Interest in e30 Harness Bars?

[gkurey]

Hey all,

Just posting on something I built for myself that I feel maybe others in the community would want for their e30 as well:

I present the e30 Harness Bar/chassis brace/GoPro Mount! I built it myself in my shop (garage, ha!) and am considering making more.

The bar ties into the body at 4 OEM locations and uses the same hardware as the existing restraints. It is a 1.5" tube with 1" tubular supports. It is MIG and TIG welded and uses beefy 3/16 end plates with 3/8 hardware. The main bar is height adjustable and the suppports also adjust using threaded spherical joints. They bolt together with stainless hardware. I think the finished product is awesome. I'm going to drive it around for a few days and make sure it doesn't need any modifications before I take it to get powdercoated (although it looks awesome raw IMO). Please enjoy the pics!





Installed:











Thanks for looking and let me know what you think!

-G

[flyboyx]

Cool!

[dasmanschaft012]

does something like this work for track-allowed harnesses without a roll bar/cage
?

[stuman]

It's generally a bad idea to run a harness without at least a roll bar. When you roll over and your roof comes crashing down on your head your harness holds you nice and vertical so you get crunched.

[e30onBBSs]

Weld it to a cage- profit

[gkurey]

Not every one wants a weld in cage, or a bolt in for that matter. I guess my thinking here is to develop a product that is fairly popular on most other chassis' out there that provides decent bracing at low cost and is easy to remove/install if you still need your back seat.

My principle hope is that it stiffens up my aging e30's chassis!

dasmanschaft012 - not sure on legality for race-use, I'm sure it varies from organization to organization.

[jeffnhiscars]

It's generally a bad idea to run a harness without at least a roll bar. When you roll over and your roof comes crashing down on your head your harness holds you nice and vertical so you get crunched.

I like this noob

I'm looking at those pics and have no idea what this does but I think it would have worked to restrain my former mother in law

[gkurey]

Here is a pic of a similar part for reference...this is a proven concept.

[e30onBBSs]

How does it feel compared to stock?

[stonea]

Pretty cool, my friends boyfriend had a similar set up in his Subaru. Glad to see someone offering something new to the e30 community.

[TravisAsch]

Just because it's a proven concept, it doesn't mean it's right!

[E30_Narek]

I like the idea of an official E30 harness bar but it shouldn't be expensive like the sparco one which is like $400-500. Harness bars shouldn't be that expensive and decent universal ones go for like $150.

[george graves]

It's generally a bad idea to run a harness without at least a roll bar. When you roll over and your roof comes crashing down on your head your harness holds you nice and vertical so you get crunched.

Easy fix - don't roll over.

I kid, I kid.

With that said, I wouldn't run a full cage on the street either.

[gkurey]

Just because it's a proven concept, it doesn't mean it's right!

It may not be for you and thats cool, but the functionality is in fact there for those that want it.

[gkurey]

Easy fix - don't roll over.

I kid, I kid.

With that said, I wouldn't run a full cage on the street either.

Truth!