Harness fitting

JonR · Post by **JonR** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:02 pm

I'm looking to fit some harnesses to my Chesil speedster kit, and would appreciate some advice.

For the rear (vertical) straps I'm planning to use some captive threads within the chassis, which are intended for rear seat belts. There are 4 near the centre line of the car (probably each spaced about 3" apart) and another two closer to the outsides, at the outside corner of the seat base. Would the position of these be suitable for fitting harnesses, and which would be best to use (basically I don't know where the rear straps of harnesses are best positioned).
I'm using MX5 highback seats if that makes any difference.

Finally what sort of harnesses are best to use, 3 or 4 point ?

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:36 pm

see your other post

Gone in 60 seconds · Post by **Gone in 60 seconds** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:29 pm

I brought Simpson 4 points from the US, they have a classic range which have an authentic period race look for that 50's feel but modern safety, you can choose if you join all 4 points or just run them as lap belts, really pleased with them

JonR · Post by **JonR** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:19 pm

Sounds good. Are you planning to run all 4 points ? If so, where were you thinking of running the rear mounts to ?

speedster356 · Post by **speedster356** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:18 am

I found when I fitted my 4 point harness using the standard lap belt bolting points that the angle of the lap section was outside of the manufacturers mounting recomendations. I had to move them forward about 200mm. New harnesses should come with mounting instructions,
or visit the manufacturers website.