Roll Cage padding options?

[Jamers]

I want to pad my roll cage, I have the standard 6 point cage. I have seen the kit at tom's bronco parts, but am wondering what else I could do?

I have seen many people with different padding, and I am curious to know what it is? and all of the different colours??

Thanks,

Jim

 

[Baggs1977]

take a bunch of pillows and duct tape them to the cage;D ;D JK

 

[wildbill]

;D ;D ;D Pipe padding and elec. tape or you can get R/B tape you should be able to find it at a commercial air conditioner shop ect. and just get it by the foot good luck and have fun.;D ;D ;D Bill %)

 

[Jamers]

mmm....crashing my head into pillows instead of a steel bar...i dunno how that would look though! That way I could actually sleep in my bronco!

 

[ransil]

I would not use pipe insulation and electrical tape.
Pipe insulation is insulation not pading, electrical tape gets nasty after sitting in the sun.

Check Summit or 4 wheel parts for roll bar padding and a product called roll bar Rapz its a neoprene /velcro pading cover.

 

[ricks77eb]

I used Armaflex which is an industrial wrap. You can buy it in varrying ID sizes and you can also get it in differing thicknesses (they had .5 inch, .75 inch, and 1 inch thick for my size). I have 2 and 3/8 pipe on my roll bar. so I bought some 2.5" and trimmed it as necessary. The stuff is real dense and is not like putting that cheap pipe wrap like from a plumbing supplier.

Here is a link to a web site that tells a little about it

http://www.armacell.com/www/armacel...omesticHotWater

 

[ricks77eb]

Try this link maybe it will work

http://www.armacell.com/www/armacell/armacell.nsf/ansHTMLSeitenLookUp/US_Frame?OpenDocument

Rick

 

[wildbill]

;D ;D ;D That is the stuff have had on mine since about 72 the tub's are .120 (1/8") X 2" tubing and that is air conditioner insulstion. ;D ;D ;D Bill %)

 

[SC74]

I used pipe insulation with the Roll Bar Rapz .. looks pretty good. The Rapz are just a cover so you will need something under them for padding.

 

[sfaforester]

Although this is padding mad e for roll cages, here are a few color choices:

http://store.summitracing.com/
Moroso Offset Roll Bar Padding

 

[Jamers]

Thanks guys, I saw those summit racing ones, I may do the rapz with the cheap pipe insulation. That may look pretty good. Is the summit racing padding, pictured above, the same type of stuff as the pipe insulation??

 

[sfaforester]

Is the summit racing padding, pictured above, the same type of stuff as the pipe insulation??

not sure, maybe someone else knows.

 

[ricks77eb]

The Summit stuff is not like the pipe insulation the insulation that Summit sells has more of a styrfoam consistency where the armacell is like vulcanized rubber.

Rick

 

[67ster]

I used the Summit stuff , it is a little stiffer to work with on curves . It is accepted by most sanctioned racing orgs. where pipe insulation is not . Nascar found the stiffer the better.