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Safety Devices external roll cage (Defender / Ninety / One Ten)

Safety Devices · United Kingdom · 1980–now

Bolt-in tubular steel external roll-over protection following the body of the Ninety/One Ten/Defender, with front A-pillar hoops, roof-line rails and rear hoops, optionally combined with an internal rear cage. Safety Devices built the first external 4x4 cages for the British Army in the 1970s, converted the Camel Trophy fleet from 1980, and were commissioned by Land Rover in the late 1980s to design the NAS cage for the US Defender.

Safety Devices external roll cage (Defender / Ninety / One Ten)
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1980–nowMADE£2202.27 (2026)CURRENT PRICECommonRARITY6LAND ROVER MODELS4SOURCES

Description

Bolt-in tubular steel external roll-over protection following the body of the Ninety/One Ten/Defender, with front A-pillar hoops, roof-line rails and rear hoops, optionally combined with an internal rear cage. Safety Devices built the first external 4x4 cages for the British Army in the 1970s, converted the Camel Trophy fleet from 1980, and were commissioned by Land Rover in the late 1980s to design the NAS cage for the US Defender.

Separate part numbers per body style: 90 soft top, 90 hard top/station wagon, 110 hard top, 110 station wagon, 110 double cab, 130 double cab.

Rarity. In continuous production since the Camel Trophy fleet of 1980 in a range of 6-, 8- and 10-point bolt-in configurations for every Defender body; stocked by Paddock, Britpart, Craddock and Rovers North.

Record: 4 sources; designation recorded; price recorded.

Specification

MAKERSafety Devices, United Kingdom
DESIGNATION / PARTRBL-series (e.g. RBL2437SSS 6-point full external, RBL2427SSS 110 Station Wagon, RBL1887SSS 90 soft top, RBL1907SSS 110 hard top, RBL2587SSS 130)
MADE1980–now
PRICE IN 2026£2202.27 — Paddock Spares retail for RBL2437SSS 6-point full external bolt-in cage; 110 Station Wagon RBL2427SSS £2,313.62, 130 RBL2587SSS £2,330.00
RARITYCommon — In continuous production since the Camel Trophy fleet of 1980 in a range of 6-, 8- and 10-point bolt-in configurations for every Defender body; stocked by Paddock, Britpart, Craddock and Rovers North.
CONSTRUCTIONbolt-together tubular steel, bolted to chassis and body
CONFIGURATIONS6-point full external, 8-point external front + internal rear, 10-point external + internal, full external style bar
FIT NOTEdo not fit early Defender roofs with the 7/8in raised rib (East Coast Rover)
ROOF RACK MOUNTSafety Devices Explorer rack clamps directly to the cage
NAS CAGEdesigned for Land Rover for the 1993-97 NAS Defender 90/110, RBL2317SSS

Fitment

Separate part numbers per body style: 90 soft top, 90 hard top/station wagon, 110 hard top, 110 station wagon, 110 double cab, 130 double cab.

Variants

Camel Trophy cage1980-1998

Full external cage on the Sandglow Camel Trophy 90/110/Discovery fleet

NAS cage1993-1997

Designed for Land Rover North America's Defender 90/110; sold in the US by East Coast Rover

130 double cab 8-point (L075)1990-2015

4-point external front + 4-point internal rear, compatible with roof rack RRL245

Imagery

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