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

[raz128]

Sorry guys, i've realised i've started some sort of arguement here.

I agree with Playr about the dangers of the angle causing potential cases of collapsed spine (God forbid, should the wose happen).
I also agree with Diablo and Dave as I too read the information from Schroth on their production description and also from the OMP fitting instructions I got with my harnesses which said 0 to 45 degrees was ok.

End of day, we're all looking to help each other and sometimes our sources of information conflict with the other party's source of information. Like Playr said, it's just the intermawebnet


Now where can I get a harness bar for the Celica?! yum yum....