Subaru shifter

Cows are so cool.

Wagons are so cool.

This car is full of fucking stuffed animals.

RCI Harness

Trunk mounted Optima battery.

No comment.

Ninja night vision of the freshly painted black wagon.

I guess the stuffed animals were cutting in on the ¹/₄ mile.

From Cows to flourescent pastels. An improvement? You decide.

Custom fabricated seat brackets.

88-91 Civic Autopower bolt-in cage fabricated to fit an 88-91 Civic wagon. click the images

You will need to buy a 1.5 inch inside diameter/1.75 inch outside diameter steel (1.5" I.D./1.75" O.D.) 60 inches long. You will have to cut 8 inches off the Autopower cage on the both front bars that go to the front floor board to the center hoop. You will cut the 8 inches off the part that goes straight back to the center hoop. You will also do the same with the door bars on both sides. You will then have to cut the mounts off at about 2 inches above the base plates. You will then have to cut 2 of the 8 inch pieces into 4 inch pieces. So when you are done you should have 2 pieces of 8 inch cage and 4 pieces of 4 inch cage. You will use the 4 inch pieces to raise the cage 4 inches at the base of the front mounts and the center hoop You will then cut the 1.5 inch I.D. pipe into several sections as follows, 2 pieces 14 inches long and 4 pieces 8 inches long. You will put the 4 pieces of 4 inch cage on the base and use the 1.5" I.D. to sleeve the 4 inch extensions. So it should look something like this

I chose to weld everything together because I wasn’t looking forward to drilling that many holes to put the cage in. It can be done though. The best option is to weld it together. Either way You can buy the cage for about $500 and have someone weld in the fabricated parts. Which beats the $1600 to $2000 for a custom cage.

The most difficult one to do is the passenger side center hoop extension. There isn’t much material to work with so you will have to use the grinder to grind out and cut down some of the 1.5" I.D. sleeve so as to maximize structural integrity.

The rear bars is where you are going to put the other 2 pieces of 8" cage. So you will cut the rear bars in half and put the extension in between the pieces you cut in half and sleeve it with the 14" I.D. steel. I forgot to take pictures of this before I put the padding and tape on the cage so you’re just going to have to visualize it.

You will have to cut the vent out on both sides so as to maximize space and visibility so the bars can go as close to the windshield as possible. The driver’s side I had to cut out some of the dash for it to fit. But once you’re all done you will have a full roll cage for the wagon. This will stiffen up the car a whole bunch. Definately worth it in my opinion. Now the 5 point harnesses are mounted properly and even the people sitting in back get 5 point harnesses. I even took the backseat from my wife’s Integra and put it in the back. I just had to put a couple of slots up front for its latches and you sit a lot lower in it then with the regular wagon rear seats. I also made it so the seat backs were super reclined. Some people like this and one person doesn’t. Who me? I'm special! It kind of feels like you’re in the front seat with it reclined. People just aren’t used to being able to recline in the back seat so it feels weird to them. (insert backseat sex joke here)