Need Roll cage for Kit Car
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Been trying to get a Roll Cage made up for my car. This has not been straight forward.
Im south Hampshire (Southampton).
Tried to get it made locally but cant seem to get the right materials & someone that can bend the stuff.
All the bespoke companies see to be a day away.
Help please.
Thanks
Im south Hampshire (Southampton).
Tried to get it made locally but cant seem to get the right materials & someone that can bend the stuff.
All the bespoke companies see to be a day away.
Help please.
Thanks
Kevp said:
Been trying to get a Roll Cage made up for my car. This has not been straight forward.
Im south Hampshire (Southampton).
Tried to get it made locally but cant seem to get the right materials & someone that can bend the stuff.
All the bespoke companies see to be a day away.
Help please.
Thanks
I made my own... used www.tube-bender.co.uk who supplied and bent the material to my drawings. They ship on pallet if necessary, though i collected my material on the way to my company's fabrication shop in Stoke.Im south Hampshire (Southampton).
Tried to get it made locally but cant seem to get the right materials & someone that can bend the stuff.
All the bespoke companies see to be a day away.
Help please.
Thanks
No connection with the company, but oveall i was happy with the service i received.
You could give stoner racing in Basingstoke a call. Fairly local. Www.stonerRacing.co.uk I think they can knock up cages for most applications.
Try Andy Robinson Race Cars in Baisingstoke or Insane Creations in Portsmouth. Both do high quality roll cage work.
An update. Job done & car returned.
The work was done by Stoner Racing, Basingstoke.
I contact all the people recommended in the thread above. Some where not to keen (distance, time & not a pre-made unit). Some didnt return my calls. Some willing to do the work if I did the running around & finished the job off myself (painting basically so no big issue).
Mo of Stoner Racing gave me a figure over the phone which was less than any others. Collected the car within days. Returned within a week complete.
I now have a full cage with stays, a door & central bars, with a mounting plate for my gps receiver. All painted & complete. This did involve removing the old unit (bolt on), drilling the body as required & strengthening the mounting points as required. I can only say work exceeded my expectations
I considered the work done was far in excess of the phone brief, but Mo honoured his figure despite me offering more for the additional work.
I can and will recommend Stoner Racing to anyone requiring any motor sport preparation/work.
Thank you Mo
Kevin
www.stonerracing.co.uk
Email : mo@stonerracing.co.uk
Number : 07900156637
The work was done by Stoner Racing, Basingstoke.
I contact all the people recommended in the thread above. Some where not to keen (distance, time & not a pre-made unit). Some didnt return my calls. Some willing to do the work if I did the running around & finished the job off myself (painting basically so no big issue).
Mo of Stoner Racing gave me a figure over the phone which was less than any others. Collected the car within days. Returned within a week complete.
I now have a full cage with stays, a door & central bars, with a mounting plate for my gps receiver. All painted & complete. This did involve removing the old unit (bolt on), drilling the body as required & strengthening the mounting points as required. I can only say work exceeded my expectations
I considered the work done was far in excess of the phone brief, but Mo honoured his figure despite me offering more for the additional work.
I can and will recommend Stoner Racing to anyone requiring any motor sport preparation/work.
Thank you Mo
Kevin
www.stonerracing.co.uk
Email : mo@stonerracing.co.uk
Number : 07900156637
Mo built and prepped my race car. I had a season of chasing the rear of the pack and at the back of my mind always thought it was the car. I lent it to a mate who in his first race took my car to 5th place 
!!! Mo always told me it was a quick one.
Great service at all times, would highly recommend Stoner for any newbies thinking about racing, Mo provides excellent support throughout the season with hand holding when needed and great burgers.
!!! Mo always told me it was a quick one.Great service at all times, would highly recommend Stoner for any newbies thinking about racing, Mo provides excellent support throughout the season with hand holding when needed and great burgers.
Kevp said:
An update. Job done & car returned.
The work was done by Stoner Racing, Basingstoke.
I contact all the people recommended in the thread above. Some where not to keen (distance, time & not a pre-made unit). Some didnt return my calls. Some willing to do the work if I did the running around & finished the job off myself (painting basically so no big issue).
Mo of Stoner Racing gave me a figure over the phone which was less than any others. Collected the car within days. Returned within a week complete.
I now have a full cage with stays, a door & central bars, with a mounting plate for my gps receiver. All painted & complete. This did involve removing the old unit (bolt on), drilling the body as required & strengthening the mounting points as required. I can only say work exceeded my expectations
I considered the work done was far in excess of the phone brief, but Mo honoured his figure despite me offering more for the additional work.
