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11-06-2012, 02:31 PM | #1 |
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New Product: Essex Harness Bar
Click here to see Essex Adjustable Harness Bar on our new website.
Essex has created what we feel is the ultimate harness bar for the FT86 chassis. While our bar is definitely attractive, our goal was not to create a 'style bar.' Our design objectives were focused almost exclusively on function. We wanted to make the stiffest, lightest, and most versatile bar possible, and we believe we have succeeded:
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11-06-2012, 02:36 PM | #2 |
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Looks nice and the multiple positions/height settings is a nice touch.
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I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Are you able to reinstall the rear trim with it installed? I'll have to re-read the rule book but I'm not sure if the rear tension bars are legal for SCCA stock class... I'll have to look... that'd be a real bummer if it's not. EDIT: oops, looks like one of the last pictures answered my question... what about the final trim piece? I assume we'd just have to notch out around the bar? I'm pretty sure that would be legal, just have to follow up on the tension bars. Great quality looking piece though! |
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11-06-2012, 09:49 PM | #5 |
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They generally allow bars which tie into the pillar to have stabilizers to resist movement. The old sparco WRX bars had rods which ran to the floor and people used those in stock and STX.
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very nice
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11-06-2012, 11:22 PM | #7 |
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Exactly what I want!!!
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Only the one small plastic panel at the top of the B-Pillar remains out of the car, and our end plates cover most of that area. You can see it in the second to last pic on our blog. You could likely trim up that final small panel to fit it around the bar, but we figured most of customers would just leave it out. The billet plates look elegant with the weight relief cut-outs, and we kept them a satin black to maintain a stealth look and blend with the factory plastics. The factory seat belts also hang down and cover much of that area anyway. When fully installed, the bar is IN THERE! I could do gymnastics on it without any movement. We figured overkill was a very good thing for stiffness. One other note...the bar pictured is a prototype. The final design shifts the bar position about one inch towards the rear of the car. So if you're looking at it installed in the second to last pic, the vertical row of adjustment holes would be roughly where the rear edge of the plate is currently. We did that to ensure we maxed out the leg room/recline. I'm 6'4" with long legs, so we made sure I fit in total comfort. That also means the factory seat belt will operate without touching, or only barely brushing, the actual crossbar. Quote:
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The bold text below was in my original post. I started this thread to provide information about our product. Could you please respect my request and move the rollbar vs. harness bar discussion to a different thread? I'll even start a thread on the topic for you here. There are countless discussions on this topic in every automotive forum on the web, and they tend to degrade into a circular debate every time. I really don't want to see that happen here. I want to keep this thread focused on our product details. We're doing our best to provide our customers with the products they want/request, and we're trying to support the FT86 community. Obviously you're free to write whatever you want, but I'll ask for your cooperation anyway. Thank you sir.:happy0180: Quote:
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i'm sorry, what?
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I removed my original post and will replace it with this instead:
how will your bar and the belts attached to it behave in the event of a side impact where the pillar holding either end gets deformed (if at all)
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The only way we would know the answer to your question would be if we had done extensive crash testing. We did not do any crash testing, don't have any plans to do so, and we have no data indicating how this harness bar would react to any kind of crash, impact, etc. All buyers of this product do so at their own risk, and the bar is designed for off-road use only. We do not make any claims that it meets any requirements from any regulatory bodies, etc. My hunch is that any reputable race shop building a full cage would also be in the same boat. They would likely not be able to provide any data on the actual crash-worthiness of their cage, or how it would precisely react, until one was actually crashed. Unfortunately, even computer simulations wouldn't likely capture all of the variables. Crash testing vehicles is an expensive matter, and I can't think of a single company in the aftermarket that has the funds or capacity to conduct or properly analyze such a test. We want to be completely transparent about all of the above, and we have nothing to hide. We tried to make this product as stout as we could with the resources, materials, and knowledge available to us. We can't promise anything more. That's why we are not making any specific claims about rigidity, etc.
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I didn't see this on the blog, so I'll ask: Where does the rear support rod bolt to the chassis? Any pictures of that you'd mind posting?
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