Not interested in using a 5 pt harness - just want a simple that wraps around the roll cage and doesn't need any mounting points welded in or holes stabbed into the seat. What is everybody using?
IMHO:
1) you need shoulder harness's
2) you need a lap belt
3) the 5th point crotch strap - keeps the lap belt situated on the hips so it does not ride up towards your abdomen and cause internal injuries in a crash.
I just don't think this is an area where you should be cutting corners. The shoulder belts wrap on the existing cage (no welding) and the lap belt/crotch strap just needs several holes drilled in the floor pan with proper sized retainer washers/bolts.
Don't be guilty of spending hundreds of dollars on a go-fast engine part and then start scrimping on safety.
I think I saw a post where 3 point "car like" retractable belts were mentioned, but I'd imagine that would entail welding some type of mount point for the upper spring loaded retraction point.
Am I misunderstanding regs by thinking that the only street legal harness type belts, at least in Calif, are the Schroth Rallye 3/Auto Control?
Is it different in other states and/or Alex's Great White North?
I agree with Mike- don't skimp on belts.
My opinion is that these cars need 5-6 point race harnesses, as the seatback angle is too steep for most people using just a regular 3-point. Unless you are using proper race harnesses, or have a very upright seatback, you will likely submarine right under the steering wheel in a hard frontal hit with a regular 3-point (racing or street) harness.
Why not just get a race seat, and install race belts as they are designed? Or modify the stock seat as you need to for race harnesses?
Don't install race harnesses on a seat not designed for them, or fail to make the modifications required to install race harnesses, if you choose to use them.
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I just use a lap belt in my cobra. Dangerous, yes, but meh, whatever, lol
I have a 4 point harness in my hot rod, and I use them religiously. The only problem is that they make it difficult to turn your torso enough to see if there are any cars in my left blindspot on the freeway.
I'd like to stay with a 4 or 5 point harness in my SLC, but would like the shoulder straps to have a retractable / inertia locking mechanisms.
Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?
Please excuse the ignorance but how can wrapping a belt around a roll bar be an acceptable way to fit a seatbelt?
If your car slides sideways into a barrier or is sideswiped the belt will slide sideways on the roll cage and allow your body to move sideways.
Surely a firm fixed mount (perhaps on said roll cage) with a suitable bolt or ring comment or system is the way to go.
Of course there may be something that stops the belts slide on the roll age bit not that ihave seen!
Ian
If you want cheap and street legal, search 4 point harness on ebay and you'll find pairs for less than $50 total.
For example:
2 x New 4 Point Black JDM Racing Seat Belts Harness Universal Black No Logo | eBay
I have a 4 point harness in my hot rod, and I use them religiously. The only problem is that they make it difficult to turn your torso enough to see if there are any cars in my left blindspot on the freeway.
All I'm looking for is somebody to say this is what I used <link>; it didn't need welding; this is how it installed (e.g., wrapped around roll cage, attach mount to floor).
This is what I used. Schroth Rallye Cross Harness; it didn't need welding. This is how it installed. It bolts to the floor and wraps around the roll cage.