Rear Strut Bar??

JoeShmoe · #1 07-30-2007, 10:04 PM

How or where would the rear strut bar mount on a '98 Eclipse? Could you tie 4pt harnesses to it?

SilvrEclipse · #2 07-30-2007, 11:39 PM

It mounts to the top of the strut towers in the rear. Some people will mount their racing harnesses to them but its not recomended. If I were you I would just run them down the seat and bolt them to the floor board.

97gs-t teamrtv · #3 08-01-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

It mounts to the top of the strut towers in the rear. Some people will mount their racing harnesses to them but its not recomended. If I were you I would just run them down the seat and bolt them to the floor board.

I would have to disagree. I remember reading that you should mount them above shoulder height. Mine are mounted to the rear seat selt upper bolts. If you mount them on the floor board you can cause bad strain on your back in an accident.

SilvrEclipse · #4 08-01-2007, 10:12 PM

I have never heard of anyone mounting them there. Im not really seeing the difference between mounting them there or on the floor. I mean if you have racing seat it going to come threw the back of the seat where the cut outs are. It really shouldn't make a different if you mount it down or to the side.

JoeShmoe · #5 08-06-2007, 10:30 PM

I don't know, I guess regarless of where they are coming thru....I guess i just want a strong sturdy place to anchor them so I can take qicked turns at full throttle.

Iceman1984 · #6 08-08-2007, 09:21 PM

Just fyi...not downing or flaming any1, but mounting your harnesses to the floorboard is a terrible decision. In an accident, they will pull down and if severe enough, break through your seats and start squeezing down on your body. Also, in high flex turns, the belts will pull as the body twists, and that may injure you also. There is a brace bar that is mounted behind the seats, and yes it's around shoulder height, that the belts should be mounted to.

JoeShmoe · #7 08-10-2007, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman1984

Just fyi...not downing or flaming any1, but mounting your harnesses to the floorboard is a terrible decision. In an accident, they will pull down and if severe enough, break through your seats and start squeezing down on your body. Also, in high flex turns, the belts will pull as the body twists, and that may injure you also. There is a brace bar that is mounted behind the seats, and yes it's around shoulder height, that the belts should be mounted to.

Its called a seat back brace. I'm not really sure but aren't they supposed to be used along with a roll cage?

dsmtuner1987 · #8 08-15-2007, 10:32 PM

it has to do with the forces that affect your body when racing.
take your body and think of it as a car.... when you want to take a turn quickly, you can feel the pull on your body in the direction that you were going. that is because the car can react faster than your body can.

therefore, if you were to be in a wreck (lets use a head-on collision for example), your car would stop immediately, your body would still be going in that direction at the speed you were going until the harness would stop you.

i am going to agree with mounting them shoulder height on this topic, if you were in a wreck with them shoulder height, it would pull you back. if they were in the floor, they would pull you down into the seat causing some major strain on your back, and you will prolly be visiting the doctor and getting some news that the damage is permanent and you have a lifetime perscription for morphine, which by the way, is not a good thing.

i hope yall can make something of that. i am in no way a PhD in physics or whatever but i hope this helped

JoeShmoe · #9 08-16-2007, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dsmtuner1987

it has to do with the forces that affect your body when racing.
take your body and think of it as a car.... when you want to take a turn quickly, you can feel the pull on your body in the direction that you were going. that is because the car can react faster than your body can.

therefore, if you were to be in a wreck (lets use a head-on collision for example), your car would stop immediately, your body would still be going in that direction at the speed you were going until the harness would stop you.

i am going to agree with mounting them shoulder height on this topic, if you were in a wreck with them shoulder height, it would pull you back. if they were in the floor, they would pull you down into the seat causing some major strain on your back, and you will prolly be visiting the doctor and getting some news that the damage is permanent and you have a lifetime perscription for morphine, which by the way, is not a good thing.

i hope yall can make something of that. i am in no way a PhD in physics or whatever but i hope this helped

shoulder height, and what in this car is sturdy enough to hold the strain put on it by a harness. I'll keep lookint to see what i can find.

Thor06 · #10 08-16-2007, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman1984

Just fyi...not downing or flaming any1, but mounting your harnesses to the floorboard is a terrible decision. In an accident, they will pull down and if severe enough, break through your seats and start squeezing down on your body. Also, in high flex turns, the belts will pull as the body twists, and that may injure you also. There is a brace bar that is mounted behind the seats, and yes it's around shoulder height, that the belts should be mounted to.

I know its been said on here already, but I would like to reiterate (if thats how you spell it) how important it is to not mount them to the floor boards. You want the harness to make a right angle (or as close as you can get) to the back of the seat. The aforementioned harness bar is really the way to go, but I have seen them bolted to the front part of the trunk floor too. I think thats where I am going to put them until I can get racing seats/harness bar.

dsmtuner1987 · #11 08-18-2007, 05:19 PM

i've actually seen them ran all the way to the back of the cars' trunk area but with that, you have the chance of having too much slack in the harness which is also a bad thing

rickyrickster25 · #12 09-02-2007, 10:09 PM

If you dont know.... the struts are located under these two plastic pannels on the back/hatch. They are on top of the two little humps near the back of the rear seats. Hope this helps, it is fairly easy.....

kjewer1 · #13 09-11-2007, 04:52 AM

For EVOs you can find a Harness Bar, which attaches to the upper seat belt "pulley" location, in addition to others. Sparco is one manufacturer. You can see if they make them for DSMs, but I have never seen them.

I would not mount them to a rear strut bar. They are meant to be rigid in the tensile direction, but I doubt they hold up well to shear forces. Additionally, as far as mounting location or belt angle goes, NHRA and IHRA have a maximum of 4 inches below shoulder height (for crossbar where belts attach) IIRC, and the SCCA gives you a maximum of 15 degrees. In no case do they allow you to mount the belts above shoulder height.

renoracer87 · #14 09-11-2007, 06:11 AM

ur gsx pretty fast. hows ur over all bout the car . thinking bout buying 1

JoeShmoe · #15 09-18-2007, 08:33 AM

http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...08_13_full.jpg

http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...08_20_full.jpg

The first pic shows a sticker, is it the maker of the bar? I looked at sparco's site and it was not that. Does anyone recognize the brand?

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