Update on harness bars?
 

Last time I researched this with a few vendors about 6 months ago there still weren't any racing harness bars in production, anyone have any updates or information on this?

Amuse makes one. If you wanna save some $$, you can always go for custom. Should cost less than $500

Custom would be the way to go.

is the standard rear bar not enough? ive seen a few track cars using them rather than a harness bar for their harnesses.

sorry guys, didn't see the responses, I had thought about custom just wondered if there was something easier.. Also @ 6SPD do you have more information on this? I thought it wasn't safe to do that?

no info, just the memory of what ive seen in a few pics of some shops track cars.

I wouldn't trust the stock one but if I got a beefed up rear bar I would use that

i'd guess it'd be auto-x safe, but not track safe.

The problem with the stock bar is it is hollow on the inside and not enough support on each end if you were to crash.

not safe for one means not safe period - crash's happen at auto-x too

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Is there a way to reinforce the stock bar and mounts to make it sufficient?

If you are going through the work of doing that you may as well just replace it with better material from the ground up. That way you are not trusting the original piece which might crack and still fail.

I was thinking of a bar inserted into the stock aluminum one and then triangulated with brackets of some kind to the upper belt mounts. That's kind of what aftermarket harness bars do. Think that might work?

itd be much easier to have a bar fabricated from scratch.

thanks to everyone for all the input, I wish someone would just pony up and start producing a legit harness bar (that isn't like 900 bucks) it would give my car a much better feel on autox weekends

Honestly, you already dropped a lot of $$$ on this. The Amuse bar should be more than enough. What $1000 gonna spurn ya for options and safety? :stirthepot:

Isn't there an issue with belt angle with that bar?

That was because of the single harness made for RHD and then you flipped it for LHD, but Amuse has produced a dual one so you do not have to flip it.

ahhhh Interesting. I didn't catch that.

ugh I don't want to spring for the amuse bar, but it seems to be the only "already produced" option thus far..

You could try contacting BGTV8 See:
http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...rness-bar.html

thanks for the lead! :tup:

And thats a fact...why? because i have the dam RHD one lol. But... doesn't matter now that i have a cage and ive always loved shiny things!

The thing is, the Amuse bar isnt all that special inside either, but it would do the job. The issue is at the ends where it mounts to the car. I just dont think its secure enough for high load like you would get in a crash.

I know pics dont help...but....haha

http://www.the370z.com/members/mozen...houston-tx.jpg