Re: Harness mounting???

[Frank de Kat <fdekat@sentex.net>]

At 12:00 AM 01/10/99 -0500, Daniel Hussey wrote:

>My only concern is the mounting point.  Most of the ones I saw had them
>mounted to the fram behind the rear seat.  The strap for the shoulder
>harnesses comes out from inbetween the back and the seat bottom of the back
>seat.  Looks great as you can stuff them under the seat and then just pull
>them out when you want them!
>
>But, my concern is this....  I have heard a few people tell me that it is
>bad to use a mounting point too low for race harnesses because if you are in
>an impact, it can put to much pressure downward on you and actually compress
>one's spine!  This is not good.  But, I have seen enough quattros with the
>belts mounted in that same place, so maybee it it ok.  Just not sure if it
>is high enough.  I'd really like to know as that would be a great place for
>them, I think.

Your concern is valid. I know  that Candian Rally regulations have a
specified angle below horizontal that you belts cannot go, for that same
reason. I'm thinking that the angle that results using the rear seat belt
mounting points may be below that specified angle...?

What about using the baby seat mounting points, on  the rear parcel shelf?
They are (somewhat) designed for the same sort of loads. Order longer
harness straps to reach?

Regards,



Frank de Kat 
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