Harness bar, where?
08-24-2004, 11:06 PM
#16
Harness bars are inherently unsafe with or without stock seats for reasons mentioned above and others.
1. What happens when you have stock seats and a harness bar and the car rolls over? That's right, the seats attempt to break backwards but are limited by the harness bar and the rollover snaps your neck because the seat won't fully recline in the impact.
2. Fixed-back racing seats without any rollover protection will do the same thing in a rollover.
The only truly "safe" thing (IMO) to use is a roll-bar or cage. RedlineMan makes a roll-bar/harness bar that is decently priced, removable, and to me, the only acceptable way to mount harnesses in these cars short of a roll bar or cage.
1. What happens when you have stock seats and a harness bar and the car rolls over? That's right, the seats attempt to break backwards but are limited by the harness bar and the rollover snaps your neck because the seat won't fully recline in the impact.
2. Fixed-back racing seats without any rollover protection will do the same thing in a rollover.
The only truly "safe" thing (IMO) to use is a roll-bar or cage. RedlineMan makes a roll-bar/harness bar that is decently priced, removable, and to me, the only acceptable way to mount harnesses in these cars short of a roll bar or cage.
