Cage in less the grab handles. Fairly straight forward as long as you don't attempt this by yourself on a 95+ degree 90% humidity day in Houston in your driveway without shade... :crazyeyes:
In my haste to get get the Jeep put back together, I stripped one of the C-pillar nuts that is welded into that rear roll bar. I was trying to draw the new cross member down to meet the bar (don't do that). I also cross-threaded and broke one of the A-Pillar bolts (dumbass).
I should have listened to Eddie in the install video recommending you run a tap through the support bars. I did not have one large enough so I figured what the worse that could happen. :grayno:
The only real issue I had with the entire cage setup itself was lining up the 2 bolt holes in center of the cage (6 if you count the front center bar, rear center bar and b-pillar reinforcement). Once I drilled the front center bars the rear center bar and b-pillar reinforcement did not align. Drilling chrome molly, even just ovaling/enlarging existing holes can be a PITA.
Eddie's install video was MORE THAN HELPFUL, IS WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. The instructions downloaded from the EVO Manufacturing website are fairly detailed but as in anything else seeing the process done in a straightforward manner made the instruction read easier.
Stock Cage
EVO
Edit: One addition item I did was lengthen the mic harness lead. It's a three wire connection (red/white/bare ground) that was easy lengthened. I never like the mic position on the driver pillar so I think I'm going to move it to the center of the windshield beneath the switch bank.
