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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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any of you guys with a 6 point cage regret installing it? im at the point where im tired of getting booted off the track anytime i go out of town (local track doesnt enforce the rule). i figure i run out of town about 3 times a year but when i do i realy look foreward to it due to running in better DA (averages about 7k here in the summer). that being said, when i make the road trip i realy want to run the car out but is it worth it since i dont go out of town that much? im realy on the fence about this one.
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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no issues with mine. Doesn't bother me at all. My car is not a daily driver by any means though.
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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Get one with the removable/swing out bars for the doors. I welded a six point in my Trans Am and a couple of my friends who are on the heavy side could get in OK but it took a tow truck to get them out. I put a swing out bar on the passenger side and all was well.

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No issues here either. I have removable door bars,but don't really bother to take them out most of the time. I'm 5'9" and weigh 170 lbs so sliding in and out of the car is really no problem for me.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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just ordered a wolfe 6 point with removalbe side bars. thanks guys.
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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Mine is 5pt and really like it. Your is 1pt better! Driving around town, when people see that bar they know somethings up.

ps: Everyone I talk to has 8 week turnaround with Wolfe. By the time it gets here you nearly forgot about the order.
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I bought a wolfe with removable door bars. Love it and fits perfect. No regrets here.
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I have the Wolfe 5 point. You can buy the total bolt in or the moly weld/bolt kit, which is what this is. Your rearward vison gets cut 50%, removeable sidebars are a must have.


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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Stewart
Mine is 5pt and really like it. Your is 1pt better! Driving around town, when people see that bar they know somethings up.

ps: Everyone I talk to has 8 week turnaround with Wolfe. By the time it gets here you nearly forgot about the order.
i actually mentioned the whole 8 week thing and he told me they had been backed up for a very long time but are now caught up. supposedly they will start it on monday or tuesday of next week and ship it out at the end of the week, so we will see. i did go for the weld/bolt in. any of you guys have pics of how you mounted your harnesses?
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That is the next step for mine. Belt mount tabs will be TIG welded to the cross bar. For lap belts, I ground off the heads of the seat studs from below (takes forever) and replaced them with longer grade 8 bolts from the bottom up. This gives you more thread to bolt the lap belts to. I replaced my driver seat with a Corbeau and fabricated a frame so that is where I mounted the sub belt.
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i ended up buying a hardbarusa cross bar that has eye bolts for the lap and sub belts. it secures using the two rear seat bolts. i bought a 6 point harness with shoulder wrap arounds and 4 snap hooks for the lap/sub mounts. should be pretty easy to put in.
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Originally Posted by algZO6
any of you guys have pics of how you mounted your harnesses?
Here's a few of mine, starting with the normal setup for everyday.



The Wolfe bar has built in rear seat anchors.




I like the cheap harness from Summit. I used these provided anchors for the sides. I removed the seat and attached to the factory seat belt mounting bolts.


Left side, in stowed location:


Right side:


Some belted views:






Drop in the swing out:




Rear views:





Put it all away for the next race.

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Chris, unless I'm mistaken, you have your harness mounted wrong. I believe you are supposed to mount it around the rear cross bar, not just around that little tab. That tab is to keep it from sliding side to side. The cross bar is much more secure than that welded tab.
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That's a good point Dave, I should do that. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by clemsondave
Chris, unless I'm mistaken, you have your harness mounted wrong. I believe you are supposed to mount it around the rear cross bar, not just around that little tab. That tab is to keep it from sliding side to side. The cross bar is much more secure than that welded tab.
I have mine mounted to the rear cross bar also. There's one thing I like about the coupe vs the Z06 is that the coups sport seats are better designed for the use of a belt harness.

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Originally Posted by clemsondave
Chris, unless I'm mistaken, you have your harness mounted wrong. I believe you are supposed to mount it around the rear cross bar, not just around that little tab. That tab is to keep it from sliding side to side. The cross bar is much more secure than that welded tab.
That is correct, the tabs are merely a locator. I never understood why GM made the Z06 seats the way they did without belt holes.
Wolfe must have changed their design, I never seen a side bar mount point that stuck out that far. Mine is tucked up against the main hoop.
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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Fastguy
That is correct, the tabs are merely a locator. I never understood why GM made the Z06 seats the way they did without belt holes.
Wolfe must have changed their design, I never seen a side bar mount point that stuck out that far. Mine is tucked up against the main hoop.
That's the difference between a swing out bar and a removable bar.
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Ok, that makes sense, mine is a removeable.
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thanks for the pics. after looking at them im realy considering getting some corbeua a4s for the shoulder strap location.
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Originally Posted by algZO6
thanks for the pics. after looking at them im realy considering getting some corbeua a4s for the shoulder strap location.
In my pics above, I have the A4. Its a tight fit. I fabricated seat mounts from mild steel. My buddy Paul helped me fab a seatbelt mount for the rail since the female belt mount bolts to the seat frame on a C5.
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