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Dec 23, 2002 | 05:13 PM

poison

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Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing....

Those of you who have a 4 or 5 pt seat belt harness. I am installing a 4 pt harness into a 5th gen Civic coupe
How did you guys mount the inner side of the harness? Did you guys just put it on the rear inner seat bolt? Or drill/tapped a whole?

The rear two and the outer bolts are a no-brainer. Just stumped on this particular one for safety precautions.

Any help is appreciated. TIA

Dec 23, 2002 | 06:49 PM

poison

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (poison)

damn. I am surprised no one knows.

Dec 23, 2002 | 06:54 PM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (poison)

Personally, I drilled a hole and reinforced it on both sides with steel plate.

-- btw, most of the traffic in this forum is daytime during the work week.

Dec 23, 2002 | 07:07 PM

poison

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (JeffS)

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Personally, I drilled a hole and reinforced it on both sides with steel plate.

- btw, most of the traffic in this forum is daytime during the work week.

did you thread the hole at all?

and thanks for the traffic input.

Dec 23, 2002 | 07:16 PM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (poison)

I drilled a hole in the tunnel (not threaded cause there isn't enough metal there) and then used 4 inch washers in each side, with a locknut(nylon insert) on a big eyebolt.

Dec 23, 2002 | 10:49 PM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (XR4racer)

i have mine attached to the rear seat rail but once i get my new harness, i will be bolting them to the floor, as described in previous post.
-spenc

Dec 23, 2002 | 11:19 PM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (SOLOef)

yeah, just drill and nut the bolt with a thick, big washer, even double the washer with a second smaller washer. another tip is to find the spot to drill AFTER youve installed the seat IN THE DRIVING POSITION. the point is to make sure the angle is correct so it passes thru the opening of the seat without getting bunched up.

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Dec 23, 2002 | 11:56 PM

Kamin

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (poison)

im gonna say the same thing in here
you NEED A ROLLBAR
i dont even think you will pass tech at an autox if you run a harness without a rollbar.

Dec 24, 2002 | 09:29 AM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (Kamin)

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im gonna say the same thing in here
you NEED A ROLLBAR
i dont even think you will pass tech at an autox if you run a harness without a rollbar.

You can pass just fine w/o a roll bar.

Dec 24, 2002 | 11:30 AM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (poison)

yea, u can pass at an autox w/o a rollbar as long as the harness is attached proplerly. no tape or zipties holding them on (seen it

) but for a track day it is recommended that u have roll protection. i had my harness in my car when i went to limerock but i didnt have the bar in yet, so i chose not to use it. but sometimes they ill let u use the harness. now that i have my autopower 4 point bar in i cant wait to use the harness at VIR in feb.
-spenc

Dec 24, 2002 | 12:47 PM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (SOLOef)

Here's a good write-up on how to do the install.

http://www.sandmracing.com/ssabelt.html

Dec 24, 2002 | 04:34 PM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (Floyd)

thanks very much all for the replies.

I'll have to go ahead and drill a hole and install it with the bolt i have, and shouldn't be a problem....

thanks

Dec 26, 2002 | 07:19 AM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (Floyd)

heh, floyd beat me to it

as shown in our site, i put the eyebolt through the center tunnel, with a 4x4 backing plate.

EDIT: apparently i can't spell a four letter word like "beat" without fux0ring up.

[Modified by Aleph, 11:20 AM 12/26/2002]

Dec 26, 2002 | 07:52 AM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (poison)

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i replaced the bolt holding the seatbelt receiving end with an eyebolt, and clip the harness into it. this is the one you're talking about, right?

Dec 29, 2002 | 08:21 AM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (Aleph)

For mounting a 5pt harness, would it be OK if I put 3 eyebolts under the seat, each with 4in backing plates, in a triangular pattern?

Like so.

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[Modified by 6ghatch, 3:27 PM 12/29/2002]

Dec 29, 2002 | 11:25 AM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (Philbert)

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i replaced the bolt holding the seatbelt receiving end with an eyebolt, and clip the harness into it. this is the one you're talking about, right?

What he said.

Dec 29, 2002 | 01:41 PM

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Re: Those of you with a 4 or 5 pt harness. Question on installing.... (Philbert)

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i replaced the bolt holding the seatbelt receiving end with an eyebolt, and clip the harness into it. this is the one you're talking about, right?

yep it is, I am actually installing a sparco milano seat, so that oem seat belt point is not there.

I just used the inner floor bolt for the 4 pt harness and the rest of the OEM bolt points.

thanks everyone for their input.