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Originally Posted by philooo
Looking great, the design is a good improvement over the planted base:
- thinner
- recessed rear bolt location is exactly the solution that was needed to make the seat extra low
My only down is the center bridge which make lower belt setup "easier". Not the best location but at least it works for those of use who don't want to weld anchor point to the bottom of the car. Personally I prefer the sub belt to be attached to the seat rather than the chassis, as I have no idea what part of the chassis offer strong support or not.
Overall, looking great, again the low profile that's what it is all about on this car.
Forgot to mention, at $129 they are VERY attractively priced. Way to go, now if you could show some seat bracket that you recommend as well, that would help to buy a full kit. I personally struggled finding good seat brackets.
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As you'll see above, that's intentional. Installing a sub-strap (aka "crotch strap") to the seat or its mount is not a safe install method. The seat should be supporting nothing but the driver, and attaching straps to the seat mount now puts those tensile forces into the mount. Passing those loads to the chassis directly is very easy and makes the seat mount MUCH safer.
The seat side mounts are going to vary by seat. Cobra, Sparco, Racetech, all sell their own side mounts since they all have different bolt patterns in the seats themselves. It's inevitable the seat mounts will align with the slider or base differently.
For a slider, it's theoretically possible for us to make any modifications to the side mounts to bolt directly to the slider before they ship, if you were to order the seat, mounts, and sliders from us. There'd be a labor charge, of course, but it would be a bolt-in setup once it arrived.
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Originally Posted by JazzleSAURUS
Very nice product and pricepoint.
What are your thoughts on mounting this to roll cage instead of floor pan?
I have long since thought that the driver and all driver safety items should be mounted to the cage so they all move and react in unison. If the floor were to get a big hit, suddenly the harness would be loose on the bottom.
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I can understand why some pro cars are built that way, but most club racing rule series would disallow that many cage attachment points. Not to mention, when properly reinforced (6 inē or so) I haven't seen any harness attachments pull through the unibody.
Would it be stronger? Sure, there's more steel involved. Is it necessary? In our professional opinion, no.