mazworx harness bar fitment issues?

[potato]

has anyone installed a mazworx harness bar into their s13? i've been looking for pics but cant find anything that really helps. i've tried all different ways to get the bar to sit flush and this is the only way but the struts come no where close to reaching where they should, it passes it up by alot. where the harnesses run also doesnt look right. it looks like the bar is almost backwards.

any input or help is appreciated. i sent an email to mazworx but it being the holidays i dont expect a reply back for a few days.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/pataylo/20131224_103943_zpsgyfmj9uh.jpg

[typhoonslippery]

you have the bar in backwards, the "hoop" should point backwards and not forwards

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CGMZr2atAZk/Thy0BtpGLeI/AAAAAAAABD0/CzZcHXoLVok/s1600/DSC_0450.JPG

[Chaluska]

yeah dude, flip the bar (left to right). you got the right idea.

[potato]

i put the bar where the bars holding the hanresses as straight up as i could and took this pic. i could maybe get the holes line up with force but theres still a large gap behind it

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/pataylo/Mobile%20Uploads/20131224_111549_zpsuhgr1owq.jpg

[Chaluska]

..are you sure you got the right bar for your car?

I haven't had a single bad experience or difficulty installing any mazworx part on my car. I got the brake caliper adapters, it was a perfect fit.

[potato]

I ordered it for an s13 so idk why it wouldn't be right unless they sent me the wrong bar :/

[codyace]

It's either the wrong bar, or you're putting it in the wrong spot. Those Harness hopes (to keep the harnesses in the right spot on the bar) need to be just like the other picture.

[traviss14]

looks to be correct one just backwards in the first pic

[potato]

it seems ive tried to fit it every way and the first pic is the only way to make it sit flush so im not sure what else to try. i pm'd mazworx a link to the thread. hopefully they can chime in or get back to me

[ka-t]

http://www.mazworx.com/content/instructions/s13%20harness%20bar%20installation%20instructions. pdf

[potato]

i've seen those instructions. i just wish it had a closer shot of where the bar is mounting up

[potato]

bump, still no word from mazworx :(

[codyace]

bump, still no word from mazworx :(

It is a holiday season, give them a little extra time. They'll make good for ya!

[jr_ss]

Why don't you just put the bar in the way you had it and push the bottom of it back towards the rear of the car. You had it right, it just needed to go back farther.

[codyace]

Updates on this?

[d_nice]

lmk how it goes before i buy one

[Matej]

Bolt-in harness bars are junk. Sell it before you get seriously hurt in a fender bender. Short of a real racing cage setup, factory seatbelts are much safer.

[potato]

Got it installed. The bar was backwards and the hoops for the harnesses do not aim straight up like the pics.

[di-devol]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/Vangelus/wtfattfw/Backlog-Glados-Potato.jpg

po-ta-toe

[codyace]

Can you take pics of it installed? It just seems a little wonky for the strap limiters to be upside down, I've *never* seeen that.

[codyace]

Bolt-in harness bars are junk. Sell it before you get seriously hurt in a fender bender. Short of a real racing cage setup, factory seatbelts are much safer.

It's a gray area.

They are legal for most if not all HPDE (At least with NASA, Porsche Club, HoD and oother groups) for track use, so long as an aftermarket seat is also being used (and that the harness bars have down braces etc etc)

On a street car I'd strongly agree, as I'd be wearing the regular seatbelt setup (which I do) and never the harness....but for track events the harness bar is ok.

[potato]

Can you take pics of it installed? It just seems a little wonky for the strap limiters to be upside down, I've *never* seeen that.

They aren't upside down. They almost stick straight out towards the front of the car. Its strange to me too but it works lol.

[codyace]

Take pics please

[Chaluska]

Bolt-in harness bars are junk. Sell it before you get seriously hurt in a fender bender. Short of a real racing cage setup, factory seatbelts are much safer.

i dont know how good that statement is.. my harness bar made my car feel much stiffer (vert...)

also ive stopped in emergency stops before and never had any issue with my harnesses feeling loose or sloppy under intense braking.

pretty sure a harness will keep you just as safe as a factory seat belt.. if you get in a 70 mph collision, your going to be in serious pain regardless which seatbelt your using.

[potato]

heres a pic i snapped after the install.

http://distilleryimage11.ak.instagram.com/5dad58507a3d11e3bdbb0e994376b16f_8.jpg

[Driftwire]

In an accident the passenger is getting decapitated... Just saying..

[potato]

In an accident the passenger is getting decapitated... Just saying..

the harnesses do not cross though so i wouldnt think so

[jr_ss]

Take a picture of the mounting points. I would call a Mazworx and have a discussion with them about it. They aren't suppose to be like that.