notts.pirate
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id fit one purely to make it easier to handcuff the wife to when we're out doggin
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Hammer
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Originally posted by notts.pirate
id fit one purely to make it easier to handcuff the wife to when we're out doggin
Now there's a genuine answer at last 
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All Torque
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but it looks shit?
proper cages look shit to but are there for a purpose
Not in a 1.2 Corsa
fuck you!
back in your cage
poor pun 
Lie down mate.
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_Allan_
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I must have rattled it 
I never said anything about show cages fair enough, I was following on from steve about full on rally spec cages being fitted into a 1.2
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nova_gteuk
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I remember when i said what steve said in another thread about showcages,everyone turned agaisnt me to
Show cages are pathetic imo.
They dont make it any safer,seeing a car with an interior and a cage just looks stupid.
Especially when theyre chrome proper cages arent chrome
Might aswell just get sum scaffolding chromed and whack it in.
Especially when for a few quid more you can buy a proper cage
[Edited on 20-03-2008 by nova_gteuk]
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Gareth
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Cage Fight 
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Ian
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Remind me what purpose a spoiler serves on a road car? What about a nice paint colour? Alloy wheels? Side skirts?
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Steve
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they alter body shape, improve looks etc.
i fail to see how scaffold in the back of the car improve looks.
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Ian
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So plastic on the boot lid improves looks but tube inside doesn't? Who makes these rules exactly?
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Sportycorsa86
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its no different to those fake brake disks you could get from halfords to immitate rear disks
i take it u have considered these
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Paul_J
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Originally posted by Ian
So plastic on the boot lid improves looks but tube inside doesn't? Who makes these rules exactly?
Steve I believe
The whole Top Gear cool wall. Hammond and Clarkson don't get their opinion even noted, that's steve telling them where to place those cars on that wall!
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nova_gteuk
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Im suprised people are defending them?
How is a fake cage gonna look good?
It looks stupid and you can see the brackets holding it in
how that looks good ill never know?
Plus i cant see having a big lump of metal inside your car rather safe for the rear passangers 
Why do people even think bolted/welded in cages look good its a safety device you hardly need them in a road car (unless track/rally use etc)
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ShEp
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Do you know that, the dimma cage above is the actual cage owned by B3KAN
My mate got it made by dimma for his 206 way back in the day, it was developed in his car, and his car was used for the advertising
I bought the cage, had it a month then sold it to B3KAN
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JM_16v
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why do people buy bodkits, why do they get there bumper colour coded, why get there wheels powder coated/sprayed. it personal prefrence as usal
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SXI - Matt
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Show cages can actually be very dangorous if you were to ever have a crash, ill try and find a video but there is one floating about on the world wide web showing a car fitted with one in a crash the main beam that runs across your roof which suports both sides of the cage if hit from the side will start to bend outwards untill it finnaly snaps then were are the broken polls going to go, or if you flipped on to your roof it'll just crumple making it alot more difficult to get out ect, although saying that i still think they look really good in certain cars 
[Edited on 21-03-2008 by SXI - Matt]
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Steve
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Originally posted by Ian
So plastic on the boot lid improves looks but tube inside doesn't? Who makes these rules exactly?
Steve I believe
The whole Top Gear cool wall. Hammond and Clarkson don't get their opinion even noted, that's steve telling them where to place those cars on that wall!
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jambo166
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what about when people put chrome under there bonnet nobody says anything about that
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Hammer
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Remind me what purpose a spoiler serves on a road car? What about a nice paint colour? Alloy wheels? Side skirts?
You don't have to clamber over a spoiler to get into your seat, the paint colour doesn't enclose you in the back of the car and sideskirts don't resemble metal tubing from a building site.
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Steve
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hammer im telling you now mate, if i ever cum to scotland, you're gonna get it
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Hammer
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I await your visit with baited breath mate.
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big eck
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As said before its all about the looks, some like them some dont. same goes for alloys/spoilers/bodykits etc
I personally like the look of them thats why I had one fitted in my 106 gti
Its all about personal taste
As for the unsafe comments there has never been proof of anything bad happening to someone in an accident with one of these fitted to there car
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JinThaMC
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obviously it depends on what car, what cage to prove the cage is not safe.
Such a stupid thread, <no offence>. But I think i'm going to start a thread tomorrow 'Why do people buy alloys, its weaker than steel therefore unsafe'
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Ryk
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its an utterly pointless excercise
OMG I agree with steve wtf has something gone wrong ? Gravity reversed or something
Dito....
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John
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What alloy is weaker than steel?
I'm sure not every alloy is weaker that steel.
I'm also sure that you don't know the relatives strengths of alloys and steel.
Alloys are a taste thing, which these show cages also are but if a non car enthusiast asked what the bars in the back of your car done what would you say?
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nova_gteuk
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Originally posted by JinThaMC
obviously it depends on what car, what cage to prove the cage is not safe.
Such a stupid thread, <no offence>. But I think i'm going to start a thread tomorrow 'Why do people buy alloys, its weaker than steel therefore unsafe'
So you think it would be safe,What happens in a crash you get thrown about,even with a seatbelt on you get thrown around,and i can safely say i wouldnt wanna crack my head open on some chrome scaffolding
Even rally cars have padding around their cages for such an incident.
[Edited on 21-03-2008 by nova_gteuk]
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