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I'm looking at doing this on mine and have been reading a bunch of these threads.

I am particularly looking at the 964/993 Cup solution that Bill posted and have a couple of questions...

If it's okay to have the seat belt mounted to a point where it is sandwhiched between the seat rails and floor pan, shouldn't that be a safe enough solution for the sub belt also?

What is the purpose of a sub belt bar if you have a 6 point belt belt and can just go to either side with the sandwhich method? Can they just be bolted up to the sides?

The purpose of a sub belt(s) in all of these excersizes is to keep the lap belts situated to where they can actually do the work of holding you in, correct? So they shouldn't be subject to quite the same loads as the bigger belts.

So here is how I'd like to set mine up:

Seats are Recaro Pole Positions w/ all slots

Lap belts bolted to factory points on door sill and tunnel.

Shoulder Belts wrapped to harness bar on roll bar, which I then also want to tie into the B pillars just for a bit extra reinforcement.

The sub belts came with very beefy bolt in tabs. I'd like to sandwhich these between the side mounts and the sliders, since the bolts there are actually stronger than the original seat mounting bolts, and have a lot of extra thread.

This also makes the sub belts move as the seat is adjusted forward and back which keeps them located correctly with different drivers since they don't have adjuster straps like the lap and shoulder belts do.

Thoughts?
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