Wrangler side bars on a CJ?

[MomoJeep]

My Scrambler has the standard roll bar. I have had roll cages before but don't want that for this jeep. I have some of those "side bars" that Wranglers have going drom the top corners of the windshield frame to the roll bar, and it seems they could fit on my Scrambler. Question:

(1) Do you think they Jeep is safer this way? If it were to roll or being in a highway accident, do there bars add any significant safety? I realize the windshield frame itself is not very strong.

Additional question:

(2) Would they add rigidity to the overall body-frame system. Apparently they do on Wranglers.
(3) Anything else I should be considering?

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[ag4ever]

Just connected to the windshield frame, no benefit.

In cab cage going to the floors and tied to the frame, yes.

 

[TXJEEP]

I owned an early YJ and went through the process of lowering the windshield with this setup. My opinion is that they make a great grab bar on the highway but not much else.

 

[NHScrambler]

I have owned a couple YJ's. The spreader bars add little to no structural strength. They connect to the windshield with a sheet metal flange that is prone to cracking.

 

[Rosco1974]

Tying the windshield frame to the roll bar "should" add "some" safety in a rollover. The main thing they add is the inability to run a half cab.

If you buy a trail cage that goes from the A-pillar to the windshield frame to the roll bar and tie to the frame you have added some safety. This is a YJ one but shows the concept.

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