i saw a focus RS at a show and it had blue sparco harnesses in there. it looked fooking stunnin but icnat remember if it used the back seats or not. if i was to get a set of harnesses for mine would it mean nobody could sit behind me? has anyone here got harnesses in their focus??

 

Im doing the same mate... u can get people in the back but it's an arse to get in and out...

Jim

 

Word of warning the FRS seats are NOT designed to be used with harness's IIRC.

Rich

 

Need a Role cage to do it safely..

 

Do you mean the stickered up one on white Comps?? Looks cool!

But having another car with harnesses I know what a pain they are!

 

If you use 3 point harnesses getting 2 people in the back isnt too bad, if you want a third in the middle its a bit of a clamber to get there.




SPUD

 

where can you get them and how do they fit?

i really like them as well

surely the seats will take them fine....i mean they have the holes

 

Halfrauds sell them but there about £70 per seat

 

Can you not bolt the harnesses to the floor where your seats bolt down?
That's what I did with my puma, but it might be different for the focus

 

In a word no - in the event of a hard crash there is a very good chance you'll crush your spine.

Shoulder straps should be mounted at shoulder height or as close as possible to. In the event of a crash the belts will be pulling you back into the seat which is what you want. If however you mount the belts to the floor the only direction the belt can act on your shoulders is straight down which if violent enough runs a serious risk of breaking your back. Even mounting them to the rear seatbelt mounts isnt ideal as its still a fairly steep angle downwards but is better than mounting to the floor.

Rich

 

I have Sparco 3 point harness's fitted. They are the type which has the quick release on the rear fixing strap so when you want to use the back seat there's no problem. They are fixed to the standard front seat seat belat mounting points and the rear strap is bolted to the rear seat belt mounting points. Hardly ever used them though as for everyday driving they are too much hassle and far too restraining!!

Ilan

 

thats intereting to hear mate. dont suppose you got nay pics have you?

 

@ Robert and James, I'll post some pics tomorrow.

 

Heres a few pics.....






The rear selt belt mounts are the fixing point for the back strap......




The seatbelt rail holds one side of the harness, I just unscrewed the rail, slipped the clip over it and screwed it back in......



The inside clip had to have a braket made for it as can be seen in the pic, just bolt the brack to the seat mounting bolt and clip the harness in



Ilan.

 

Cheers fella.

James.