Originally Posted by TQ29m:
I'll never know what it cost me, I had my wife sew on the lap belt, what I cut off the shoulder belts! And, when you buy a set of belts for a Sprint car, you expect to get a set for a Sprint car, which shouldn't make any difference, a lap belt for a lawn mower, should be the same, only difference might be in the length. I used Bell for a long time, they had the smallest hardware of any, and where the lap belt hooked to the latch, the 2 ends were just under 2 inches apart, which allowed you to almost get them tight enough by yourself, then, the next new set I bought, they were further apart, and I couldn't do the by myself, so I called Bell, told them the deal, the lady that answered, personally went to the first set she could find, pulled them out of the box, and measured them to the specs, all while I waited. In 3 days, I had a new set, at the proper spacing. Then almost everyone went to a pull up style, and the search was on, cause in a midget, or small car, you don't have room in the car, to let the belt out. I'd like the old Bell setup back again. Bob
Bob,
Hooker Harness from Freeport IL makes the Hooker/Bell belts and they can customize them to what you used to buy. Pull up/pull down, 2 inch hardware.....however you like them. The ratcheting option is kick ass too. Call Scott and discuss it.
http://www.hookerharness.com
Hooker Custom Harness, Inc.
324 East Stephenson St
Freeport, Illinois 61032
Phone- 815-233-5478
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Originally Posted by badgerfan:
Per the earlier quote--"It's a good system and SFI does random field test to keep us honest." If this is the third strike as one poster suggested did SFI do any random testing? You would think they would have that before making such a momentous announcement. Maybe they have it and choose for some reason not to release the test data. IMHO that would do a great diservice to those racers who own current Impact products and are trying to decide what to do.
The first strike was when they found the uniforms constructed of cotton thread instead of Nomex. A recall was put out by SFI and Impact was forced to to publish also, which they did. Suits were to be replaced or restitched, which they did for the drivers and dealers who returned them.
Then the violation with the counterfit Hans anchors which must include the SFI certification number on them.
HANS and SFI and even Speed channel put out the APB on that with NASCAR consfiscating Impact helmets left and right.
3rd strike was the latest findings with the counterfit tags.
In no way do I see where SFI has done the "diservice" at all. When ever they find a failure in the field or when they walk into a manufacture building and discover it in your own test lab, they institute a recall on that product. Snell does too.
Someone should be held accountable for this travisty!!! 
