I've heard you shouldn't mount harnesses to the rear seats because if you get in a crash it'll pull your spine down and compress it. I could be wrong though
+austin SOLO Hi Austin, what you have heard is only a partial truth. As a rule of thumb, you want the mounting points for the upper straps of a racing harness to be below shoulder height and far enough back so that the angle from the horizontal is not greater than 45 degrees. If you look at roll cages, or harness bars, they are generally in this position. You want the harness to be below your shoulders because if the straps were above your shoulders, in an event where you ended up on your roof, you could slide up, which would be very bad. Being held down into the seat keeps you from moving up. If the harness straps are straight down, however, then the straps are already pulling you straight down when you tighten them up, putting some compression on your spine. If you get into a wreck, your forward motion is restricted and you tend to move directly against the straps. The straps hold your body DOWN, not back against the seat, hence the spine compression. It is your body's momentum acting against the straps that causes bodily harm. So, going back to the harness bar / roll cage approach, the key component is location of the strap mount to give the appropriate angle from the top of the shoulder to the mount location. As long as you have this angle, the distance from shoulder to mount means nothing. It can be six inches, a foot, or 4 feet. As long as the angle is correct, then the harness is good. The mounting location on these SCHROTH harnesses is in the corner of the rear seat back and seat bottom. Adjusting the seat position can be important to maintain the correct angle. I don't have a picture of my car, but here is a representative picture that I found via Google image search: www.ionthruster.com/sti/parts/2009/schroth2.jpg Without having a way to measure the exact angle on this car, I can't confirm that this car is within the recommend tolerance, but I can tell you based on my experience that it is possible to do. Hopefully that answers your question. If you think of any more, just let me know! -Scott
04-05 will bolt in + sensor on 04-05 XTs. But the seatbelt buckle will not work you will need the ones from the stock forester seat.
Never had the sensor issue in my forester, maybe the 04 was a plug and play? No codes or srs lights either just a heads up! Great videos btw
I've heard you shouldn't mount harnesses to the rear seats because if you get in a crash it'll pull your spine down and compress it. I could be wrong though
+austin SOLO Hi Austin, what you have heard is only a partial truth. As a rule of thumb, you want the mounting points for the upper straps of a racing harness to be below shoulder height and far enough back so that the angle from the horizontal is not greater than 45 degrees. If you look at roll cages, or harness bars, they are generally in this position. You want the harness to be below your shoulders because if the straps were above your shoulders, in an event where you ended up on your roof, you could slide up, which would be very bad. Being held down into the seat keeps you from moving up. If the harness straps are straight down, however, then the straps are already pulling you straight down when you tighten them up, putting some compression on your spine. If you get into a wreck, your forward motion is restricted and you tend to move directly against the straps. The straps hold your body DOWN, not back against the seat, hence the spine compression. It is your body's momentum acting against the straps that causes bodily harm.
So, going back to the harness bar / roll cage approach, the key component is location of the strap mount to give the appropriate angle from the top of the shoulder to the mount location. As long as you have this angle, the distance from shoulder to mount means nothing. It can be six inches, a foot, or 4 feet. As long as the angle is correct, then the harness is good. The mounting location on these SCHROTH harnesses is in the corner of the rear seat back and seat bottom. Adjusting the seat position can be important to maintain the correct angle. I don't have a picture of my car, but here is a representative picture that I found via Google image search: www.ionthruster.com/sti/parts/2009/schroth2.jpg
Without having a way to measure the exact angle on this car, I can't confirm that this car is within the recommend tolerance, but I can tell you based on my experience that it is possible to do.
Hopefully that answers your question. If you think of any more, just let me know! -Scott
so, do the STi seats also have airbags? You're swapping the sensor, but is that just to turn off a dash light or is there an actual airbag?
Could you please add the link to the harness and if you have a link for the seats please. I would like to order them.
if i use takata harness on sti seat cant or not ?
Michael-jackson base-jump 5 point harness.?