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Originally Posted by Tcoat
All your crumple zones and airbag restraints are messed up by a cage. People think that a cage is extra protection when in street type collisions it can just turn a very safe car into a death trap. All that force that is supposed to be dissipated is now directed straight into your fragile body.
Yet people still install them in street cars all the bloody time. I have heard "Oh the harness will protect me" many times. My standard response is "yes, it will make your body recovery that much easier".
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Yeah that's a good point too.
I remember a few years ago at the track, a rep for a safety equipment manufacturer came by to talk about aftermarket equipment. His advice was that all the safety equipment in your car is designed to work as a system. If you're going to put in your own safety equipment, you should generally take out all the OEM stuff (airbags, seatbelts, seats, etc.) and put in a full safety system of your own (cage, harnesses, fixed buckets, HANS, fire suppression, nomex, gloves, helmet, etc.) Otherwise you're safer just sticking with the OEM stuff that's designed to work together as a unit.
That presentation convinced my friend not to get a harness bar/seats until he was ready to put in a cage and convert his car to a full-on track car.