RichSoucie

what racing seats should i get and what racing harnesses

RichSoucie

come on guys i need some help you must have some opinions cause some of you have race seats

Dewey316

are you looking for reclining, or fixed position, do you want the hole for the sub-belt? for harness's do you want 5 point, or 6 point, do you have a roll bar, or harness bar of some sort?

you need alot more info than what you provided. what is your price range? is this a show car, do you want ones that are available in leather?

RichSoucie

Reclining seats, Don't want them in leather it gets to hot to have black leather seats, Which version of the harness do you reccomend, i dont have a roll bar

Dewey316

1) i don't recomend harness' without a roll bar, it just isn't safe. reason for that , see this thread.

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=191860

my post is the 9th post, it goes into great detail about the safty aspect of properly mounting harness's, and why it is so important the shoulder belts are properly installed. i personaly beleive that thread should be made a sticky. using harness' imporperly can cost you your life.

2) whats your price range, if you can afford it, Sparco, Momo, Recaro, and Cobra all make great seats, and offer reclinable version pick the style, and look you want, also look at the deminsions of the seats, some are wider than others, find the ones that fit you, they should list what waist sizes the seats are designed for, if you are looking for cheaper, i would look into Corbeau.

91Z28

i know this might sound a littly ghey, but if you want to get some racing seats for pretty cheap id look at some of the import "*****" websites, ive seen pairs of racing seats go for about 200-300 bucks on ebay too, i got some off the ebay that are simply black memory foam, and a nice pair of RCI harnesses, it serves the asthetic purpose if thats what your going for... my total bill was 380 for both seats and belts..... just my thoughts

RichSoucie

went down to my local race shop and picked out some seats and the belts the belts mount right to the seat thats the way the company desined it

Dewey316

what company are they made by? something doesn't seem very safe about that, i would be very interested to see exactly how that mounts. it opens you up to the possibility of the seat back or tracks failing, and if that happens, not only do you hit the wheel really hard, you are stuck to your seat.

MrDude_1

for a race harness, theres no safe way to do that.

esp when you look at how the seat itself is mounted.


heck even the OEMs had problems with seat mounted shoulder belts.

Dewey316

on another note, i doubt that setup is NHRA/IHRA/SCCA/NASA/FIA or any other racing body you can think of, legal.

Dr. Suess

mine goes thru the back of the seat down to the floor to a bar accross the two mounting bolts and i use it at the track all the time of course my track doesnt even require that you have a seatbelt as long as your battery is sequrly mounted your good to go