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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 10:44 PM
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Harness Bar Options

Other than the RX7store harness bar what are people using? Ive got just over a month before race season fires up and i need to know my options.
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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There is the Rotaryextreme harness bar and the Raceshop harness bar.

You just missed the GB on the Raceshop roll cage bar....

You can also see the rotary extreme one sold used in the forsale section.

here is some pics of my Raceshop rollbar/harness bar
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...=1#post5269183

here is a link to the groupbuy....if you want just the harnessbar you might want to pm Larry to see if he has just that laying around:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...2&page=1&pp=15
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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Right on, thats way more inline with what i was hoping to get, thanks.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 10:11 AM
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here's some pics of the Raceshop harness bar:

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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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"race season"? What does that mean? If you really "racing", you would have a full rollbar or a cage.

There is no reason to rely on a harness for SAFETY in a car without a rollbar IMO. You can use a harness in conjunction with the factory seatbelt for track events. The harness will hold you in place while the seatbelt will be the actual safety device.

All that said, the Raceshop bar is a good piece.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by rynberg
"race season"? What does that mean? If you really "racing", you would have a full rollbar or a cage.

There is no reason to rely on a harness for SAFETY in a car without a rollbar IMO. You can use a harness in conjunction with the factory seatbelt for track events. The harness will hold you in place while the seatbelt will be the actual safety device.

All that said, the Raceshop bar is a good piece.

Race season means solo1. I am well aware of the issue with using a harness and no rollover protection however my rules dont call for it and im not in the mood to "trim" the interior.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 09:07 PM
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rynberg, in regards to using the seatbelt inconjunction with the harness would you feel the factory strut brace is strong enough for this? Basically im thinking if the seatbelt turns into my primary safety restraint then is there real reason to reinforce the strutbar?
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by fd_neal
rynberg, in regards to using the seatbelt inconjunction with the harness would you feel the factory strut brace is strong enough for this? Basically im thinking if the seatbelt turns into my primary safety restraint then is there real reason to reinforce the strutbar?

neal, you might want to do a search as MANY feel that the factory strut bar is not suitable to support the harness.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 11:39 PM
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neal, you might want to do a search as MANY feel that the factory strut bar is not suitable to support the harness.
For safety purposes, yes. But if you are only using harnesses to keep yourself in the seat better, and are using the stock seatbelts as the primary safety device, I don't see a problem with it. I would personally still buy a proper harness bar like the RaceShop one though...
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 05:21 AM
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Here is a few pics of the harness bar that I offer.
It includes :
1.500" X 1.500" X .120" wall strut brace
.250" thick laser cut mounting plates
.500" 12 point bolts with lock nuts
10 mm locknuts for strut studs
10-32 thread inserts and stainless allen head screws for cargo cover
4 7/16-20 threaded bungs for seatbelt mounting points
Tig welded
Powdercoated Satin black

The third picture shows a side by side comparison. (stock one on the left )


Larry
Attached Thumbnails Harness Bar Options-roll-bar-045.jpg   Harness Bar Options-roll-bar-046.jpg   Harness Bar Options-roll-bar-051.jpg  

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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 07:02 AM
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How much does this go for Larry?
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 08:01 AM
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How much does this go for Larry?
$265.00 plus shipping
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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pm'ed you Larry.

thanks,

Steve
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