Schroth Racing Harnesses

[Scooter70]

Does anybody have any experiences with Schroth Racing's harnesses? They're designed to be used in stock vehicles by attaching to the existing seat belt attachment points. They have direct fit models for some German cars and Subies so somebody around here must have tried them at one point or another.

http://www.schrothracing.com/products/streetlegal/1575

I really want a harness in my GTO but nobody makes a harness bar for it and there's no way I'm putting a full cage in my daily driver.

Thanks,
Matt

[offcamber09]

I fabricated a harness bar for a VW I had. Pretty easy stuff: off the ends of the straight roll bar tubing you weld in flat stock and bend to the proper angles to reach the shoulder anchors for the front belts and the hip anchors of the rear belts. when bolted into place it is triangulated and quite strong. It's easily removed at the end of the weekend. Of course your GTO has less easy access to those mounting points than a VW beater. Also I am not a trained structural engineer- I make no claims as to the safety of such a device in a crash. How's that for a disclaimer?
I have a Honda Civic that came with a set of Schroth dot legal belts bolted in place. I think they are anchored way too low and too close to the back of the driver's seat. Too great a chance for spinal compression with the belts yanking downward on your shoulders instead of straight back.

[mossaidis]

Does anybody have any experiences with Schroth Racing's harnesses? They're designed to be used in stock vehicles by attaching to the existing seat belt attachment points. They have direct fit models for some German cars and Subies so somebody around here must have tried them at one point or another.

http://www.schrothracing.com/products/streetlegal/1575

I really want a harness in my GTO but nobody makes a harness bar for it and there's no way I'm putting a full cage in my daily driver.

Thanks,
Matt

Hi Scooter, I've a set of Scroth Rallye Harnesses in my Honda Civic. There 4pt 2" or 2.5" (can't remember) belts that attached to the stock belt harness points. For each seat, I have two points that connect in the rear belt points and two that attach at the rear two bolts underneath the front seat. They were afforadable and easy to install, adjusting lengths is a pain and the 2" belts were not really enough to keep you planted as my 600/500 spring setup is more of a racer setup than a street one. Overall, it's a step in the right direction eventhough it may not a perfect one, I would say it's better than stock for sure.

Mickey

[mossaidis]

P.S. I checked out your link and I have the exact same model in the Honda.

[deimos]

I used the schroth clip ins in my wrx and bmw 325is. I used two bolts up front and left the rear to attach to the factory receivers. As they're only 2"s or so, they do hold you in your seat better than a seatbelt. However, you have to make sure your seat back, and thus the belts, are above your shoulders and don't pinch your neck as they go towards the back. They also stretch a lot in a crash. This is different than true 3" racing harnesses.

One of the problems I had with the clip-ins was I couldn't get them tight enough. They never felt like a real 5-pt racing harness.

Otherwise, the clip-ins help a lot to keep you in place and let you focus on driving; rather than bracing yourself to keep in the seat in a turn.

[enjoythemusic]

Does anybody have any experiences with Schroth Racing's harnesses?

Use their Profi-IIasm on both driver and passenger side, later to only passenger side as the driver side is standard Schroth due to HANS use. Both types are impressive and work as they should. Schroth is an excellent manufacturer imo.

NOTE: ASM shoulder belts are not HANS compatible so you will need to change the shoulder belts to non-ASM if you plan to use HANS device.