Teh old rule had the word "Telescoping" in the harness
bar description. Tha was removed. But the "no other
purpose" statement remains. But I would think a
simple bar running between the shoulder belt mounts
would not add any significant chassis stiffening, but
if you triangulate it...
Keith
--- Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, James Rogerson wrote:
> > Nope:
> >
> > The Hardbar harness bar ties into the "B" pillar
> of the vehicle with Grade
> > 12.9 socket head cap screws using the OEM shoulder
> harness mounting
> > locations. This bar has an additional benefit in
> that it stiffens the
> > chassis of the vehicle in torsion.
> >
> > Even though they say it is Solo II legal later on
> in the ad, the part in
> > bold above is in excess of the rules. (no other
> purpose)
>
> I'd have sworn I saw a clarification saying this was
> actually legal
> somewhere... Are you sure? As I recall, the
> interpretation changed in
> the last few years.
>
> Mark
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