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Old 05-25-2009, 04:28 PM
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i am about to order the bride gias seats.....and alot, alot!! of my money is going towards them.....so what are some good safe cost effective 4 point harnesses for a 4 seater???......please help.....i see sparco, corbeau and momo.....but any others??....and are the formentioned harnesses good?.
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Old 05-25-2009, 04:46 PM
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crow makes good harnesses

http://www.crowenterprizes.com/
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Old 05-25-2009, 05:03 PM
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Old 05-25-2009, 05:11 PM
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If you're going to go with 4 points, the only ones you should get are the Schroth DOT approved 4 point harnesses. Anything else is NOT SAFE.
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Old 05-25-2009, 05:26 PM
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I agree with Shawn and understand his reasons.

For my car (with roll bar) I plan to use Willans harnesses.
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Old 05-25-2009, 05:29 PM
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I'm not even talking about the angle of the belts, I'm more talking about the submarining affect that all 4 point harnesses have. Schroth harnesses are designed to limit/eliminate sumbarining on 4 point harnesses and make them behave more like 5 pointers.
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Old 05-25-2009, 08:03 PM
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Schroth Profi II ASM FE. Orange push button on the cam lock and everything. There are a few other differences between the ASM FE and the regular ASM, so get the FE if you can.

There are a lot more choices if you want to go for more than a 4 point, but the Schroth is really the perfect 4 point for a street car and it will even work with stock seats.
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Those Schroth belts seem to be the answer to a question a lot of people PM me about. I've had many PM's about the legality of harnesses in a street car. While there is nothing to specifically make them illegal, the code leaves a lot up to interpretation. The code and the safety inspection manual require belts to meet certain standards. Those standards are set my NHTSA ( National Highway Traffic..). Racing harnesses don't specifically meet those standards. Racing specific harnesses meet SFI ratings. There is no table ( that I'm aware of) that cross references those two standards.

The thing that specifically jumps out at me is the inertia reel, like these here. http://www.schrothracing.com/store/T...on/black-magic
I may be wrong, but I've yet to see another company incorporate that into a harness. While it would be less than perfect for an all out racing application, it would work well on the street. They even provide the documents to show the NHTSA standards
http://www.schrothracing.com/docs/NH...f_Approval.pdf
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man...thanks alot guys....now i can start my research.
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