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This link is a video of how to wrap harnesses correctly:
https://youtube/zGcN-JAMw3c,
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2) Full Cage: Full roll cages accommodate
harness fittings. The downside is that I would have to shaft of the bars with results that looked like they
take it apart to get to the top of the engine. Worse, it had hacked it out with a dull hatchet. Not in my
makes the car unsafe to drive on the street - unless Porsche! No thank you, ma?am.
you wear a helmet - due to the risk of hitting your
head on the cage bars in a crash. Finally, imagine While searching for a functional ? and non-tacky -
arriving at the office every day with Helmet Hair. system I reviewed relevant threads in The Cayman
That?s worse than shopping for shoes. Register to see what other people had done. [If
you are a Cayman owner and have not joined that
3) Harness Bar: A harness bar is a piece that group, you are missing a great source of helpful
solidly connects to the structure of the car without information. See https://www.caymanregister.org/.]
filling the whole car with bars. These are sturdy
enough to accommodate upper and lower 5-point or It was in The Register that I learned something
6-point harnesses which are both approved by PCA. very scary about harness bars, harnesses, and
racing seats. In a Boxster, you are OK because the
Therefore, a Harness Bar with racing seats and 5- or Boxsters have pop-up roll bars in the event of a
6-point harnesses would be The Solution for me. I just roll-over. The Cayman doesn?. I found a large
t
had to shop for the best harness bar system for me number of eloquent posts about how my head
and my car. and neck would become the roll bar in a roll-over
without a full cage.
I looked at examples all around the paddock at the
track. I saw some really tacky installations where they Continued on page 64
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