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Fitting race harnesses
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:39 pm
by oldbimmer
Has anyone got a diagram or photos of their race harness install??
I am trying to fit 4 point harnesses to my car which has a harness bar on the cage. Do the shoulder straps have to cross over before mounting to the harness bar?? Where is the best place to mount the eybolts for the lap belts?
Any advice (in laymans terms!) would be appreciated.
Re: Fitting race harnesses
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:01 pm
by shorty73
Try having a look at this lot. More than enough info. I think that the straps should cross if there a certain distance (200mm/ 8in) from the back of the seat.
Its all in here;
http://www.schroth.com/installation-ins ... index.html
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:27 pm
by salami
excellent link
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:19 pm
by shorty73
Why thank you. I have a lot of time on my hands and a f*** off bruise on my foot!
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:59 am
by oldbimmer
Cheers - an excellent source of info..
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:45 pm
by Timbopbmw
any ideas where the best place is to mount the harness eye,to the left of the drivers seat??its all a bit tight down there!!
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:55 pm
by JimmyC
Mine goes through the floor with a proper threaded plate welded in underneath
Rally design sell the plates
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:56 pm
by northloop
Wrong side but you get the idea of what we have done.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:45 pm
by Timbopbmw
JimmyC wrote:Mine goes through the floor with a proper threaded plate welded in underneath
Rally design sell the plates
but where exactly in the floor jimmy,regarding the seat mounts?
cheers guys
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:46 pm
by JimmyC
I'll get a pic tonight
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:54 pm
by Timbopbmw
legend!
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:56 pm
by Brian28
Ours went on the transmission tunnel, few pilot holes with a small drill bit tho trying to find somewhere that would take a backing plate without gearbox mounts getting in the way. You can kind of judge it by the position of the spot welds on the transmission tunnel.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:58 pm
by Timbopbmw
cheers brian
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:15 pm
by crazyenglishman
Ive brought some plates for my harnesses with the correct thread for the eye bolts they turned up to day and they are only 1" x 2" ?????????? Are these up for the job???????