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

[Davesceli]

Well playr i got my info straight from the SCHROTH MANUAL... i called them as well. Those mounting points are fine. Sorry i don't have any diagrams. As for listening to you versus them..im gonna listen to them. So don't assume im taking this from nowhere i knew the dangers in not installing a harness right so i did my homework and i feel my harnesses are installed correctly.

Checkout schroths website...all the rallye type (street type) belts mount at similar locations. They wouldn't be DOT approved if they were to be mounted dangerously. They are safe at all the mounting locations that Raz used...im not too sure about the drivers side harness, but the passanger side is fine.

So before you go beserk on me again, do some more research. I have....

Raz thanks for backing me up a little.