Shoulder Harness Question
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Shoulder Harness Question
I've got a Hard Dog Street Cage with UltraShield SM seats. When the seat is lined up with the steering wheel, the shoulder harness holes are off-center with respect to the cage's seat-back bar. This is what it looks like:
So, what do you guys think? Is this acceptable? Or should I add a separate harness bar? Only the driver's side has this issue, passenger's side is fine. I'm leaning towards adding a separate harness bar.
So, what do you guys think? Is this acceptable? Or should I add a separate harness bar? Only the driver's side has this issue, passenger's side is fine. I'm leaning towards adding a separate harness bar.
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I'd feel safe with it. Really my only bug would be my OCD. The bigger danger might be the sharper edge of the seat though.
Hard Dog's bolt in bar will give you another few inches, as it goes to the seat belt tower. Later down the line you could trade with someone who doesn't have a harness bar for $50 cash or something.
Seat mount pics for anyone who cares:
https://www.miataturbo.net/build-thr...d-76869/page6/
Hard Dog's bolt in bar will give you another few inches, as it goes to the seat belt tower. Later down the line you could trade with someone who doesn't have a harness bar for $50 cash or something.
Seat mount pics for anyone who cares:
https://www.miataturbo.net/build-thr...d-76869/page6/
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The exhaust clamps are surprisingly smooth. Similar to the IO Port clamps. Was planning to use the clamps to fab a seatback brace (which I would like to get centered on the seat -- another reason this is bugging me). If I add a separate harness bar, I can also separate the harnesses from the brace to avoid any possibility of chafing.
Got a source for AL shaft collars?
Got a source for AL shaft collars?
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Looks like you dont have the harness webbing properly threaded thru. Maybe it is just the camera angle.
Click & See Page 25//
Click & See Page 25//
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Looks like you dont have the harness webbing properly threaded thru. Maybe it is just the camera angle.
Click & See Page 25//
Click & See Page 25//
Tony at TC Design installed them, so I would've been very surprised if it was wrong.
--Ian
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A friend of mine who's a longtime racer suggested that I could fold the shoulder harness webbing to get it centered on the seat better. He mentioned that it is common for race harnesses to get folded to fit 3" webbing into 2" fittings. I mocked up the fold. Looks like this. I dunno?
Also, the AL shaft collars Leafy mentioned are $12 from McMaster-Carr. They look slick. Going to get some.
Thanks for the ideas all.
Also, the AL shaft collars Leafy mentioned are $12 from McMaster-Carr. They look slick. Going to get some.
Thanks for the ideas all.
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