Its officially time to replace ya harness belts mates👌

I don't even own a car... but I religiously watch MCM.

"The first thing you need to do is jack up your car". I miss those for all guides...

More info and links to technical documents in the description for those that want more information!

This is a new version of the video we put up yesterday. There's a post on our Facebook page explaining why we pulled it and re-edited it facebook.com/mightycarmods

2:04 - Seeing that note put in there makes a world of difference in my mind, mates. Thank you for putting it in.

Other reasons for harness expiration dates: UV exposure and stretch. The UV exposure part is a bit more straight-forward, as it's common to see items with UV inhibitors still fade, crack, and even dissolve given enough time. Stretch is something that isn't immediately obvious. It's basically part of the seat belt/harness design to allow the fabric a slight amount of "give" in the event of a collision. The weave design does that. So when you see warnings about the harness needing replacement after any given incident, it's partly because the belt should have stretched to deal with the body moving into it, and it won't return to its previous state. It's designed for a single, major event. As a side note, they can stretch over time anyway, and since a race harness is supposed to go in a "race car" (or whatever you're strapping to whichever; I won't judge) the odds of excessive vibration while the vehicle is operating are high, so it will give over a long enough time frame. It's meant to. Always replace the used harnesses after a collision and/or within the expiration period. Whichever comes first.

Just want to make a point about racing harnesses and road legality that isn't brought up in the video: Racing harnesses aren't road legal because they don't allow your upper torso to bend forward in a rollover. Street cars don't have roll cages, so the roof will collapse some in a rollover and your body needs to be able to bend over in that occurence. A stock belt keeps one shoulder free so your torso can bend. With both shoulders stuck to the seat in a racing harness, your neck and spine will take on the full force of the collapsing roof and kill you. This is why you should only ever use racing harnesses if you also have a roll cage, and at that point you also need a helmet so you aren't hitting your head on those steel bars in a crash. Basically, use ALL stock components (stock seat, wheel with airbag, 3pt belts) or use ALL racing components (racing wheel, 5/6pt harness, non-reclinable bucket seat), as doing anything in between is less safe than either of these two options.

Anyone watching this without socks on

How to install a racing harness: Step 1: Install racing harness Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit.

Thanks for the reload! I'm happy that you guys are so awesome.

I wish you guys posted more videos! I don't comment much, I don't know why but I do enjoy every video. Thanks for the hard work.

when I first saw your channel I was hooked, you showed me how cool something that in my area of my patch of land on the globe is just used to get around the roads. I got really big into car mods, but I was only 12 at the time. Now 2 years later the fact that your videos got me into car stuff, and watching your speaker install I was able to fix (and mod) the audio system in my mum's car, when her front speakers died Also despite living in the U.S.A I'm saying boot and bonnet rather than trunk and hood about 1/4 of the time and getting more often saying it instead, because I watch your videos

Really apreciate the attention to detail on the safety guys. Top work for sure, great video as always and thanks for the content!

Why they removed the video: Some of you may have seen a new video go up today on the install of a racing harness. We've decided to re-address a problem with the edit so we've taken it down. We set up the seat belt for Marty, and once it was set I got into the seat to do the outro. Because it was set up for his body and not mine, the buckle was sitting in a different position and not as low as it should have been. Being a safety aspect of the car it's a good one to get right. We'll have a look at this again once we're both back from America. Thought it was worth explaining why the episode may have suddenly disappeared from your subscription box! Ripped from facebook.com/mightycarmods

I'm glad you re-uploaded this. I was extremely offended by the first upload.

Thumbs up if you watched this yesterday

Saw this was uploaded earlier today and just got uploaded again :) Was so happy :D

big fan never miss a series good job on the corvette

Hope this one stays on long enough for me to get the chance to watch it!

Nice job guys. So many people are misinformed about harnesses and think they can't just mount the harness however they like. But if it's at the wrong angle in a serious accident there can be spinal damage.

Wrap around belts spread the weight of an impact over the whole bar. Eyelet clip belt mounts focus the weight on a bolt and an inch or so of weld.

Great video guys! I don't know if you've ever been asked to do a video about the various motorbikes in your shop but it would be interesting to hear about them.

Watching this in 2020, the expiration date has arrived lol

Glad we're talkin wrap arounds in this one.

great video as usual guys!

Sweet epic mad action I have been thinking about putting on in my Ford Probe

Yay, you re-uploaded! Thanks for all the work put into this channel, much appreciated!

i love the 180sx videos, i need more

Need a 30 minute mix of the "working on stuff" background music in this episode! Good stuff.

4-6 point harnesses are a must!! All the people criticizing 4 or more point harnesses have obviously never been in a serious racecar in a serious racing environment. I've raced open-wheel cars and a prototype-style car and you would never want less than 4 points. 4 to 6, always, 100%. It's not just for safety but feeling the car, every tiny little movement, tiny differences in lateral or longitudinal wheelspin, feeling tiny quick changes in grip, etc.

