[TR] Seat Belts

[Hdefer]

I am 6'- 2" + and had been through this 2- or 3 - point seatbelt  
dilemma too, until a physical therapist friend convinced me to  change  
my lap belts to a 3 point set. His  point was that he much rather have  
his neck and/or shoulder tweaked than being slammed into that TR3  
steering hub. One theory presented by someone else was , that the  
typical reaction ,when anticipating a head collision, would be to push  
hard on the brakes with the right foot, thus somewhat twisting your  
body counter clockwise and dropping the left shoulder which would  
minimize injury; true or not, the 3-point, though not ideal, is  still  
far safer than the 2-point option. Clearly,  the best way is a  
properly engineered roll bar with the higher attachment, or better  
yet, a 4-point racing harness.
To obtain the highest possible point with the retractor the farthest  
away from my shoulder, and thus minimizing the pull-down force vector,  
I bolted the  retractors on top of the wheel housing under fender top;  
i.e. they are bolted between the "rear seat" panel and the trunk back  
panel each side of  the fuel tank. I found that there was enough of a  
gap between the wheel housing top and the "rear seat" panel for the  
belt to slide through easily. If you are interested, I 'll gladly   
post some pics of the  details.

Hans


On Sep 7, 2011, at 4:36 PM, P Caffrey wrote:

> Thanks, Jerry....My outer belt connects on the upper part of the wheel
> housing, about 6 1/2 inches from the rear panel. The other part of  
> the belt is
> anchored a little forward of the wheel housing base....At 6'3" the  
> upper part
> of the belt is definately lower than my neck....Perhaps I should  
> just go with
> lap belts.Pat  >If a TR4A the outer belts do connect at a point low  
> on the
> wheel housing. 3
>> Points would connect up higher but be careful and follow instructions
>> closely as that 3rd point for a shoulder belt I believe needs to be  
>> higher
>> than ones neck. Tough to do on a TR.
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