FYI: Shoulder Harness Fitment

[JoeP]

I thought that someone else might encounter a specific issue I have with harnesses in my 911.   The following is an opinion from the PCA's national DE Advisory Committee.  B-K's $300 harness guide bar is cheaper than having to install a new roll bar.

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[size=3]From: tremper9146@aol.com
[/size]Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: DE Safety Question


Joe,
     Good question..and yes, the B-K guide bar will provide the correct geometry....
Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Piernock <piernock.j@nexteps.net>
To: tremper9146@aol.com
Sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:26 pm
Subject: DE Safety Question

Pete:  While updating my harnesses, I encountered a question with my 911.


The horizontal member on my roll bar is about 6 inches below the harness holes in my seats.  Therefore, the shoulder belts angle down as they pass through the seats to wrap around the roll bar.  Brey-Krauss sells a "harness guide bar" that bolts to the B-pillar.  Although the bar is not to be used by itself, it supposedly fixes the geometry when used with a real roll bar.  The belts attach to the existing roll bar member, but they are routed up and over the harness guide bar to relieve spinal compression:
 
http://www.bkauto.com/porsche/r1010.php
 
Do such installations meet PCA guidelines?
Thanks,
 
Joe Piernock
Paoli, PA