Thanks Joel! we do all have our own concepts and ideas that's what I like about car building. Chris as far as the forward bracing bar for the cage not that I have ever seen. I was in the fire service for 35 years before I recently retired. I did a lot of apparatus design and specifications for our emergency apparatus, mostly our Trucks and engines not as much on our medic units all of our trucks had 2 piece glass in the front as do most commercial trucks with a center divider. The cage is not connected to the glass so a valid question, I do have it set to where it sits right up to w/o touching the front windshield so I am not to concerned about it. If someone has further information on it please do chime in.......m