4-6pt Seat Belt harness option?

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Hey guys. Can you give me some insight on aftermarket seatbelt options? The ones that I am aware of are Dali with the harness bar or the comptech restrain kit. Does anyone have a picture of the comptech kit? Is there any way to hook up 4 point belt without putting the harness bar in place? Which belt is best for occasional tracking? I was thinking 4point since I want to retain the stock seat for now and don't wanna cut it up.

-ak
 
4pt can be dangerous because the lap belt tends to ride up onto your belly as you tighten the shoulder straps. In an accident, this could cause serious internal injuries. The sub belt holds the lap belt around your hips to prevent this problem.

You will need a harness bar and I recommend removing the bottom seat cushion (I did not but mine) and get a small foam pad to sit on and use the sub belt.
 
Don's right. In addition, they call the 5-th/6-th point belt an "anti-submarine" belt for a reason. It prevents the force from a frontal collision from submarining your body under the belts and into the console.

The NSX has a great location under the floorpan to mount a 5-th/6-th point belt.

There are some directions on our site under DIYs.

Regards,
-- Chris

Originally posted by DONYMO:
4pt can be dangerous because the lap belt tends to ride up onto your belly as you tighten the shoulder straps. In an accident, this could cause serious internal injuries. The sub belt holds the lap belt around your hips to prevent this problem.

You will need a harness bar and I recommend removing the bottom seat cushion (I did not but mine) and get a small foam pad to sit on and use the sub belt.



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The Comptech bar is more substantial with more seat belt mounting options, but is a pain to install and does not allow full travel rearward of the stock seat.

The Dali bar works well for the occasional tracker, but you have to come up with extra mounting points (existing seat belt points and/or floor bolts) for the seat and/or sub belts. Correct me on this one Don, as I did not look at your bar that in depth. The Dali bar does not inhibit rearward travel of the stock seat, but possibly some rearward recline.

Sabelt probably makes the best belts, but I like my Simpson OK, and they are cheaper, plus I bought them used, making them cheaper still. Whatever you get, make sure the shoulder belts tighten by pulling down toward the floor, and the lap belts tighten by pulling away from the locking mechanism toward the doors. Much easier to adjust them if they are set up this way. And definately go with 5 or 6 point belts for the track!!

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Originally posted by ncdogdoc:
...The Dali bar does not inhibit rearward travel of the stock seat, but possibly some rearward recline...

Yes, Gary, you stated it exactly correct.
 
I just finished doing seats,harnesses, and harness bar...

-Recaro SPG Seats
-TAITEC seat brackets
-Ritmo Clip-style Harness Bar
-Takata 4pt Racing Harnesses
Everything worked out great with this setup, the seats still have good travel, and the harnesses work very nicely...needs to be adjusted for whoever is seated to work properly but thats about it. Great performance setup, I dont daily drive my car but if I did it would really suck...so not reccomended for lots of in and out use IMO.
Here are some pics...
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Originally posted by Honda4Life:
I just finished doing seats,harnesses, and harness bar...

-Recaro SPG Seats
-TAITEC seat brackets
-Ritmo Clip-style Harness Bar
-Takata 4pt Racing Harnesses
Everything worked out great with this setup, the seats still have good travel, and the harnesses work very nicely...needs to be adjusted for whoever is seated to work properly but thats about it. Great performance setup, I dont daily drive my car but if I did it would really suck...so not reccomended for lots of in and out use IMO.
Here are some pics...
DSC00243.JPG

DSC00244.JPG

DSC00245.JPG



Seth your a LIAR!!
I saw you daily driving all week "we are watching". LOL
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With all that race fuel in that car smokin' the local authorities.
We watched you running from the helicoptors and DPS on 3 TV.
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WHELL IT SOUNDED COOL....



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