Okay, so the baseball sized bruise on the side of my leg from being slammed into the door last weekend has finally convinced me to stop dawdling and invest in a harness. I'm a little back and forth on what to get though, so I wanted some opinions.
I know there are MSPs using the Schrothe Rallye harnesses... and I'm half tempted to go with them, except they're a big investment over some of the other ones I'm looking at.
I talked with a couple of guys at my region about it - and got to try a g-force latch-type harness. It held really well, and seemed comphy but I wondered if it would be annoying in an AutoX setting to deal with getting all the links hooked on everytime you strap in... since I wouldn't expect to be sitting in the car for an entire run heat (when you have 15-20 minute breaks between runs sitting in a hot car is pretty boring)... On the other hand, it seemed like a well made harness and it would only run me about 60-70$ shipped. That's about 90$ less than the rallye 3 or 4 that I could be spending on entry fees.
My other consideration was a sparco clubman harness which seemed like a nice compromise - it has the stock-like buckle but is less than the rallye (around 85-100 is what I was seeing). It looks like the straps are thinner though... and being female I'd kind of like something that's going to distribute that pressure as broadly as possible
Anyway - opinions from people using these? Like/hate?
Other than that I was trying to figure out mounting points. The outer stock seatbelt bolt seems easy enough, but I'm guessing the cover for the one next to the consol is going to have to come off and stay off. How hard is it to get the seat out to do the install? Does anyone have pics of how they attached theirs?
Rooting around in the back I had someone suggest mounting the rear strap to a bolt behind the rear seats - running it between the top and bottom of the seats and attaching it there (I have a pic of it, but it doesn't seem to have uploaded correctly - will try again later). Its a grade 8 bolt about centered on the driver's side rear seat.
I was also considering if there was a way to hook any of these harnesses to the child restraint hooks. They just look so temptingly convenient. I'm not sure if they're too high up to be effective though.... or if they would even be strong enough to hold...
I know there are MSPs using the Schrothe Rallye harnesses... and I'm half tempted to go with them, except they're a big investment over some of the other ones I'm looking at.
I talked with a couple of guys at my region about it - and got to try a g-force latch-type harness. It held really well, and seemed comphy but I wondered if it would be annoying in an AutoX setting to deal with getting all the links hooked on everytime you strap in... since I wouldn't expect to be sitting in the car for an entire run heat (when you have 15-20 minute breaks between runs sitting in a hot car is pretty boring)... On the other hand, it seemed like a well made harness and it would only run me about 60-70$ shipped. That's about 90$ less than the rallye 3 or 4 that I could be spending on entry fees.
My other consideration was a sparco clubman harness which seemed like a nice compromise - it has the stock-like buckle but is less than the rallye (around 85-100 is what I was seeing). It looks like the straps are thinner though... and being female I'd kind of like something that's going to distribute that pressure as broadly as possible

Anyway - opinions from people using these? Like/hate?
Other than that I was trying to figure out mounting points. The outer stock seatbelt bolt seems easy enough, but I'm guessing the cover for the one next to the consol is going to have to come off and stay off. How hard is it to get the seat out to do the install? Does anyone have pics of how they attached theirs?
Rooting around in the back I had someone suggest mounting the rear strap to a bolt behind the rear seats - running it between the top and bottom of the seats and attaching it there (I have a pic of it, but it doesn't seem to have uploaded correctly - will try again later). Its a grade 8 bolt about centered on the driver's side rear seat.
I was also considering if there was a way to hook any of these harnesses to the child restraint hooks. They just look so temptingly convenient. I'm not sure if they're too high up to be effective though.... or if they would even be strong enough to hold...