I've been looking at a lot of defender's lately (we have a huge concentration of them here in Portland for some reason...) and am inspired by some of the external roll cages. I'd like to do something similar with my D1, but I'd like to mock it all up in CAD first - also that way if it works I can share the file with the rest of the community for future projects.

Do y'all know what size/wall tube the cage using? What are the hard points that the cage ties into? From the looks of things the front points go down into a hole in the fender and I'm guessing are bolted to the frame, with the B pillar as midpoint and then the rear bodywork? Is that correct?

Thanks!

 

see page 19 of 191 in the body shop manual part of the RAVE, has measurements and points that may help. Especially if you do a lot of this..

 

Thanks, I never thought to check out the RAVE manual!