v03z06

Hey guys..looking for any write-ups/instructions for install of harnesses. I'm about to order mine for my brey&krause hardbar and can't find any write ups for c5s .

Thanks!

seebobgo

I'm in the same bucket. I've been hawking "vetteworks" but will keep an eye on this thred.
_Bob

brkntrxn

Follow the harness manufacturers instructions.

Sorry, couldn't help myself. What questions do you have? Do you have stock seats?

skxf430

Here is a good video explaining how to wrap your harnesses.

I hope it helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcN-JAMw3c

v03z06

No, I have recaros. Haven't received my harnesses yet so I do not have instructions. I was just curious especially because every vehicle is different

v03z06

Nice! Thanks

braknl8

I just installed two sparco's using hardbar/vetteworks/g-force pieces. I was thrashing to get ready for cmp so didn't document very well but can answer any specifics you may have.

If you are doing passenger as well plan for the yaw sensor either by raising the pass mount or plan to pull carpet to re-locate yaw sensor on new seat rails.

brkntrxn

I put large washers under the front two seat mounts on the passenger side to raise it enough to clear the sensor. That was with a Sparco base on a Sparco Evo2 seat. On Morris' car, he used Hardbar rails on both sides and we had to relocate the sensor to the bottom of the seat rail. Later, when he pulled the seat out, he had to re-glue the sensor back to the floor.

brkntrxn

The video gives some great hints and how-to on the wrapping. Post up other questions if you have them when the time comes during install and I am certain someone can give you some hints. There isn't much to it after you do it a time or two.

Bill Dearborn

The installation instructions for most manufacturers are pretty much the same and are available on line. Schroth are the most detailed. They are guidelines that shouldn't be violated and cover how to wrap the harness around a bar so it will not come loose (not obvious), what angle the lap belts have to be and what angle the shoulder belts have to be (not too high and not too low). You will not find anything specific to a Corvette.

Bill

v03z06

thanks to all. some really good info here and i appreciate the help!!

JackBFL

Don't forget lap and the sub belts! Those are going to be either bolted to the forward/rear seat mounts, or through bolted in the floor.

I never trusted the little seat bolts, and my lap and sub belts are mounted through the floor with progressively strong/ wider backing washers that will never rip out.

http://www.fishme.com/vettez06.htm

Jack

v03z06

Wow that was the exact question I was about to post. I was extremely curious about the mounting location for the lap belts. thanks!!!

JackBFL

Any questions, please call me via my website info sir.

Jack

v03z06

Thank you, i really appreciate it. Did you happen to have a pic of where you mounted the lap belts on the floor?

JackBFL

No sir, however I can easily walk you through the installation process if you want me to. Just give me a shout on the home phone in the very early evening, and it will be an easy explanation.

Jack 305-664-2456

RX-Ben

You had better have some huge f'ing washers. The floor is wood and thin plastic. In a crash, you can generate well over a ton (literally) of stress on those sub belts. I wouldn't trust anything other than some steel channel that ties into the frame and the trans tunnel. The seat stud/strap setups were not engineered to handle this load and it is questionable if any of the aftermarket seat mounts are able to either.

JackBFL

"The floor is wood and thin plastic."

It's actually a layer of fiberglass, balsa wood, and aluminum. With the proper through bolts and progressive washers as a huge backing plate, it will withstand a massive head on hit.

I trust my thick through bolts and backing washers far more than the wimpy stock OEM 3 point seat bolts in my Corvette Z06.

Jack

RX-Ben

FRP = fiberglass reinforced plastic
The plastic floor is reinforced with chop mat fiberglass, which isn't exactly strong.
Let me know where you found aluminum in the floor - I had a broken rotor put a hole in my floor and there isn't any metal to be found.

You are braver than I am.

brkntrxn

I would like to see the size of those washers you say you trust under the flimsy floor.

To the OP, I installed eye bolts just inside the rear seat studs and through the OEM metal cross strap for the lap belts. On the underside of the strap, I cut a 2"x3" rectangle of steel plate to fit in the OEM metal strap to help reinforce it a bit. For the sub belt, I installed eye bolts on a cross bar on my seat rails.

But, Ben is correct in that a custom cross beam piece of metal would be at superior to the thin metal the factory outs down for the seat studs.