hey everyone i am thinking about getting racing seats in the next few weeks with some racing harnesses

but i was wondering.. how do you instalkl the harnesses (where? what do you need?) all that..

ive seen a lot of different ways but what is the most common/ the easiest and still safe??

thanks

 

some people bolt the harness onto the floor in the back of the seat. and other people bolt the harness in the back seat where the buckle is. hope it makes sence

 

yah i think i get it... in the back like use the rear passengers buckles? i drive a hatchback and its really low so i hardly ever take more than just one person anyways so i was thinking about just using the buckles from the bac seatls??

 

yeah, i have a eg hatch and i bolted mine onto the back seat buckle. and same here..im not carrying more than one passenger. and if there is more than one person in your car, tell them not to yank on the harness. it'll obviously pull your shoulder back. lol

 

its not safe. if your car would roll in an accident, you would be crushed. harnesses hold you in an upright position. the stock belts allow you to lean forward. if you have a cage or roll bar, you would be ok.

it also seems like it would be a bitch. what if you drop something in the car or want to change a CD? harnesses would hold you down. the stock belts will work just fine, just won't look quite as badass

oh... and there have been MUCH dumber questions.

 

try a sparco harness bar bolts right in

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blackcivic44 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its not safe. if your car would roll in an accident, you would be crushed. harnesses hold you in an upright position. the stock belts allow you to lean forward. if you have a cage or roll bar, you would be ok.

it also seems like it would be a bitch. what if you drop something in the car or want to change a CD? harnesses would hold you down. the stock belts will work just fine, just won't look quite as badass

oh... and there have been MUCH dumber questions.</TD></TR></TABLE>


This is a quite arguable point. Several racing professionals and instructors have said that the whole "getting crushed in a rollover" is largely overhyped myth. IMO, while its not necessarily safe, a harness bar is fine for autocrossing or spirited driving, though you may want to keep your stock belts in for daily driving. Now if you run HPDE's and other higher speed track events, a roll bar or cage is completely necessary.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Crx Jimmy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">try a sparco harness bar bolts right in</TD></TR></TABLE>

Or, if you don't want to pay $300+ for basically a painted metal bar, you could buy one of these.

http://www.ioportracing.com/Me...e=HGB

 

the bar is the only safe way to do it other ways = death in an accident i would just stay stock

 

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This is not safe for the track nor the street.

 

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This is not safe for the track nor the street.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep, instant spine compression in an accident. Get a harness bar to tie them to or don't get a harness.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ricey McRicerton &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yep, instant spine compression in an accident. Get a harness bar to tie them to or don't get a harness.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

can u hook both of them up?

If I did it that's what I would do

 

thanks for the replies guys.. i think i will jsut either keep the stock belts or get a harness bar... thanks