EP-Azz Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 Have a set of 3 point harnesses , just wondering where you bolt the back buckle to and ?also where do you bolt the passenger right and drivers leftbuckle as I've got EVO 8 recaros Quote
AdamB Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 You need to bolt the 2 side straps to bolt eyes on the seat. The rear should go to a harness bar, but some people tend to bolt them to the rear seatbelt mounting holes. It's not ideal because its at the wrong angle. Quote
Arnold Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 The passenger right and drivers left can be bolted to the chassis between the seats, or onto the subframes. I think that's how my standard seats were. In the rear, they should ideally go onto a roll bar as part of a roll cage, or into the C pillar seat belt hole, but they need to be as straight as possible. Quote
Liam_D Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 Mine goes to the rear seat belt anchorage points, just whipped the bolts out and replaced them with the eyelet bolts. Quote
EP-Azz Posted April 30, 2013 Author Posted April 30, 2013 Where are the rear seat belt anchoring points, because surely if you used the 2 holes on the floor there not directly behind the seat its to the middle of the car Quote
EP-Azz Posted May 1, 2013 Author Posted May 1, 2013 Mine are 3 point so it goes into one belt at the back but its off centre using the old anchorages, what is a harness bar ? Quote
Arnold Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) Mine are 3 point so it goes into one belt at the back but its off centre using the old anchorages, what is a harness bar ? Roll cage type bar that goes behind the seats, which the harnesses mount to. Edited May 1, 2013 by Arnold Quote
Hou Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 The big issue with fixing harnesses to rear seat belt points is that in a front end crash, you risk badly damaging your spine because you, the seat and the harness can/do pivot forwards & down (think what would happen if a flimsy fibreglass seat back snapped!).MSA (Blue Book, Part K) say that the rear harness straps are prefered at an angle of +/- 10 degrees from horizontal, down to a max of 45 degrees. So your car would be unlikely to pass scrutineering if you mount to the rear seat belt points anyway, and you won't get to a nice shallow angle without a harness bar.A poorly fitted harness will be a lot more damaging than a standard seatbelt! Quote
Arnold Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 The belts ideally should be as straight as possible. Strut braces and C pillar braces aren't as strong as roll bars so in the event of a crash, the belts may not support you. Same as if the harnesses aren't straight, you can get spinal compression from being pulled downwards. A roll bar / cage is the best option. I bought buckets with the intent on fitting 4 points but was advised against it without a cage. If you fit a cage and don't have a helmet then that can kill you as well! Tough one really. Quote
EP-Azz Posted May 3, 2013 Author Posted May 3, 2013 This is how mine are now, think it looks ok, only thing is if u had a head on it pulls the seat it the strutt Quote
Broony Posted May 3, 2013 Posted May 3, 2013 I wouldn't trust them being mounted there but thats me. Rear seatbelt mounts or harness bar. Quote
EP-Azz Posted May 3, 2013 Author Posted May 3, 2013 I think that's stiff as fuck, problem I'm having is if I was to have a head on the beltwould pull on the seat not the strutd Quote
Liam_D Posted May 3, 2013 Posted May 3, 2013 Wouldnt advise them being on there mate, move them too the rear seat belt mounts for now! Quote
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