Seat Harness mounting, following on from 'Race Seats!' thread.. Options

[raz128]

Anyone want to clear this up for me?
I've got a 4point harness on my driver seat and a 3point harness on my passenger seat
When I bought the 3-point harness. The instruction booklet said to mount the tail strap of the harness between 0-45 degrees paralell to the ground which i did on the passenger side.
After doing some research to see if i could confirm it, the Schroth harnesses said the same thing

However i did come across this:
http://www.gforce.com/pdf/harnessinstall.pdf
for those too lazy to read it (or cant run pdf files) it says it's best to mount the tail strap -5 to +30degrees from a horizontal line to shoulder height.

Which is best mount to use? The lower point under the original rear seats or on the C-pillar?
The mounting point on the C-pillar would be within -5 to +30degrees that the pdf file states. but does it satisfy the 0 to +45degree instructions by OMP and Scroth?





This post has been edited by raz128: Jan 30, 2007 - 10:18 AM

[Diab1o_3000]

Well I was under the impression that the closer the tail end of the harness is to being level, the better. I'm not saying to do this, as I don't know how safe it is, but I think that if they were mounted to that bar going across, in the back of the hatch in that picture, would be more on par with where it should be. I think that's the C-pillar, which I would assume IS safe. I'm such a horrible Celi owner... I sure do wish I could remember the smilie symbols... When I put some Sparcos in my 95 'vert I plan to take out my back seat and pretty much make one of those crossbar type thingies to mount my harness to. Somebody let me know if I'm wrong...