Seat belt harnesses

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Ok, I just stumbled across some information regarding the racing harnesses that frankly, harshens my mellow…

They may not be legal.

Why would a seat belt that keeps you in the seat not be legal I have no idea, it seems to me the harnesses work better than a normal belt, and I was starting to look forward to removing the stock belts. :x

Thoughts?

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I don’t have an official answer, but a lot of harnesses aren’t installed properly, there’s supposed to be mounted to a bar directly behind the seat. Cglocks are a good product and is cheap. http://www.cg-lock.com I’ll try to find a write up of a proper harness bar installation…

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Thanks

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Best I could find so far… I have an issue of Sport Compact Car that explained it, when I go home I’ll write it down and type it up.

http://www.takataracingproducts.com/guide.html
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Hmm. They HAVE to be linked to the back seat?

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I always thought for the street Harnesses were illegel. I heard that on the street you could have the harnesses but you have to wear the stock seat belts.

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I’ve found some conflicting information. I’ll post it once I’ve sorted through it.

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I found an interesting .pdf file: http://www.gforce.com/pdf/harnessinstall.pdf
Also I was reading some stuff on the http://www.fia.com on safety equipment( http://www.fia.com/sport/Regulations/dr … pregs.html ), didn’t read it throughly though.
And another: http://www.soloracer.com/harnessfaq.html

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Heres another one. They have DOT legal belts it seems, but the prices are a bit up there.

http://www.schrothracing.com/
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hi, i am from canada

i have harness installed. but i will never use them on the street.

they are suppose to be mount on a rear bar on the roll cage. or the back seat seat belt mount on a 45 degree angle to the back of your driver seat.

i think they are safe, but if you get stopped by a cop in those safty belt, it might lead to more trouble.

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That site I posted says they have a series of DOT legal belts. I’m going to investigate further of course, but one of their sets allows for a quick detachment to free up the passenger seats.