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Looking at fitting harnesses in my stag as when cornering at speed you have to brace yourself a bit at the moment. Anyone else fitted harnesses? Wanting to keep it practical with useable back seats so was thinking either a double release harness. Original plan was to put a harness mounting bar behind the front seats but not found any for stageas.

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Yep I fitted a couple of Recaros from a Euro Honda or something - more comfortable than a race seat for my daily driver but heaps more control on the track. In this country (don't know about UK) if you fit a harness you have to be a member of a car club, run a log book etc.

Yeah reclining are ok. It's to do with cutting people out of cars. Harnesses have to have a red release button so can easily by identified and seats must recline so they can get you out on a spinal board. It's meant to come into affect in April, they tried about a year ago but realized none of the mot garages were prepared.

Yeah reclining are ok. It's to do with cutting people out of cars. Harnesses have to have a red release button so can easily by identified and seats must recline so they can get you out on a spinal board. It's meant to come into affect in April, they tried about a year ago but realized none of the mot garages were prepared.

As much as it pains me; that's actually a very smart policy.

At least there's logical reasoning at play in the decision making process; rather than the usual "Don't do it or we'll fine you" mentality we have in Australia...

Providing you have a WC34 Stagea a relativly cheap and good looking option is a pair of front seats out of a R32/R33/R34 GT-R. I believe they bolt straight up!

Personally I wouldn't be using a harness on the street anyway. While you are strapped in you can't move your body to look around properly (ie checking blind spots while merging lanes and parking)

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Honestly I found I could corner much faster while held in with a decent seat - I have used an aftermarket bucket seat and also a Recaro from a Euro Honda and both gave excellent results. I suspect a GTR seat would be also be ok and would have the advantage of bolting straight in to the existing holes without the need for an aftermarket seat base and slider.. As part of my cert process I had to fit seat belt anchors to the transmission tunnel so pretty secure as well.

You do realize that the back seats have to be removed and the belts must go back as straight as possible so as when you go over you body weight doesn`t go on your shoulders >back , Cams stipulation read the regs also road authority.

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