Out with the Cheesy Bar - In with the Tool Man Version
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Out with the Cheesy Bar - In with the Tool Man Version
Hope this works so you can see....This is my Thanksgiving Day project because I am too cheap to spend the $300 for a harness bar.
I designed this from solid aluminum and steel plate. Total cost - $43 in materials. Most of which was the aluminum bar. It fits where the factory one does and the cover works perfect. I don't have the material strengths, but the aluminum is stronger than the thickest gauge steel bar I could find....it weighs about 6 lbs plus the mounting brackets.
The angles are tough to get. If I were to do this for someone I too would charge $250. The bar had to be relieved to prevent stress risers in the corners where it fits the plates... I have all of 8 hours in labor and the parts still aren't painted yet...BUT it is strong as hell...
What do you think?
I designed this from solid aluminum and steel plate. Total cost - $43 in materials. Most of which was the aluminum bar. It fits where the factory one does and the cover works perfect. I don't have the material strengths, but the aluminum is stronger than the thickest gauge steel bar I could find....it weighs about 6 lbs plus the mounting brackets.
The angles are tough to get. If I were to do this for someone I too would charge $250. The bar had to be relieved to prevent stress risers in the corners where it fits the plates... I have all of 8 hours in labor and the parts still aren't painted yet...BUT it is strong as hell...
What do you think?
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Originally Posted by rajeevx7
Looks like you saved yourself $200+. We wouldn't be men if we couldn't build something!
But, could you please make the thumbnails bigger, can't quite see them.
But, could you please make the thumbnails bigger, can't quite see them.
Can't you click them and see an enlarged photo?
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Looks good.
Just one thing -
If you're really going to the track and not just using it for cosmetics, you might want to radius the edge where the strap goes over the bar. I wouldn't want to hit something hard and immobile and have the straps grinding away on those sharp corners. They are just nylon straps....
Just one thing -
If you're really going to the track and not just using it for cosmetics, you might want to radius the edge where the strap goes over the bar. I wouldn't want to hit something hard and immobile and have the straps grinding away on those sharp corners. They are just nylon straps....
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Looks like good work. HOWEVER, I have come to the point where I wouldn't even trust a harness bar of any design to be the single point to restrain me. Unless you have a rollbar or cage with a separate harness bar, I would still use the stock seatbelts at the track in conjunction with the harnesses. For most people, the harness is a device to make track driving more comfortable and secure, not necessarily safer anyway.
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Originally Posted by rynberg
Looks like good work. HOWEVER, I have come to the point where I wouldn't even trust a harness bar of any design to be the single point to restrain me. Unless you have a rollbar or cage with a separate harness bar, I would still use the stock seatbelts at the track in conjunction with the harnesses. For most people, the harness is a device to make track driving more comfortable and secure, not necessarily safer anyway.
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