my stock seat belt is wearing away the fabric on my sparco speed so I wanted to use a harness. I don't race of any kind besides the ocassional speeding, so should I use a 3pt or 4pt harness for my daily driver? any comment would be appreciated, thanks

 

No. Your stock belts are far and away the safest answer for street driving. A race harness will wear the cloth on your seat, too - just differently. Race seats just don't hold up to everyday use.

K

 

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Yeah, true. Do a search for harnesses; there's tons of flaming in the forums on this subject. You should never use them in a street car without a roll cage. They hold you straight in the seat during a roll or crash, while the roof caves in to crush your spine.

 

stock belts.

 

I thought it was unsafe to have a harness in a car that is not caged because there is no slack for when you flip over. MY suggestion stock belts

 

bUt st0ck b3lts aren'T bl1ng enuf!!!11

IBTL

 

I could care less if the roof collapse with the driver strapped in the seat, that's just his/her own issue. But having a harness on a daily driver means that you can't turn your shoulder to check blind spots when you change lane or back up. That is inconsiderate and put other people's cars and lives at risk.

 

Sparco speed is a fixed seat that is very similar to the sparco fixed-back race models. I don't know if even the oem belts would allow him to get out of the way of a roof collapse, would they?

But yeah, harnesses on a daily driver is a bad idea, for several reasons.

 

when i used to double duty my 98itr (track wtw/commuter), i only used the lap portion of the 5 point harness on the city streets.
it kept me planted in my seat very nicely.
then i'd take the oem seat belt and connect it normally (over the lap belt).

lap harness belt + oem seat belt.
i've never used the shoulder harnesses from the 5 pt. on the street, even when i had a roll bar.

 

thanks everyone I never thought of it that way!

 

 

I had 4 points in my street car for the last year....

I recently got so fed up that I reinstalled the stock seatbelts....

IMO they are the only way to go for the StReETZ!

 

Stock belts are made by Takata!

 

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waYt A MinUT3 - duZ d4t mEaN st0Ck beLts aRe teH bLinGag3 t00?

 

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And Takata belts are made right here in the US.

 

OEMJDMUSDM'ism?!
wow, that blew my mind!
stan

 

neat huh!