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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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5-point harnesses

Installed my new harnesses today.

 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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Pretty neat looking. How do you have them mounted? To the floor, or a cage of some sorts?
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 12:01 PM
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Not to rain on your parade, but if you get in a wreck, you're gonna have some severe injury. The common direction of impact (head-on) needs to be the same direction as the mounting for the shoulder harness. In a FSB, unless you have a roll bar (top bar along the roof) to mount the shoulder harnesses to, they need to be secured AT A MINIMUM to the floor behind the center of rear seat near where the latch is. If you are involved in a collision, the direction of pull on the shoulder belts will be (roughly) the same direction as the impact. The way they are mounted now, the impact will be transferred downward, smashing the top of the seat and crushing your spine. Not good. I'm not trying to sound crass, but I've seen it before, and am just trying to save you some serious trouble.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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Geezer is absolutely right. Do not mount them to the floor. Your seats are not strong enough to support the stress during a collision and they will give. Your seats will buckle,hurting you.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 04:04 PM
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Yea I know,I read the mounting instructions further and saw what they recommended.Thanks.
 
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