I would trust a bolt over a weld any day.
A weld can look secure but not properly take, whereas you can see if a bolt is tight.
I drive this daily, bit of a pain in the beginning but used to it now.
It's extended through too the front shocks. Had this made too the car and is weld it.
Thats a cage and a half.
- but that would be super safe and stiff because of its very elaborate nature and huge number of fixing points.
But taking a simple 6 point cage - one that is assembled under controlled conditions then bolted in will be consistently strong. One that is assembled, welded together and welded in is only as good as the welder. I say this thinking about a couple of examples of welded in seat runners Ive seen in the past that were beyond horrific.
A weld can either not penetrate - or be too hot and weaken the material. In this case the joints will suffer from fatigue over a long period.
You also have to fabricate foot areas to spread the load correctly that are potentially tricky.
So a welded in cage is not inherently better than a bolted in one. Its more complicated than that.
A bolt in cage will never compare to a full rally style weld-in but it will at least be consistent.
Holy ****! That's rough. Looks like someone used one of those hobby gasless migs (and had no skills)
There was talk of it once upon a time I'm sure...
It's a expensive thing for a lot of people to commit to though, as with any group buy people would put there names down then pull out no doubt, it would take a while to organise and there's usually a good few weeks waiting list on cages so you could be waiting a while!
What cage did you want?
This is what I bought