I can and will recommend Stoner Racing to anyone requiring any motor sport preparation/work.
Thank you Mo
Kevin
www.stonerracing.co.uk
Email : mo@stonerracing.co.uk
Number : 07900156637
The work was done by Stoner Racing, Basingstoke.
I contact all the people recommended in the thread above. Some where not to keen (distance, time & not a pre-made unit). Some didnt return my calls. Some willing to do the work if I did the running around & finished the job off myself (painting basically so no big issue).
Mo of Stoner Racing gave me a figure over the phone which was less than any others. Collected the car within days. Returned within a week complete.
I now have a full cage with stays, a door & central bars, with a mounting plate for my gps receiver. All painted & complete. This did involve removing the old unit (bolt on), drilling the body as required & strengthening the mounting points as required. I can only say work exceeded my expectations
I considered the work done was far in excess of the phone brief, but Mo honoured his figure despite me offering more for the additional work.
I can and will recommend Stoner Racing to anyone requiring any motor sport preparation/work.
Thank you Mo
Kevin
www.stonerracing.co.uk
Email : mo@stonerracing.co.uk
Number : 07900156637
As i took the recommendation from this post it's only right to report my experience of Stoner Racing and Maurice or Mo Stoner.
This time 2 years ago I got my car back from Stoner Racing after giving them instructions to build and fit a custom roll cage on my car, not happy at all with the result. I initially contacted Maurice or 'Mo' Stoner as a result of a recommendation on this forum. Researching his website it was clear his company has a lot of experience in the world of motorsport as they looked after a lot of cars which competed in a Jap race series. Was supposed to be done within a week but as usual this turned into over a month, which wasn't an issue but when it came back I was shocked at what they had done. I had previously posted pictures on here but quickly removed them as this was only going to go one way. The instructions were to construct a roll cage with a powder coated finish within the MSA regulations. What I got back was far from this, the list of problems was endless but included-
Side bars not shaped correctly and were supposed to run along the body of the car
Bars not parallel, one side I could fit the tonneau cover whereas the other side I couldn't
Some of the WORST welding you have ever seen
'Finished' with spray from a rattle can including areas which were missed in places and too much on other areas causing drips (oh no undercoat either)
Damaged the scuttle, rear wheel arch and over spray all over the cockpit.
Unfortunately I paid for the work before the car was actually delivered back to me so they had my money. I called him as soon as it was delivered and he assured everything would be put right in the new year. New year came, excuse after excuse then radio silence, nothing, ignoring all communications.
Rain actually stripped the paint off, i had to end up wrapping the whole cage in insulation tape.
I couldn't let him get away with taking £800 off me for such a cr@p job and as much as I wanted to go and see him face to face I knew that would only end up going one way. It wasn't just the cost of the cage, it was the cost of putting things right and repairing the damage caused. Thankfully our I got a report on the work along with a quote from Mac1 for replacing the damaged panels.
I didn't want to instruct costly solicitors as I had no faith in the system and thought I'd be even more out of pocket so I contacted CAB and they said that there is a process you have to follow to take legal action, I sent several letters (of which they provide a template) and got no response, in this time I had found out a lot about this guy and seems that he is a serial offender at this sort of thing and has been the director of many companies which have changed names etc etc etc, also credit searches showed he had a pretty dark history.
I continued with this process as I was still seething and I thought him getting another CCJ was the least he deserved, this eventually happened and then it was time to instruct the county court bailiffs who visited his home address to be told that he doesn't live there anymore, FYI county court bailiffs are as useful as mudguards on a tortoise.
End of, that's it. No! I was watching a programme called 'can't pay, we'll take it away' and got the idea to instruct the sheriffs office to collect the debt. After a lengthy call and some time to get over the fact they don't actually ride horses and carry Colts I paid £75 which covered their first visit and was told that was all I needed to pay. I got an email a few weeks later saying he does live there and he knew nothing about this debt (yeah right) they were going to run some checks on some vehicles which were at his property. A few more weeks later an email to say they've been round again and he is going to seek legal advice because he knew nothing about any of this and also non of the cars are registered in his name, it appeared he has a partner who has everything in her name nowadays so I thought that was that...
