VH45DE Type X s13

[Stiveno]

Originally Posted by blasian

that bracket u added dont look to safe for the seat belt

The bottom bolt is what holds it in, the upper one is just attached with a body screw on a stock s14 too. Other people do it like this, the bracket looks like crap but it is thick metal, and seems very sturdy.


in other news just ordered some stuff from gktech and am going to be picking up a new rack and gas tank and hopefully drift in 2 weeks

[5280VertDET]

Originally Posted by blasian

that bracket u added dont look to safe for the seat belt

Originally Posted by Stiveno

The bottom bolt is what holds it in, the upper one is just attached with a body screw on a stock s14 too. Other people do it like this, the bracket looks like crap but it is thick metal, and seems very sturdy.


in other news just ordered some stuff from gktech and am going to be picking up a new rack and gas tank and hopefully drift in 2 weeks

If you har stop or get in an accident that will twist. I would AT LEAST attach a third contact point; like so:


Or better yet, fab a one piece 3-point set up to disperse the force. That 'middle bolt will be and snap when pressure is applied, like snapping a twig in half.

[Stiveno]

Originally Posted by 5280VertDET

If you har stop or get in an accident that will twist. I would AT LEAST attach a third contact point; like so:

Or better yet, fab a one piece 3-point set up to disperse the force. That 'middle bolt will be and snap when pressure is applied, like snapping a twig in half.

It really seems fine, and the other brackets ive seen people make looked less sturdy than mine, but since the general consensus is that it looks unsafe ill try one of those ideas. It seems solid without anything attached on top let alone with my bracket, the bottom bolt seems to be the only thing structural about it.

If that bracket were to completely crack break or bend, the belt would still be held in by the huge lower bolt. I'm looking at it now, I can literally move the sheet metal of the car from the bracket, with no flex in the bracket, and can pull on it with all my body weight with no flex. It is just as sturdy as the stock seatbelt motor. I'm not the first person to do it this way, and its more sturdy than other examples. The chassis flexes much more than this bracket.