Yesterday, I picked the wrong line on a simple obstacle on The Back Road To Crown King and ended up on my side. No shenanigans or reckless driving and no injuries. The flop occurred at 3mph. The right front tire was climbing and the left rear tire slid off a rock and into a hole. Over it went and landed hard on the drivers side upper portion of the roll cage.
Some of the door plastics and roof are scratched but not cracked. All doors open normally except the drivers side rear door. The door sticks a LITTLE BIT but certainly DOES NOT require a significant amount of effort or force to open (my 5yr old can still open it). The top of the cage is bent to the passenger side by about 1-1.5 inches. You can tell from the windshield alignment and the A&B pillar vertical alignment in the pictures below.
I checked all the welds on the entire cage and on the frame where the cage mounts (all Xpillars and crossbars). No welds appear cracked on the frame. No welds appear cracked on the cage, but some paint has flaked off the cage near the top welds of the B&C pillars and crossbars on each side. The passenger A-pillar/ top tube triangular gusset is bent (see picture) meaning that the cage is definitely bent. Overall, the damage is minimal but noticeable.
The cage did what it was supposed to. It bent and protected me. I do not think the cage structure is significantly compromised but I don't want to put in on its side again to find out. I am going to replace the cage because I want something stronger and it looks wonky.
The problem is that I cannot determine if the frame is tweaked. I called the dealer that I bought it from and they are three weeks out for a service appointment. I went ahead and booked it but my questions are:
How can I tell if the fame is tweaked?
Has anyone bought a 1000X-4 cage from a fabricator in the Phoenix area or Southwestern US? Who? Would you use them again?
Some of the door plastics and roof are scratched but not cracked. All doors open normally except the drivers side rear door. The door sticks a LITTLE BIT but certainly DOES NOT require a significant amount of effort or force to open (my 5yr old can still open it). The top of the cage is bent to the passenger side by about 1-1.5 inches. You can tell from the windshield alignment and the A&B pillar vertical alignment in the pictures below.
I checked all the welds on the entire cage and on the frame where the cage mounts (all Xpillars and crossbars). No welds appear cracked on the frame. No welds appear cracked on the cage, but some paint has flaked off the cage near the top welds of the B&C pillars and crossbars on each side. The passenger A-pillar/ top tube triangular gusset is bent (see picture) meaning that the cage is definitely bent. Overall, the damage is minimal but noticeable.
The cage did what it was supposed to. It bent and protected me. I do not think the cage structure is significantly compromised but I don't want to put in on its side again to find out. I am going to replace the cage because I want something stronger and it looks wonky.
The problem is that I cannot determine if the frame is tweaked. I called the dealer that I bought it from and they are three weeks out for a service appointment. I went ahead and booked it but my questions are:
How can I tell if the fame is tweaked?
Has anyone bought a 1000X-4 cage from a fabricator in the Phoenix area or Southwestern US? Who? Would you use them again?
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