Anyone know where to get one? websites?

 

Try JDM, I believe they sell a roll cage for lightnings.

 

We will have both a kit to purchase or have installed in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.

 

The best looking roll bar for the Lightnings, period..

 

 

No mine is the best looking one Period.. The End..!!



Mine was done through JDM too, but I had them improve a few things on mine. My swingouts are a little different, as is how the bars seal in the rear window. Mine doesn't leak even in a high powered car wash, and I am sure they can do the same thing for you.

 

Don, what kind of belts do you have? And can you use the stock seats?

 

Rhoades custom auto in Deleware does great work as well.

Eric's Lightning and a few others have been done there and the price and quality are unmatched anywhere, plus they do this neat thing with a gasket for the rear bars for no leakage that nobody else does.

Make sure to tell whoever does your rollbar to leave about 1/4 inch between the rear bars and the bed floor(where it goes thru the floor), the bed does flex and it will rub the bars making a terrible noise.

AY

 

Well I have aftermarket seats in my truck, but you can use the stock seats. Jim has a guy who will modify the stock seats so you can use a 5 point harness.

Here is a picture of Bill's truck with the modified seats and Simpson harness

 

do you need a five piont harness or can you get a three point?

 

Mine was done in NJ thru JDM just like the one in the image above. With all the 10 second passes that I have on the truck, not once has it ever made any HORRIBLE noises nor does it show any rubbing.

GREY03......when did you ever hear the horrible noise as the bed of WHOEVER'S truck was flexing??? I guess you were in the truck bed right

Kevin

 

It was a Ford Ranger that had the cage put in too close to the bed and made a horrible rubbing sound. They wound up opening up the hole a tad and it made the noise go away. Maybe the Ranger bed flexes more or something

Its good to hear that yours is noise free Precision race cars does great work and the cages that I have seen come from their shop are top quality, and for around 3k, thats a good deal.

AY

 

We were the first ones to do a roll bar in a drag race Lightning, and to this day, I have yet to see a setup that's "nicer" than ours. We don't have any ugly rubber seals where the bar goes through the window,l AND our setup is 100% waterproof. The rear bars come out low in the window so you only see about 8" of it with a bed cover on. The bars are formed so that no OEM part of the truck is rendered useless. The factory seat belts, the rear storage bin, the overhead light, and everything else still work as original, and the factory seats still go back as far as stock. Everyone else seems to be putting their main hoop all the way back, which shortens the overall height since the cab tapers down in the back. This makes the drivers helmet higher than the main hoop with a decent sized guy in the truck; not something you want. Here's some pics of our truck, please note that some of them are during the build process:

 

We were the first ones to do a roll bar in a drag race Lightning, and to this day, I have yet to see a setup that's "nicer" than ours. We don't have any ugly rubber seals where the bar goes through the window,l AND our setup is 100% waterproof. The rear bars come out low in the window so you only see about 8" of it with a bed cover on. The bars are formed so that no OEM part of the truck is rendered useless. The factory seat belts, the rear storage bin, the overhead light, and everything else still work as original, and the factory seats still go back as far as stock. Everyone else seems to be putting their main hoop all the way back, which shortens the overall height since the cab tapers down in the back. This makes the drivers helmet higher than the main hoop with a decent sized guy in the truck; not something you want. Here's some pics of our truck, please note that some of them are during the build process:

 

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Depends on where your racing, check with your local track. Here in SW Florida for example if you want to race at Bradenton and you pull a 11.49 or faster you need a 5 point.

D-Day