JUST WHAT I NEEDED AT THE RIGHT TIME !

Video is sick dude! Do more of these motor sport videos

Not only does it hold you in the seat, it holds the seat in the car. Nice vid mcm as always

Really love your videos! :)

I put CG-Locks onto my weekend car's 2 point seat belts made a world of difference for spirited driving

will you guys do a vid on turning an Auto into a Manual? great vids, you guys are awesome. :)

Nice shirt Moog. I was so surprised to see the host of the show wearing a Killers shirt while I was wearing my Number Of The Beast shirt at the same time.✌👌

Great edit

Big props to you guys for re-editing & re-uploading to remove that example clip of someone wearing the lap belt way too high! Safety first, that way you guys & people learning from your videos can keep enjoying cars! \/||\/||

When you guys come to The us come to Chicago theres a huge car scene here you guys should come and chill at lower wacker and laflin/cermak

Nice! It seems like I never see that you have a new video up from my "subscriptions" page, I always just randomly see your new videos in "up next" when watching something?

wow, you will go as far as taking down your published video for safety reason. That is amazing guys! Keept up the good work

MCM2 feature on your two-wheeled rigs would be mad! (I've been watching those bikes on your wall trying to figure out what the full suspension MTB is and whether you've modded any of your two-wheeled machines) Cheers!

Oh look, i really enjoyed this video.

Another important point is that racing harnesses allow you to use a HANS device (called a Frontal Head Restraint or FHR in FIA lingo) if you have a compatible helmet (racing classes that require harnesses usually also require it). E.g. CAMS says State level and above (State/National and International) must have a roll cage (depends on the car, and racing class), and a 6 or 5 point harness with a HANS, both to FIA spec.

Like all your videos but I missed this kind of tutorials

Okay, I'm making this post in an attempt to save anyone else who wishes to install a harness, harness bar, or roll cage from ending up paralyzed or dead. I see improperly used and improperly installed equipment on a regualr basis, and it kills me to see people risking their lives and their passengers lives simply because they don't have the pertinent information. You NEVER mount harnesses to the floor, period. What is keeping you from doing a face plant on the steering wheel/dash in a front end collision? The seatback? That seat would snap like a toothpick. Not only that, as you fly forward into the dash, and you will, in even a low speed accident, the harness is going to pull down on your shoulders and compress your spine causing a debilitating or fatal back injury. Furthermore, harnesses, harness bars, and roll cages have no place in a street car, period. DO NOT USE HARNESS BARS for safety equipment. Use a bolted or welded in roll cage. But you are putting your life on the line if you use a roll cage, or even a harness bar without wearing a helmet AT ALL TIMES in the car. I know of someone who was killed in a 25mph collision when he bumped his head on his harness bar. DO NOT USE ROLL BARS/CAGES on the street. You should never get into a car that has any type of roll cage or roll bar in it unless you wear a helmet at all times. See above for a further explaination of why a helmet is necessary. DO NOT USE 4 POINT HARNESSES. Use 5 or 6 point harnesses. The reason you submarine out of a 4 point harness is that your upper body does not lean forward and over the lap belt like it would with a 3 point. Thus, the g forces force your body out under the lap belt. The act of submarining out of a belt is going to seriously injure and potentially kill you, but once you've submarined out of the harness, you can also be ejected from the car. Also, if you have a 5 or 6 point harness and it works as it should, it decelerates your torso instantly in a frontal impact, but your head will continue moving forward. This will result in a debilitating or fatal neck injury or instantly fatal basular skull fracture. Oh and that front airbag, forget about it because you'll never reach it if the harness works. Never use a harness on the street, period. Next, harnesses should only be mounted at shoulder level and mounted only to a welded or bolted in roll cage, period. Mounting to the floor, or rear seatbelt mounts, causes the harness to pull down on your shoulders and crush your spine when you are in a frontal impact, causing a debilitating or fatal back injury. Also, you will be hitting the steering wheel/dash with full force if you've bolted the harness to the floor. The only place I would say that it is remotely safe to use an improperly installed harness is the autocross. This is because collisions at autocross events are more than rare, so you would not be at much risk of using the harness as a safety restraint. But, injuries are still possible, at least you can now weigh the risks and make an informed decision as to whether or not you use this equipment in your car. STREET CARS DO NOT USE AFTERMARTKET SEATS. Well, they don't when they have integral airbags in the seats. When you remove the seats with airbags, the airbag light comes on, and you have now DISABLED EVERY AIRBAG IN THE CAR. You have no more front, side, or curtain airbags. You have also put yourself in hot water with your insurance company by removing your factory safety equipment. If you or someone else is injured or killed in your vehicle, even if the accident is the other guy's fault, you are going to get sued. I've had several people mention that 'race cars' use this type of safety equipment, but.... Also consider that accidents in race cars are NOT usually as severe as accidents on the street. Everyone is going the same direction on a race track, so no head on collisions. The track is lined with tire walls and barriers so that it is highly unlikely that you could hit a solid object like a tree. The track is set up so that collisions are deflected and cars can't deccelerate all at once. There should be no spot on a track where you can go head on into something and deccelerate intantly. On the street, the hazards and potential impacts are far greater in likelihood and severity than on a track. Furthermore, The safety equipment used in 'race cars' is a system, period. You cannot pick and choose what equipment you want to use. No harness without a HANS, no HANS without a helmet, no cage without a helmet, the list keeps going in cirlces. YOU NEED EVERYTHING. Race car drivers do not piecemeal their safety equipment together. The factory safety equipment is the best possible design for street use and is also a system. When you remove or change one piece, nothing else works like it should. It kills me to see people risking and losing their lives so that they can have some Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements on their cars. If self preservation is at all alive within you, use your factory safety equipment AND ONLY YOUR FACTORY SAFETY EQUIPMENT on the street.

