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Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox
What do you mean by landing pad?
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BTW: GODDAMN. I hope you have considering using a head/neck restraint system going forward.. that looked ROUGH. Glad you're OK. Just went through something similar so I can relate.
Reference the 4 landing points of the cage in the picture, if just bolted down with that little surface area they can punch through the floor pan or body in a significant impact like yours, this I have seen. So a plate or "metal pad" that covers more surface area, often used on the underside of the body in which the cage bolts to spreads the load. I think a wider pad should be on both sides of the body the bars are bolted to.
My welded in cage has thick pads (IT Spec) that cover a large surface area. In the past I used a bolted bar like this one but used larger plates above and below the body for a greater spread.