Interest in e30 Harness Bars?

[YosemiteSam]

That looks really good. It looks like a really nice bar, but as has already been stated I think its success will be price dependant. Also, to those complaining about rollover safety, this is more to get your after market seatbelt geometry right for a high speed front end colision. If you do run a 4 or 5 point harness without one of these and without a cage, you are much more likely to submarine and destroy your back.

[TobyB]

If you do run a 5 point harness without one of these and without a cage, you are much more likely to submarine and destroy your nutsack.

...made that more graphic for ya...

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[gkurey]

...made that more graphic for ya...

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Hilarity ensues! Thanks for the feedback so far guys. I drove it around today and I think the car over all felt more rigid. I have a feeling this would be exaggerated in the case of a vert.

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Are you making these to sell yet? I'm interested depending on the price.

[TobyB]

That's pretty.

My take is that a harness bar is probably, on aggregate, not a bad idea IF it gets you
into a 5 point harness AND a Hans. Yes, if you pancake on the roof, you are dead,
but that happens a LOT less than short, sharp stoppies from hitting something immovable.

Whatever floats your boat- I used a bolt in roll bar in the 2002 because I didn't really
trust the roof. On an E30, if it wasn't a regular track rat, I'd probably personally prefer a harness
bar over the 3- points AND NO HANS.

But I've had a couple of short sharp stoppies, and haven't yet rolled...

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[stanhayward]

Is this still moving ahead?

And as far as all the argument on harness bars in general, if you roll over in an E30 without a cage you're pretty much dead anyways. Now, in a collision where the car remains on all 4 wheels without any air bags, I would argue it is much better to have a secure harness holding you in place. So for a street-driven car, I think this is a nice happy medium in terms of a safety upgrade.

[Vincent Brick]

I was always under the impression the harness bars were intended for auto-x use in daily drivers, like you want more support since factory belts don't hold you in well under cornering, you don't want an aftermarket seat, and you leave the stock belts retained for street use. I'm not in the market for one but this looks nicely done.

The way I've heard it said is you never want to be in a car with a harness without a cage, and you never want to be in a car with a cage without a helmet. I had a street-driven AE86 with a cage/harness once and never again.

[richardkeith97]

This ever happen?

[berlow94]

I would definitely purchase one of these as long as it's cheaper than the Sparco ones.


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[superj]

Looks good

[djjerme]

I was always under the impression the harness bars were intended for auto-x use in daily drivers.

Pretty much.

I ran one for a while when I used to AutoX a Ford Focus. Done right, they are a great/safe way to run a competition seat with a 5/6 point belt setup. You can then remove the setup and go back to stock for the rest of the week..

[thedentonmare]

bump for interest! Shot the OP a msg

[2mAn]

bump for interest! Shot the OP a msg

OP is banned, so I dont think he will get your PM

[McGyver]

OP is banned, so I dont think he will get your PM

What'd he do?!?

(In before lock)

[2mAn]

What'd he do?!?

(In before lock)

No idea, but I guess a lock is in order ... thanks for visiting