How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness?
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How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness?
There are 2 bolt holes behind the plastic covers that are meant for seatbelts in the rear of EDM/JDM cars wich had OEM 3 point seatbelt options.
But how safe is it to bolt a bar in between those points?
I now have my belts mounted on the point where EDM cars have the OEM backseat seatbelts,....but the mounting is a few degrees off centre of the seat.
This might be a good alternative....
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Re: How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness? (ceas)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ceas »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The ONLY safe way to mount a harness is to a roll cage or bar - period!
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amen to that. This is your life you are messing with.
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amen to that. This is your life you are messing with.
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Re: How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness? (ceas)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ceas »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The ONLY safe way to mount a harness is to a roll cage or bar - period!
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Keyword here is spine compression. What you have going is fine for auto-x where you don't plan to hit anything. Though I would never get in that car like that. And a strut tower bar is not a structual member, those bolts are tiny and weak, and the bar is even weaker when being pulled in a fore aft motion since it was never designed for this. 
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Keyword here is spine compression. What you have going is fine for auto-x where you don't plan to hit anything. Though I would never get in that car like that. And a strut tower bar is not a structual member, those bolts are tiny and weak, and the bar is even weaker when being pulled in a fore aft motion since it was never designed for this.
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Re: How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness? (CRX-RX)
Would you be willing to tow your car with that bar? Could you jump on it without destroying it? If the answer is no, don't mount a harness to it.
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Re: How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness? (travis)
cant you put the harness where the rear seatbelts attatch to???
i mean that is a stong place
and if you have sparcos or somthin in your car you dont have to worry about spine compression
am i right??
or am i blowing smoke up my ***
i mean that is a stong place
and if you have sparcos or somthin in your car you dont have to worry about spine compression
am i right??
or am i blowing smoke up my ***
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Re: How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness? (wannabe_si)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wannabe_si »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
and if you have sparcos or somthin in your car you dont have to worry about spine compression
am i right??
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and if you have sparcos or somthin in your car you dont have to worry about spine compression
am i right??
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N/A wh0re!
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Re: How safe is this method of mounting 4 point harness? (travis)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by travis »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
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true! roll cage or roll bars. thats it!
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true!
roll cage or roll bars. thats it!
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