michaelw Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 I have tried to order a Roadsport cage from CC and they are still waiting for them to come in. Is there another alternative that is hopefully cheaper, as I think £800 is steep, but similar i.e. will go under the hood. Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan L Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Micheal I apologise for tagging on to your thread but I to would be interested to find out if there are any alternate cages that could be used. I know you can not put a price on your safety but I do not plan to race just do trackdays. At Autosport I spoke to Caged (the people who supply Caterham) about cages and they will only sell via Caterham. I heard Safety Devices do a cage that fits a Caterham but not been able to find out any more detail. If there are alternate to CC then if there is enough interest then may be we can organise a bulkbuy and hopefully get the cost down. Alan and his Yellow and Green BDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelw Posted January 19, 2004 Author Share Posted January 19, 2004 No problem Alan, I have been looking today and according to another post recently Safety devices used to supply Caterham but the lead times were too high - Hmmmm. So I have been trying to contact them and will let you know if I get any joy. I am also not racing but doing track days and worry about going off or probably more likely getting hit on the road and think the cage would add a lot of ridgidity to the car in a shunt even if you didn't turn over. I would like to still use the hood but prefer the look of the SLR cage. Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Faulds Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I'm pretty sure you'll find that Caterham own the design for their cages, so SD will not be able to supply them now. Regardless, I've never known SD produce *any* cage in less than 5 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino ferrana Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Pretty sure Stu is right on the SD cages I think someone has tried before. I doubt anyone else would make one for a Caterham due to the low numbers. If you count out all the Caterham race series which have to use the official cages then you are down to very low demand for another manufacturer to do one. Companies that do one offs may be able to do a cage but this is usually expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miraz Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 There are companies out there that will produce custom cages for sensible money - try talking to Custom Cages as a starting point - usually costs less than the official factory cage. Cost is not the most important factor when purchasing safety equipment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelspeed Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Safety Devices may have been restricted as to selling roadsports cages publicly when they were the official supplier to Caterham. Now they are not then their view may well have changed, worth a phone call. What about the SLR cages, are these still supplied by Safety Devices or do Caged do these too now? This may well skew the situation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan L Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 At Autosport Caged had a Roadsport an SLR cage on display. I know demand for cages mainly comes from poeple racing and regs dictate they must have one but over the last year I have spoken to a few people who would like a cage but can not justify the cost. Surely Caged/Caterham could make as much by selling cheaper but selling more units. I know quality costs money but can not believe a rollcage costs 5 times the amout of materials and labour to make a cage compared to a FIA rollbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Faulds Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Caged are the sole manufacturer for all Caterham cages now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I spoke to SD at autosport and they suggested i call them in a few weeks re a cage for the 7, so I'd wait til next week and give them a call 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelw Posted January 19, 2004 Author Share Posted January 19, 2004 Thanks guys I thought that may be the case. SD have said thay will sell me one but they were going to call me back to confirm and give me a price. I will let you know. Caged are doing the SLR cage by the looks of it http://www.therollcagepeople.com/projects%20Caterham.htm. Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelw Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 I have now got a price of £495 + VAT and delivery on the Roadsport cage from safety devices with a 3-4 week lead-time. I seem to remember the Caged one from Caterham is £595. Is that right? If so does anybody have any opinions on whether the Caged one is any better and worth the extra £100. I think the SD needs an extra dash mount and the Caged one looks better IMHO. I can try for a "Bulk" price with SD if anybody else is interested but I think the Caterham one is probably the one I will go for. Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I'm currently looking at options to replace my std spaghetti bar, and up to now was going down FIA route, believing that was only bar that would enable use of hood. Caged R/Sport bar looks nice, but (apologies in advance for novice question), can it be specified with side impact bars??? I have a fear (not whilst driving) of being T-boned at a track-day or hitting a bank and the de-dion tube snapping, with potential risk from wayward O/S/R wheel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Willoughby Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Yes you can get a side impact bar for the roadsport cage. Only problem is you won't be able to open the door or use the hood with it in place. Therefore, I don't bother with a side impact bar on my roadsport cage. I mainly use the car on the road with just the occasional track day. If I had more of a track bias in my use of the car I would possibly have kept it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The lower bar (wheel intrusion) can be used with hood. Only the upper bar (driver's shoulder to right knee diagonal) stops use of the hood and is easily removed/replaced for events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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