great vid.

ep so nice I watched it twice

You guys are amazing 😭

cheers from central america!

RE: expiring belts, they do sort of "go off". I suppose it's​ been mentioned by now, things like bulletproof vests with Kevlar and other aramid fibers degrade​ over time and loose their strength and particularly their ability to stretch. A lot of those high strength engineered fibers are what saftey belts for race cars, aircraft, and climbing equipment are made out off. In particular they tend to be affected by UV, so the result is you tend to get expiration dates that in addition to saftey regulations are based in the chemistry used to produce them.

"What if I just throw one up?" *catches in mouth* "Winning"

Can't wait for that subaru ute! 🤗🤗🤗

Another motorcycle in the background. Time you did a mighty bike mods special.

B is for build has a great video where he goes through submarining and more info on 4 points

old school mcm diy.. awesome

Nice vid👌

KILLERS! Rock on Moog, rock on

Waiting for this weeks vid...

I got the notification for this yesterday but it was gone when I tried to watch it, now it's here again?

I miss hearing the running out of time instrumental through the installs

Can you guys do a dyno test of the cryo2 intake chiller system?

Cool! I like harnessing racing harnesses ;)

Love the Shirt, Moog.

Can you make a video on installing seat belts on a 68 charger or 67 gto?

bro i love your shirt moog rock on

are you guys ever planning on getting a car lift 2 post or 4 post good vid by the way @mightycarmods

Safety first with Tay Tay

I'm kinda missing those videos of How to in your car. Those days were great.

could've sworn this was already uploaded

Well it’s 2020!! I guess it’s time for some new ones !

its worth mentioning that there exist 4 point harnesses that are made for road use. Some of theese use a snandard buckle (the one with one red button found in most cars) and anti submarine technology (shoulderharness is folded over itself and sew together so in case of an accident, the sewed part becomes unfolded, and your upoer body gets thrown just enough forward so that you wont submarine under the lower part of the harness)

Morning Down Under. Good Night from Britain.

I've got the SABELT strap backpack.

That is a lovely BMW you have.

Game on is a sick song

Could you guys cover LED lighting for older cars, as in cars that came with halogen...stuff before 2008 i guess. The LEDs are much brighter, but not always, and the quality you get can affect things too. Also most people go nuts over the "temperature" or coloration of the light because it's a big number, but the important one is Lumens, which doesn't get a lot of mention in ads. I'm wondering if the same amount of Lumens provides the same amount of light on the road across LED, HID, and Halogen bulbs. It's possible to upgrade all your lights and do a good job, but it''s also possible to go so bright the car will be a hazard on the road.

Nice shirt😝 Maiden🤘🏻

Nice Iron Maiden Shirt Moog!

Whats the song at 6:00. Nice vid, keep up the good work!

I approve of the shirt.

Get's notification pause life and watch the awsome video

I've heard the 5 or 6 point can rip open your family jewels in a collision? I have a 4 point on my mk3 vr6 Jetta

Do these new belts have anti submarine straps on them? its always better to go with a 5 point if you can and definitely not get a 4 point without ASM straps on them

Should I put a race harness on back seats or just take them out

Clicked that notification so fast

Love it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I recommend the reach around

Can you install racing Harness if you don't have roll bars in your car? I mean is there another way to mount the harness???

any chance of coming to the UK and modding my BMW 325ci convertible?

Is it safe to do this as long with aftermarket steering wheel with no airbag in worried that my neck could get hurt ?!

can you show how you intal a backfire kit?

You should show a video on how to install racing harness without a roll bar

Safety First!

how would I install one if I didn't have a roll cage. I have a dodge charger 6.1 with a supercharger And I want to change my OEM seats to true bucket then add a harness but I don't have a roll cage in my car

whats the seat in the passenger side? Its cool

racing harnesses are legal in the US if it has a quick release system.

2 or 3 pointers are easier to get out of in case of emergency, that´s why especially 5+ pointers are not street legal in most countries...Certain H-Belts (that´s how we call the 4 pointers) are legal in Germany though (well, they were when i last checked^^) and they certainly saved a friend´s life when she tried out how far you can barrel-roll your car across an acre...