02-14-2012, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by wstar
I don't think the stock B-pillars are design to hold up the car like a rollbar.
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What do you think they are designed for? They are the 'roll bar' for a car with out a roll bar.
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If the car distorts enough to bring the windshield frame into my head, I don't think it's gonna be very solid anymore.
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I was the OP and the person you're replying to  . |
oops... short attention span... my bad.
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but the big non-obvious point is that most halfway solutions which aren't completely stock or completely race are actually worse than either of them.
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Not always true.
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The stock roof won't probably hold for jack.
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The 4-point harnesses I was considering are the Scroth ASM ones: they have a mechanism (like many OEM belts) where an extra loop of harness on one shoulder is folded over on itself and lightly stitched. In a wreck, the light stitching rips out and one shoulder comes forward more than the other, putting a slight twist in the body that greatly reduces the odds of submarining, much like an OEM 3-point does.
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I'm sorry... i don't get the point.. to just plant you in the seat better?
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My money is on this getting you killed in a rollover.
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I'll take those odds any day.
Google images for 'nissan Z crash'... would you have rather been wearing a good harness and HANS, or only the OEM stuff because you didn't have a roll bar?
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