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Harness Question.


Tricky-Ricky
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Just bought a pair of four point harnesses, mainly because since i have fitted the Konig seats, the seat belt sits to high on my wifes shoulder/neck, as she is on the short side, and i don't want her to suffer any problems should we have a small shunt etc, she has already had whiplash from somebody running into the back of my last car.

So what i want to know from people who have fitted them, is the best place and way to anchor the shoulder straps? i was thinking of either drilling central to the seat in the area where the rear seat splits and anchoring both together or would it be better to split them?

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i had those same konigs in my old car. when i got the harnesses fitted i was told that your not allowed to have them going straiight down behind the seat - i.e the have to be above a certain angle for mot testing. the guy recomended then rear seat belt mounting point on the c pillar - not sure how feasible that is on a sup though - but may be your best bet...

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Hey this might help, mounted mine on the rear seat belt mounts, if you are planning on drilling holes it will need to be strengthened by welding a plate in that area.

 

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8388/photo0470ur9.jpg

 

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8296/photo0471yu0.jpg

 

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8722/photo0472ck8.jpg

 

Is that a 4 point harness? were to the bottom straps mount too?? I will take some pics of mine, when I get my car back...

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Hey this might help, mounted mine on the rear seat belt mounts, if you are planning on drilling holes it will need to be strengthened by welding a plate in that area.

 

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8388/photo0470ur9.jpg

 

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8296/photo0471yu0.jpg

 

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8722/photo0472ck8.jpg

 

Exactly the same as mine.

 

For the lap straps I welded the supplied eyelets onto the stock bolts as they were a different size, the back bolts as shown in the pics above are a perfect fit.

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yea its a 4 point 3" harness, for the lap strap I used the existing belt mount holes but as wez has already said the one on the left as you sit in the car is a smaller thread size so i used a die on the supplied bolt and thread it to the right size.

 

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1979/photo0473cf6.jpg

 

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4431/photo0474nv9.jpg

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Excellent stuff Lucas, exactly what im after.... What would you do if you needed one for the passenger side? in a crash would that not be too much tension on the single bolt in the middle?

 

I was thinking the same but that mount in the middle did originally have both the standard rear belts mounted to it so I guess it is designed to hold two people in the event of a crash.

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