[ghost6303]

is that supposed to be something like a pole tease?

[mike-2ptzero]

looks good man which seats are those ?

Cobra Suzuka's. I have had them since 2001.

[prodrive]

Uppps ,I missed it ,I guess
Kevlar FTW

[SoFresh]

about damn time!!! cage is lookin sexy :)

you going to shave out some of that dead weight that lips upwards to mount the rear seats?

[mike-2ptzero]

about damn time!!! cage is lookin sexy :)

you going to shave out some of that dead weight that lips upwards to mount the rear seats?

Rear seats haven't been in my car in a long time, even if I do put them back in I dont see any way someone could sit back there. At some point I might make a cover to seal off the trunk from the driver area, but really only need to do that if I decide to put in a fuel cell in the trunk.


A few more pics.





Another angle of the back half from the trunk.

[SoFresh]

No, I know youve had the seats out for a long time, I was referring to the metal on the floor that lips upwards to make a flush mount for if you were to have the seats in there. Since youre never going to install the seats, why not cut out that metal? as in... remove it and make the floor smooth, save some weight at the same time... maybe im not explaining it very well, if I had ms paint on here id draw an arrow to what im talking about

[solowb5]

Cromoly?

[mike-2ptzero]

No, I know youve had the seats out for a long time, I was referring to the metal on the floor that lips upwards to make a flush mount for if you were to have the seats in there. Since youre never going to install the seats, why not cut out that metal? as in... remove it and make the floor smooth, save some weight at the same time... maybe im not explaining it very well, if I had ms paint on here id draw an arrow to what im talking about

That I might do, but haven't really thought about any of that at this point. I might just leave that there so I can put a flat sheet in place of the stock bottom seat so that it covers the tub area you are talking about.

The shop told me that I should think about taking the car to a wire shop and have them remove most of the stock wiring in the car since I no longer use it and seeing that I dont think this will ever go back to stock it might be something I might end up doing, I already removed most of the stock harness in the engine bay.

[djwimbo]

Look at the weld on that X-bar(lower left).

I want a damn welder!!!!!!!

[mike-2ptzero]

Cromoly?

No, just DOM.

[quattro16]

Nice shit Mike!!!!!!! I love how you always say "If I bring it back to stock". Don't bullshit yourself like me its never going back to stock!!! Also did you ever hear anything about freezing up that stick on sound insulation pad all over the trunk and floor. I heard you could lose some serious weight.

[pipe7284]

Lovely, you can fit many strippers so they can dance on those poles while you go down the track!!!!

[B5A4Kevin]

looks like some quality notching and welds. good job mike. MIG-ing it correct?

[zerb]

I pulled that sound deadning shit out of my gti, just the spot that housed the spare tire, and the bag had a bit of weight to it....not a metric shit-ton...but enough.

Freezing it works, but takes a while. Now a good old map gas torch and a metal scraper...that makes quick work out of it. Just don't sit there and breathe it in, lol.

[Naudi_Mat]

Wow!

Very nice Mike.

[oneohone]

Nice cage!

[geeky]

awesome. but now i have a sudden urge to go play on a monkey gym for the first time in 8+ years haha

[lowandslow4now]

Nice now you dont have to worry about getting kicked off the track for being to fast. Now maybe we can can get an A4 in the 9's ;)

[bassed]

Nice Mike, glad you finally got it in! Way to bring in 2009 properly;)

[mike-2ptzero]

Nice shit Mike!!!!!!! I love how you always say "If I bring it back to stock". Don't bullshit yourself like me its never going back to stock!!! Also did you ever hear anything about freezing up that stick on sound insulation pad all over the trunk and floor. I heard you could lose some serious weight.

Yes, I just haven't done it yet. You use dry ice.

[fred2ka4]

Looks good Mike. And it does not look like it will come out very easily to go back to stock being that it's fully welded to the car. How's the new turbo setup coming along? I know it's a purpose built track car, but cleaning up the wiring would make it look nicer.

Keep up the good work .........

[mike-2ptzero]

Looks good Mike. And it does not look like it will come out very easily to go back to stock being that it's fully welded to the car. How's the new turbo setup coming along? I know it's a purpose built track car, but cleaning up the wiring would make it look nicer.

Keep up the good work .........

1 step at a time. Won't be dealing with the turbo setup till after I get the car back from getting the cage done.

[awd2ks4]

Any way i could get you to devulge some measurements for the main hoop? ill be making a cage pretty soon and once the main hoop is done is gets easy from there.

[JumboBlack1.8]

Nice cage! Bout time......now go run in the 9s....I know you can do it

[mike-2ptzero]

Was able to do some work on the car and a few more pics of the changes to the cage.

Brand new windshield went in when the cage was put in.



New plate that the shop put in with the cage, so I mounted my switches on it.


Shop added a 2nd door bar in the correct spot. Still need to put the carpet back in.


Drag Racing window net


Still need to make a few changes before I paint the cage.

[JaVa]

very very nice!

[arorem]

Damn son

[Naudi_Mat]

CF doors too?

[mike-2ptzero]

CF doors too?

I have had those since late 2007.

[4inchMAF]

where did you get the doors done at? thats amazing!!! CF hood and trunk too? and sun roof filler?

[Don Supreme]

Mike, you need to 10 sec s4 those wires and be done with it. I think he took out 50 lbs of wires before he went too far.

[Beemer832]

i love the car, but hate to see it "chopped" up and race prepped. I guess you really couldn't have done it any other way.........

-josh

[mike-2ptzero]

Mike, you need to 10 sec s4 those wires and be done with it. I think he took out 50 lbs of wires before he went too far.

I plan on doing that at some point, just wiring up what needs to be wired and pulling out the rest. Just have to find the time to do that.

i love the car, but hate to see it "chopped" up and race prepped. I guess you really couldn't have done it any other way.........

-josh

Well from the outside you really cant even tell it has a cage in it.

[Maki]

Looks amazing! To bad I won't be seeing it for real.

[B5Burn]

Looks awesome. Congrats on the progress.. Hopefully it (rollbar) is never used :)

[zerb]

Mike, you need to 10 sec s4 those wires and be done with it. I think he took out 50 lbs of wires before he went too far.

i second that, idk what 10 sec s4-ing is...but im assuming he means take out whats not needed and just wire in what you need, cause theres a solid amount of weight in there for sure.

i know this cause im currently doing it with my project, i actually scooped up one of those Painless chasis harnesses and im just ripping everything out and putting one of those in.

[EuRoSp1c]

the tease was a sucess.. definately teased me... looks gooodd..