# cusco cage question **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 21, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cusco-cage-question/122030 "2009-02-21T18:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Jedi\_Car\_Fan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jedi_Car_Fan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cusco-cage-question/122030/6 "2009-02-22T07:15:28Z")
> [@Tips on wife/girlfriend beating?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tips-on-wife-girlfriend-beating/20439/23): > > ^^^ > > There was a thread on Zilvia regarding Cusco cages versus custom-made cages. > > The argument was whether or not Cusco cages are actually ‘safe’. > > The thing is most of us here aren’t pro-drifters. Some of us here just want a cage for peace of mind and safety. I mean, $1000 is inexpensive insurance if it can greatly reduce the likelihood of death due to a roll-over. Sure the Cusco one doesn’t have side-impact protection, but that’s inconvenient for a daily driver, and even if you wanted to, it shouldn’t cost too much for a shop to weld one in to one of the Cusco kits. It also does not have gussets or proper bracing of the main hoop or rear stays. The front pillars are made in an illegal fashion since they must be 100% straight and not bent to follow the dash profile. Cusco Cages are something like 1.25’’ x .070’’ which will not pass tech inspection for Rally, Road Racing or 1/4 Mile Dragging. Minimum allowance is 1.50’’ x .125’’ for vehicles weighting under 2400lbs… Since a 240 is over that, you are legally required to use a 2.00’’ x .125’’ Main Hoop with 1.75’’ x .125’’ else where. The ONLY standards a Cusco Cage passes is for D1/Drift Nation because they have no proper/strict standards to begin with. And they are 100% illegal to be used on a daily driver since the only way a Cage is legit in a Daily Driver is if the MTO signs off on it and in order to do that you require tech certification from the guys @ mosport for example and they will not approve a Cusco Cage. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cusco-cage-question/122030)._