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So after progressing through HPDE with my already-caged and ready to race Spec3 race car, I wanted to get the car inspected and a log book. I thought I had done all the right things when selecting a race-prep shop. Turns out I was wrong.

The wall thickness turned out to be 0.095 and not 0.120 as I had been told had been installed. Long story short, the cage builder didn't deny putting in the wrong material, didn't follow through on an initial agreement to replace the cage, and refused to return any money when he stalled for over two months on working with me.

At this point, it was not in my best interest to put my car back into his shop due to this (in my opinion) lack of integrity and already proven dishonesty.

So I took the car to a new shop and this is what was found when the cage was cut out. Note, that these issues were all on the "back side" of the tubing and not directly visible. He delivered the cage painted, so I had no idea.

Shop: The Motorsports Group, Jupiter, FL
Owner: Jay Mauney

I hope this helps someone else new to racing and car construction about what questions to ask and what to look for.

Good news is that a great new cage is in (Laszlo Racing and Fabrication), and was inspected all the way by an SCCA-owned shop two doors down (Atlantic Autowerks).

Be careful...it's your life at risk.