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seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:02 pm
by RG.net
anyone know where i can get myself a seatbelt tower brace? i cant seem to find much, also anyone know which companies make them? thanks
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:23 pm
by muzza2
1red5 has one from his car which he doesnt need anymore.
he may consider selling?
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:47 pm
by Fuzzlet
Didnt really think that made much of a difference to handling...
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:18 am
by zawrilla
mania sell some..and have an upgraded one available. Check on their website. Don't know how good it is though.
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:46 am
by Steampunk
muzza2 wrote:1red5 has one from his car which he doesnt need anymore.
he may consider selling?
Mr Muzza... you've seen my garage.... you haven't seen my room. The phrase "...doesn't need anymore..." does not exist in my vocabulary.
I'll be headed over to MX-5Plus this Saturday. I'll see if Richard has any. He had one a while back, but haven't seen it recently.
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:15 pm
by Juffa
The braces were available on the NA8s. Many Mazda wreckers have them. However, your NB8 has extra chassis bracing that I would have thought negates the need for a cockpit brace?
J
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:28 pm
by RG.net
well its not really for the bracing, its so i can use some harness's on it but the more bracing the better. if they dont happen to make them for my model, or are too flimsy then i will have to get one made up.
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:12 pm
by Fuzzlet
Personally I wouldnt be attaching a harness to one of those. The one on my NA felt rather flimsy. I removed (and since sold) it for a BD bar
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:39 pm
by Benny
If you don't want to put on a roll bar, have you considered getting a good quality style bar?
Even Mrs Benny noticed the increase in stiffness when I had the RB2 fitted.
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:05 pm
by manga_blue
Put a BD rollbar in, then you can mount harnesses to that.
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:02 pm
by Alex
I thought you already had a rollbar?
if so then you could just get backing plates and have them mounted on the rear parcel shelf
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:16 am
by RG.net
i do have a rollbar, it isnt really suit for harness's though, and i originally had backing plates on etc but the metal had bent a bit with all the pulling and tugging. the idea i had was to get a seatbelt tower brace either made up or off the shelf, and get some wrap around harness's to place on it.
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:55 am
by Muzdaman
Last time i was at Mania they had an NA8 one.
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:25 am
by RG.net
so i'm guessing they dont make nb tower braces then? do the na8 ones fit? they look a little too slim for my liking
seatblet tower brace?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:53 pm
by Juffa
The cockpit brace was only available on the NA8. Late 1993 to 1997. The NA should fit, except you have a roll bar. Depending on the roll bar you have it may interfere with a cockpit brace, i.e. they both generally fit in the same place, between the seat belt towers.
Here is a shot of the brace that I was using up until recently.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_im ... 9_full.jpgJ