This time 2 years ago I got my car back from Stoner Racing after giving them instructions to build and fit a custom roll cage on my car, not happy at all with the result. I initially contacted Maurice or 'Mo' Stoner as a result of a recommendation on this forum. Researching his website it was clear his company has a lot of experience in the world of motorsport as they looked after a lot of cars which competed in a Jap race series. Was supposed to be done within a week but as usual this turned into over a month, which wasn't an issue but when it came back I was shocked at what they had done. I had previously posted pictures on here but quickly removed them as this was only going to go one way. The instructions were to construct a roll cage with a powder coated finish within the MSA regulations. What I got back was far from this, the list of problems was endless but included-
Side bars not shaped correctly and were supposed to run along the body of the car
Bars not parallel, one side I could fit the tonneau cover whereas the other side I couldn't
Some of the WORST welding you have ever seen
'Finished' with spray from a rattle can including areas which were missed in places and too much on other areas causing drips (oh no undercoat either)
Damaged the scuttle, rear wheel arch and over spray all over the cockpit.
Unfortunately I paid for the work before the car was actually delivered back to me so they had my money. I called him as soon as it was delivered and he assured everything would be put right in the new year. New year came, excuse after excuse then radio silence, nothing, ignoring all communications.
Rain actually stripped the paint off, i had to end up wrapping the whole cage in insulation tape.
I couldn't let him get away with taking £800 off me for such a cr@p job and as much as I wanted to go and see him face to face I knew that would only end up going one way. It wasn't just the cost of the cage, it was the cost of putting things right and repairing the damage caused. Thankfully our I got a report on the work along with a quote from Mac1 for replacing the damaged panels.
I didn't want to instruct costly solicitors as I had no faith in the system and thought I'd be even more out of pocket so I contacted CAB and they said that there is a process you have to follow to take legal action, I sent several letters (of which they provide a template) and got no response, in this time I had found out a lot about this guy and seems that he is a serial offender at this sort of thing and has been the director of many companies which have changed names etc etc etc, also credit searches showed he had a pretty dark history.
I continued with this process as I was still seething and I thought him getting another CCJ was the least he deserved, this eventually happened and then it was time to instruct the county court bailiffs who visited his home address to be told that he doesn't live there anymore, FYI county court bailiffs are as useful as mudguards on a tortoise.
End of, that's it. No! I was watching a programme called 'can't pay, we'll take it away' and got the idea to instruct the sheriffs office to collect the debt. After a lengthy call and some time to get over the fact they don't actually ride horses and carry Colts I paid £75 which covered their first visit and was told that was all I needed to pay. I got an email a few weeks later saying he does live there and he knew nothing about this debt (yeah right) they were going to run some checks on some vehicles which were at his property. A few more weeks later an email to say they've been round again and he is going to seek legal advice because he knew nothing about any of this and also non of the cars are registered in his name, it appeared he has a partner who has everything in her name nowadays so I thought that was that...
Kevp said:
An update. Job done & car returned.
The work was done by Stoner Racing, Basingstoke.
I contact all the people recommended in the thread above. Some where not to keen (distance, time & not a pre-made unit). Some didnt return my calls. Some willing to do the work if I did the running around & finished the job off myself (painting basically so no big issue).
Mo of Stoner Racing gave me a figure over the phone which was less than any others. Collected the car within days. Returned within a week complete.
I now have a full cage with stays, a door & central bars, with a mounting plate for my gps receiver. All painted & complete. This did involve removing the old unit (bolt on), drilling the body as required & strengthening the mounting points as required. I can only say work exceeded my expectations
I considered the work done was far in excess of the phone brief, but Mo honoured his figure despite me offering more for the additional work.
I can and will recommend Stoner Racing to anyone requiring any motor sport preparation/work.
Thank you Mo
Kevin
www.stonerracing.co.uk
Email : mo@stonerracing.co.uk
Number : 07900156637
how much you paid for it and what car was it?The work was done by Stoner Racing, Basingstoke.
I contact all the people recommended in the thread above. Some where not to keen (distance, time & not a pre-made unit). Some didnt return my calls. Some willing to do the work if I did the running around & finished the job off myself (painting basically so no big issue).
Mo of Stoner Racing gave me a figure over the phone which was less than any others. Collected the car within days. Returned within a week complete.
I now have a full cage with stays, a door & central bars, with a mounting plate for my gps receiver. All painted & complete. This did involve removing the old unit (bolt on), drilling the body as required & strengthening the mounting points as required. I can only say work exceeded my expectations
I considered the work done was far in excess of the phone brief, but Mo honoured his figure despite me offering more for the additional work.
I can and will recommend Stoner Racing to anyone requiring any motor sport preparation/work.
Thank you Mo
Kevin
www.stonerracing.co.uk
Email : mo@stonerracing.co.uk
Number : 07900156637
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