Pick Your Poison
Every build is TIG where it shows, tested where it matters, and documented for tech.
The Inspector Is the Easy Critic. Physics Is the Hard One.
A cage isn't done when it passes tech — it's done when it does its job at the worst moment of your season. Saguaro builds to the rulebook and then to the crash: full-penetration welds at every node, gussets where load paths concentrate, tube notched to fit before filler ever touches it. We've caged time-attack cars, desert trucks, and drag builds for ten years without a failed inspection — because the standard was never the inspection.
- ✓Chromoly & DOM to your sanctioning spec
- ✓Full-penetration TIG at every node
- ✓Notched-to-fit joints — no filler sculpture
- ✓Tech documentation included with every cage
From Rulebook to Rollout
The Consult
Bring the car, the rulebook, and the goal. We spec tube, layout, and timeline together — no surprises later.
The Mockup
Tube bent, notched, and tacked in place. You approve fitment and headroom before final welding.
The Weld-Out
Full welding in sequence to control distortion — rotisserie or cage-cart as the build demands.
Rollout & Paperwork
Final inspection with you, tech documentation in the glovebox, and a build log for the next owner someday.
The Tools Match the Talk
TIG-First Shop
Stainless, titanium, chromoly, and aluminum — welded with the process that shows its work.
Mandrel Bends & Merge Collectors
A full bend library and collector fixtures — exhaust math done right, not eyeballed.
Rulebook Fluency
NASA, SCCA, NHRA, and short-course specs on the shelf and in our heads — cages built to the letter.
Fab + Mechanical Under One Roof
We pull interiors, drop tanks, and reassemble properly — no 'take it somewhere to finish.'
Back-Purged Everything
Stainless and titanium welded with full purge — sugar inside a pipe is a comeback waiting to happen.
Build Logs & Photos
Every build documented — for tech, for insurance, and for the forum thread you'll inevitably post.
Four Rules of the Shop
Fit Before Filler
Joints are notched and dry-fit tight enough to hold themselves. Weld fills a joint — it never builds one.
The Rulebook Is Gospel
We build to the current spec, cite the paragraph, and hand you the documentation tech asks for.
Street Cars Get Race Care
Your daily's rust repair gets the same weld quality as a podium car's cage. Steel doesn't know the difference.
Dates Are Promises
Build slots are scheduled like race weekends — when we commit to a rollout date, the car rolls out.
Your Street Car Deserves Real Fab Too
Half the shop calendar is street builds: rust surgery on a first-gen Tacoma frame, floor pans in a '68 Mustang, a quiet-but-angry exhaust for a daily, hitch reinforcement before a cross-country tow. Same TIG torch, same standards, same honest quotes — because the difference between a race shop and a good race shop is how they treat the car that isn't going racing.
- ✓Frame & floor rust surgery, done structurally
- ✓Daily-driver exhaust that passes emissions
- ✓Tow, hitch & roof-rack reinforcement
- ✓Classic car metalwork without the 'patina tax'
The Cage the Inspector Photographed
Saguaro caged my time-attack car after another shop's 'cage' failed tech at the first event. Theirs passed NASA inspection without a single note — the inspector actually photographed the node work to show other builders. Fits so tight it looks factory, tucked so well I lost zero headroom. This is the only shop touching my chassis again.
Full 304 turbo-back with a merge collector for my 2JZ swap. The TIG welds look like a stack of dimes rolled down the pipe, it cleared everything on the lift the first try, and the car picked up 22 whp on the same boost. Art you can dyno.
They armored my 4Runner for the Backway to Crown King — sliders, skids, and a hidden winch bumper that doesn't scream mall crawler. Everything survived the rocks, nothing rattles, and the approach angle math they did actually mattered out there.
Asked Over the Workbench
How much does a roll cage cost?
Bolt-in-replacement 4-points start around $1,800; full competition weld-in cages typically run $3,500-$6,500 depending on spec, tube choice, and how much interior surgery your car needs. Every cage is quoted firm after the consult — rulebook in hand.
How long is the wait for a build slot?
Usually four to eight weeks out for cages and armor, two to three for exhaust. Racing a deadline? Tell us the event date at the consult — we build the schedule around real race weekends, not wishful ones.
Can you build to my sanctioning body's rules?
NASA, SCCA, NHRA, and most off-road and short-course specs — we keep current rulebooks in the shop and cite the paragraphs in your build documentation. If you race something exotic, bring the rules and we'll build to them.
Do you work on daily drivers and classics?
Constantly. Frame rust repair, floor pans, exhaust, and reinforcement work fill half the calendar — with the same weld quality as the race builds, because steel doesn't know what it's bolted to.
Stainless or titanium for exhaust?
304 stainless for durability-per-dollar, 321 for turbo heat, titanium when weight and sound matter more than budget. We'll talk you through honestly — including when titanium is money you should spend on tires instead.
Where are you and what do you cover?
The shop is on Illini Street in south Phoenix, an easy shot from Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, and Scottsdale. Cars arrive on trailers from all over Arizona — build slots don't care about ZIP codes.
The Calendar Fills. The Rulebook Doesn't Wait.
Book a consult — bring the car, the goal, and the event date, and leave with a real quote and a real slot.
Tell Us About the Car
Car, goal, and timeline — we'll reply within one working day with consult times and a rough range.