Alright, I am looking for a cool looking race harness for my stock Z seats. What are the best ones and where can I get them from. How do they mount up? Thanks

 

Best to ask this question over in General Corvette - AutoX and road racing forum.

Need a harness bar and belt mounts, plus the 5 or 6 point belts.

Get the belts for a race shop / cataloge. Lots of good brands

Crow
Sparko
Simpson
G-Force
Willians

 

Check the supporting vendor, if you cannot find what you want at a good price, try Summit.

 

I would like to see some photos of a Z with the bar and harness installed

 

I just installed the BK hareness bar in my C5 with all of the harnesses. I will have a complete writeup over the weekend of how to do it including pics.

Basically you use the same mounting holes that are used for the seat belts. The BK system allows you to keep the stock seat belts.

I used the G-Force Series 6 point harness with clip-in ends.

I am sure that BK makes a harness bar for the Z06. The problem with the Z06 is the seat. The sport seats upgrade on the Coupe has a pass through the back of the seat to allow the shoulder harnesses to stay in place. The Z06 you will need a clip to hold the shoulder harnesses together. No big deal, but without it they will fall off your shoulders and that is a big deal.

BTW - almost all Harnesses are not DOT approved so you might not pass inspection with them and you may get a ticket if the LEO is in a bad mood. Better off making sure you have the stock ones just in case you need them.

 

Howdy!

I have the BK bar in my Z06 and it works outstanding. A really well built piece. I'm using their lap belt kit as well. Like Wicked mentioned, the lap kit bolts into the same location as the two seatbelt mount points, and is pretty much out of the way until you need it.

I'm using Crow 6-point harnesses with "quick clips" so the lap/anti-dive installs in like 30 seconds, and the shoulder harnesses I just keep on the bar behind the seat.

I also have an IO Port camera mount which does a great job with our little Canon DV camera. Lots of adjustments and a good anti-shock mount.

FWIW, I ran the stock Z06 seats and the shoulder belts stayed right in place - I run mine pretty snug and since they connect to a central point the front pulls down-and-in. You can (and probably should) add a sternum belt though - in the event of an impact, you could slide through the belts. Simpons and all the major belt manufacturers offer harnesses with a sternum strap or as an extra piece. (I have since added race seats with shoulder belt hoops).

I think I have a pic of my harness bar from the rear window...

Yep, here ya go:

 

Thanks for the relpy's What website should I go to for the belts/harness?

 

http://www.racerwholesale.com

 

I've always been partial to Simpson products and have their belts in my car now.

Problem with putting harness in a stock seat is three fold. One, there is nothing to attach them to, so you need to add aftermarket products such as the BK harness bar and the BK lap and anti-sub belt clip attachments. Two, the shoulder straps must run around, vice through the seat (as they should) unless you modify the seat. Three, the anti-sub strap should really come up through the seat instead of being wrapped around the legs like is done with the BK lap belt clip attachments.

It is for all these reasons that most guys that track the car get aftermarket seats with holes for the shoulder straps and the anti-sub straps.

 

I love my G-Force harnesses.. R-D Racing makes a nice setup for the harness bar..
-=Rick

 

I have a BRAND NEW "Crow" 5 Point Cam lock harness that I bought Directly from Crow" 3 months ago. I have not used it at all being the fact that my car has been down even since I put it in.

It is wrap around shoulder, clip in lap belt, and wrap around crotch belt.
I will sell it to you for 125 bucks plus 10 bucks for shipping



Jeff


Oh yea, its Black..