Harness installment / getting a harness

[schubey]

hey guys.

Im looking to install a harness ( probs just for the driver) in my ae71. Im a sucka for JDM bling so im looking at a Takata lol
Im needing all this street legal.
The back half of the car will be stripped btw.

Anyways.
Im awair there are two ways to mount them.
http://www.takataracingproducts.com/guide.html

First. Using the eye bolts that come with the harness, screw them into the normal hole were the seat belts are attached. Do this with the side straps. Also screw the bolts into the hole for the back seats. And thus run urs shoulder straps thought the seat and attack via eye bolt on the back seat..

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/9/0/7/32259.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/schubey/?action=view&current=r1_c.jpg)http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/9/0/7/32260.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/schubey/?action=view&current=r6_c.jpg)

Secons. Do the same with the side eye bolts. But with the shoulder straps. Wrap/strap/tighten them around a bar located behind the seat. ( assume u have a harness brace/half cage or full roll cage.

Now i plan on getting made a custom half cage for the back of the ae71. And i think mounting the straps to the bar would be the easyest and safest way.

In reguards to the bars position I am awair certain angles need to be met when arranging the harness properly.( see below)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/9/0/7/32261.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/schubey/?action=view&current=3-99-4129-l-dX5oFtCPjqYrjqms7eioaA.jpg)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/9/0/7/32262.jpg (http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/schubey/?action=view&current=Harness_big_up6pt.gif)

What else do I need to know...?
I live in QLD. And I know I will need to get a mod plate for making it a 2 seater. And I will have changed my rego from a 5 seater to the 2.

DO I NEED A MOD PLATE TO COVER THE HARNESS ?
DO I NEED A MOD PLATE / GET MY CAGE INSPECTED?
ARE THERE REGULATION ABOUT THE HARNESS ATTACHMENT POINTS?

I also have herd a harness needs to be in date and can expire. Is that only for track use ? And can u get them reinspected and get a new date? How does that work?


Thanks alot !!! :)

[Hen may possibly be a nut]

Keep the shoullder straps as horizontal as possible (not down to the rear seat as shown in the photo, sure they'll work, but in a serious hit they will pull your shoulders down). I reckon the best way is to wrap the harness straps around a convenient bar in your roll cage (or strut brace in an AE86). No mount bolts or clips or anything.

Hen

[timbo]

Now i plan on getting made a custom half cage for the back of the ae71. And i think mounting the straps to the bar would be the easyest and safest way.

if its a custom cage, get them to make a harness bar or a piece of metal the runs along the middle (lateral) where you can attach it. example 1:

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/1/1/3/32287.jpg



DO I NEED A MOD PLATE TO COVER THE HARNESS ?
DO I NEED A MOD PLATE / GET MY CAGE INSPECTED?
ARE THERE REGULATION ABOUT THE HARNESS ATTACHMENT POINTS?


1- i don't think so. i had a harness in my car for ages with no dramas, just dont use it! they are illegal because "if you are involved in a crash it is harder for you to be pulled from your car" what i was told by a fire and rescue guy years ago at school.

2- yes. hao has a tidy little mod plate in the back, right next to his cage.

3- most likely, which i know nothing about

[Moebius]

I also have herd a harness needs to be in date and can expire. Is that only for track use ? And can u get them reinspected and get a new date? How does that work?


This is only for higher level cams and fia events. For regular track days and road use you won't have to worry. You can't get them reinspected, you just need to get new ones.

And for road use you will need to keep the stock seatbelt and use that, even if you are wearing the harness also. (At least that's how it is in WA)

[Golberg]

As hen has said you really need the top straps going almost horizontally back from the seat.

Attaching them to the rear seat mounts isn't a good idea as it can result in spinal compression in the event of a crash.

[fantapants]

or snap the seat back in half and that can snap you and your spine in half.