Takata harness's installed pics

[rob323]

A couple of questions, are the Takata harnesses SFI or FIA rated? And where have you mounted your inside lap belts to? Just to a tab on the rails, or to the transmission tunnel?

I am in the process of researching harnesses for my car and have just fitted additional harness mounting points to the car, hence the questions.

Cheers,
Rob.

[blacksandiegovitz]

Originally Posted by rob323

A couple of questions, are the Takata harnesses SFI or FIA rated? And where have you mounted your inside lap belts to? Just to a tab on the rails, or to the transmission tunnel?

I am in the process of researching harnesses for my car and have just fitted additional harness mounting points to the car, hence the questions.

Cheers,
Rob.

Yeah takata's are FIA certified, the set I have is good till 2011 . The harness's came with four o-ring bolts that screwe right into the stock seat belt holes .

[rob323]

Is the inside lap belt (ie. centre console side) mount on the seat (like in my echo) or on the transmission tunnel?

[blacksandiegovitz]

Originally Posted by rob323

Is the inside lap belt (ie. centre console side) mount on the seat (like in my echo) or on the transmission tunnel?

I'm using recaro seats on recaro side mount bracket and sliders mounted on Wedge engeineering brackets . The lap belt is mounted to the wedge seat bracket . I dont see you having any problems using the tranny tunnel to mount the harness's.

[rob323]

Originally Posted by blacksandiegovitz

I'm using recaro seats on recaro side mount bracket and sliders mounted on Wedge engeineering brackets . The lap belt is mounted to the wedge seat bracket . I dont see you having any problems using the tranny tunnel to mount the harness's.

Thanks for replying, I was wrongly concerned that you had mounted it to the sliding part of the seat rail and not to a part that is rigidly fixed to the chassis.

+1 for roll cages

[blacksandiegovitz]

Originally Posted by rob323

+1 for roll cages

Yeah , the chassis ridgidity gained when installing a roll cage owns , but the added weight from a roll cage in the yaris would really kill what little power this car has Imo . I do have have my eye on this amazing cusco 6-point right here though...
http://www.rhdjapan.com/jdm-low/Cusc...oll-Cage-31201
Yeah pricey as hell but its cusco and that price includes shipping from Japan.

[rob323]

Without triangulated bracing, a roll cage does nothing for rigidity, and very little for added safety. I paid less then what RHD want for my extensive welded in cage, but my cage had to comply with the requirements of our local governing body of motorsport in Australia. The Cusco/ Safety 21 cages are not FIA homolgated and do not comply so we can't use them anyway.

Sorry for dragging your thread off topic.

[Russelt3hPirate]

Originally Posted by blacksandiegovitz

Yeah , the chassis ridgidity gained when installing a roll cage owns , but the added weight from a roll cage in the yaris would really kill what little power this car has Imo . I do have have my eye on this amazing cusco 6-point right here though...
http://www.rhdjapan.com/jdm-low/Cusc...oll-Cage-31201
Yeah pricey as hell but its cusco and that price includes shipping from Japan.

I wouldn't even consider a cusco cage for anything but a show car.

getting a cage designed for your car usually ends up cheaper and safer and stiffer.

even if you only did a rear cage that didn't go forward of the driver you'd notice an improvement (far more then you are now with the bolt ons).

that and you could get a harness bar put in ;)