Ended up cutting out almost 3" after the grinding.









I didn't do a before, but after from the floor is 69" on the front of the cage, and 74.5" on the back.

I have the full windshield, I'm looking at cutting it and buying the hinge they use in the folding ones.

Lol, maybe I should have said that it's going to be welded this weekend

What size tubing did you use to sleeve it?

Did you do anything to the back cross members?

I used 1-3/4, but had to grind it down a bit to fit. Nothing to the back braces, I cut lower than they are so they just moved down a bit.

Thanks! I was wondering because I'm planning on chopping mine sometime pretty soon. Are you going to have to whole thing powder coated or painted?

Just going to paint the welds. Possibly having a custom cage built in the future. Maybe just a bit shorter than this one, and leaned in a bit at head level.


Btw, after cutting and setting the stock one back on, I wish I had cut another inch and a half out.

nice!
Did the angle's of the bars line right up after you cut out a few inches?

I've been considering doing a stock cage chop or having a local race car cage builder do me one from scratch. I like looks of the stock cage, but I'd like it to be a touch shorter.

They all lined up pretty good, I honestly made the first cut on the drivers rear bar, and didn't pay enough attention and got it too close to the first bend so my stub wouldn't go as far up as I intended, but don't tell anybody. I got the stubs down the the bottom first, and ground on them until a piece I had cut off would slide on each tube very easily, since putting all six in place at once would be hard enough, I didn't want to have to fight it on. With help it only took a couple minutes to line all six up, then maybe another five minutes to get the whole thing seated. I put 1/4" bolts through them for now, and I'm supposed to have it welded this weekend, I'll post a couple pics when it's finished.

This was three inches, and I wish I had done at least four, something to look at if you plan on doing yours. I still have more than enough head room at 6'2", and the front bar is still not in my line of sight.

Some of my pics went missing.

Did you do 3"front and back? Im thinking about 4" in front and 5 or 6" in the rear but i cant find any pics of one chopped other than yours.

I did 3" all around. If I had it to do over again, I would cut 4" or maybe a little more out of the back.

If you put "cage chop" in the search bar several more threads come up.

At 6'2 how much head room do you have left after cutting 3''. I have a buddy that's 6' 4'' would he be able to ride comfortably. Thanks and sweet buggy in the garage. Whatcha got in it.

I cut 3" out of the front and 5" in back. Looks a lot better for now until I build a new cage. I'm 6'4" and fit fine. My cousin and uncle rode with me at glamis and there 6'5"-6'6". Not a lot of room left but they weren't hittin there heads.

I think A metal roof would keep me from cutting more than the 3" out of the front. I didn't consider that until I was measuring for a new roof.

The buggy is my fab guys, old school 383 on propane.

Here's mine, I did 3" front and 5" rear. I'm 6'4' and I wouldn't go any more than that. Actually, I get it back from the repair shop this weekend and I'll be chopping it again, same amount. Hopefully this works.

Freshly chopped