Brenthel long travel install

[Bigg50]

Great right up and well done sir. Sounds like you're leaning towards sprung under, bed cage, and a notched frame. Any plans for a cage for the cab? Kind of sucks once you go LT in the front it opens up a can of worms lol.

 

[ntm]

I'm trying to stay away from a cab cage.
For a daily driver (with no helmet) there are some serious safety concerns with a cage. And a ton of noise and vibration comes through the cage from the chassis, especially if the cage is hooked to a four link.
I've had a few caged vehicles before and it pretty much ruined them as daily drivers. But I suppose this thing is turning into a bit of a toy... Not really ruling anything out at this point.

 

[factive]

the rouge racing cantilever setup looks pretty sweet for the rear i.e. for keeping the dd usability of the box.

Is there anyone actually running this system yet (beside Rogue themselves) that has provided real world feedback? Rogue created a lot of hype when they first came out with this but since then I haven't seen a single person running it.

NTM - Do you think the safety concerns of the cage outweigh those of running offroad w/o a cage? I wouldn't think a well tucked, non race-spec cage, would be much of a safety concern for DD. Curious for more experienced feedback as I head down that path

 

[ntm]

Is there anyone actually running this system yet (beside Rogue themselves) that has provided real world feedback? Rogue created a lot of hype when they first came out with this but since then I haven't seen a single person running it.

NTM - Do you think the safety concerns of the cage outweigh those of running offroad w/o a cage? I wouldn't think a well tucked, non race-spec cage, would be much of a safety concern for DD. Curious for more experienced feedback as I head down that path

I'm in the same boat with the rogue cantilever, waiting for more detailed feedback...

As far as the safety concerns of running offroad without a cage, only the individual can decide. If my truck was a weekend warrior, then I'd likely cage it. But the odds are that if I'm in an accident, it'll be the traditional kind, and I won't be wearing a helmet or harness. The human body stretches and moves in some astounding ways in an accident, there's just no way you could get a halo bar far enough away from my head (in the raptor) to make me comfortable with not wearing a helmet. That's just me though, everybody has to consider their own circumstances.

 

[Darthyota]

Is there anyone actually running this system yet (beside Rogue themselves) that has provided real world feedback? Rogue created a lot of hype when they first came out with this but since then I haven't seen a single person running it.

NTM - Do you think the safety concerns of the cage outweigh those of running offroad w/o a cage? I wouldn't think a well tucked, non race-spec cage, would be much of a safety concern for DD. Curious for more experienced feedback as I head down that path

not sure but i plan on it just gotta figure how to sneak it past the wife

 

[KaiserM715]

In order to keep this thread on topics, posts discussing whether or not to get a cage have been moved here:
http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f18/when-should-your-next-mod-cage-28066/
Future posts discussing this will be moved to this location as well.

 

[ntm]

Finished up the detail work yesterday, the fenders are back from paint and the alignment should be done Monday.
I welded tabs to the frame for the external bypass reservoirs.
And tabs to the engine cage for the coilover reservoirs.

 

[tec548]

Nice work! Following thread...

 

[ntm]

Mother of god, an alignment took 5.5 hours. $700 alignment.
Think I took it to the wrong place...
On the positive side of that, since the lca positions are fixed now, no more migrating alignment after hard use.
I've scrubbed off more than $1000 worth of tires in the past driving back from offroad shenanigans.
to ford's slotted lca alignment setup.

 

[Jordan@Apollo-Optics]

to ford's slotted lca alignment setup.

You aren't kidding. I've never had a vehicle that's been harder to align than this truck.