cage and roll bar question

[bigtrks]

i,m starting some exo cage and rollbar work on my 85 toyota this week .one of the plans is to cut a couple holes in the cab to run some dom tube threw do they make a groumet or something to fillthe hole around the tube ?? or do u slap it with a handful of mud and go ???

[RangerWill]

McMaster-Carr has some rubber grommets with an inner diameter of 1.5", the size of the hole would have to be no smaller than 1.75", and the overall outer diameter is 2.125". They're like $12 for 25. Here is a link to the site. I think these would be your best bet if you want to run your cage into your rig. http://www.mcmaster.com/#rubber-grommets/=43uple

[John Gabriel]

http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/p..._Grommet_Seals

This will be the best bet to keep the noise down. Using a standard grommet your chassis flexes and you will get some movement out of the cab. Now I know these are expensive but i know I have seen them cheaper but if you can find something like this I would go with this style over a standard grommet. This was used in a shelby cobra quite often. If you have anymore questions feel free to ask me.

[ocdropzone]

similar options:
not a ton of people run exo tubes through their body but saw this stuff on Pirate in this thread
and thought is was some great info to save:

Originally Posted by slabcrawler

I found these seals at Earl's plumbing and used them to seal the tubes I ran from my exo through the side of the bed, and to the stock inner roll bar. I always wanted to do this but couldn't figure out a good way to seal it. These are the biggest ones they make and work perfect on 1 3/4 tubes. Thought someone else might be looking for something like this.



http://www.holley.com/types/Seals-It...et%20Seals.asp

Originally Posted by Okiyota

I have used these ones before and they worked nice, $15.00 a piece, cant remember the site for where i got them from, i'll see if i can find it again...




This place sells alot of different styles also,they have Split Grommets, like someone mentioned above for adding after a cage is already through the cab, but looks like the biggest of that style is 1". Gives you an idea though on how to make a set if you are that serious...

Split Grommets

Normal Grommets

EDIT: Didnt realize the two links i gave at the bottom are for the same pictured in the first post, carry on.

[bigtrks]

thanks .i just picked it up from the fab shop .i dont have a pic yet .i had thgem leave out the tubes that are going to go threw the body for now .becuz i didnt know what i wanted to do your idea looks like a winner .i,ll have to see if i can find some.