things you NEED to know, about racing seats, harnesses, cages Options

[playr158]

I've been meaning to post this up for a long time, because of the increase in members who want a spiffy rice rocket and grabbing the niftiest ebay racing seats and "drift" harnesses...and as cheapo as possible and fast

so before you click bid now, or your friend gives u some harness that have been laying around for a year or two...READ THIS ENTIRE THING ALL THE WAY THROUGH






key words
SFI, FIA, TUV, CERTIFIED
HARNESSESS should only be used for 2 years
SEATS should only be used for 5 years
CAGES should only be used WITH A HELMET
BELTS should be mounted at CORRECT angles and to a harness bar

ALL RACING HARNESS are illegal (NON DOT APPROVED) on the street except for one belt made by SCHROTH
which is this one
http://www.schroth.com/tuning/produktdetai...6&id_kat1=1


here is a "dumb it down picture"
Blue = everyone who is doing it wrong
Pink = 0*
Red = stay between them

now go and do it the right way

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 24, 2008 - 9:17 AM

[GTS13]

Actually there should be other DOT approved belts, you just have to verify before purchasing, and they all have expiration dates.
As for the seats, those do NOT expire.

A lot of the safety info can be found when you look into doing AutoX. If you get seats they have to be mounted with DOT approved bolts (that usually come with the seat) and there's other various rules on the belts as well. They perform regular inspections on your gear before you're cleared to race each time.
My buddy got some Sparco 4 point belts that were DOT approved. So there's definitely more than one, keep in mind that you spend a decent amount for them since you have to buy them new unless you can find someone who has belts that haven't expired.