Track Day Clothing - where to buy from?

[zhead]

.R2D2 said:

Where's the best place to purchase track day (cars not bikes) clothing?

Ann Summers.

Dare to be different.

[GreigM]

Don't know why people are being such aholes to the fella - I've seen 2 cars on fire at trackdays this year, and none on the public highway, so I can understand his concern. What marks people as dicks at trackdays are those who snigger and laugh at others for being different.

[Rawwr]

.R2D2 said:

Rawwr said:

Rawwr said:

What car will you be driving?

Focus ST3 for what its worth!

What helmet do you have?

[.R2D2]

Rawwr said:

.R2D2 said:

Rawwr said:

Rawwr said:

What car will you be driving?

Focus ST3 for what its worth!

What helmet do you have?

Shoei X-Spirit

[Rawwr]

.R2D2 said:

Shoei X-Spirit

That's a motorcycle helmet, isn't it?

[.R2D2]

Yep!

[Rawwr]

To be honest, I'd be more inclined to get a compliant helmet than a flameproof suit.

You won't get turned away from a trackday for not having racing pyjamas but it's possible you'll get turned away for not having a compliant lid.

Edited by Rawwr on Thursday 6th January 14:51

[ShadownINja]

That MUST be compliant, surely? I forget which rules it must follow now but most helmets above £50 seemed compliant.

GreigM said:

I've seen 2 cars on fire at trackdays this year

Which models?

I've seen a 911 ooze butterscotch blancmange behind it!

Edited by ShadownINja on Thursday 6th January 14:53

[.R2D2]

Rawwr said:

To be honest, I'd be more inclined to get a compliant helmet than a flameproof suit.

You won't get turned away from a trackday for not having racing pyjamas but it's possible you'll get turned away for not having a compliant lid.

Edited by Rawwr on Thursday 6th January 14:51

Well if they dont approve i'll just rent one from them for a tenner! Then i'll have head protection and body protection.

[GreigM]

ShadownINja said:

GreigM said:

I've seen 2 cars on fire at trackdays this year

Which models?

I've seen a 911 ooze butterscotch blancmange behind it!

An Evo and a caterham levante - the evo at knockhill, caterham at silverstone

[Rawwr]

.R2D2 said:

Well if they dont approve i'll just rent one from them for a tenner! Then i'll have head protection and body protection.

I'd rather stick my cock in a blender than my head in a rented trackday lid. For someone who wants to be as safe as possible on their trackday, you have priorities rather confused.

[.R2D2]

doogz said:

Anyway, i agree with this, i take my lid karting, people think it's a bit show-off-y, til they see what they have to put on.

You investing in a balaclava, and fire proof shoes and gloves too?

So do I, which is why I'm taking my £600 motorbike helmet. I shall be investing in all of the gear yes. This will be my first track day so I was just after some advice on where to buy from, simples!!

[CampDavid]

You don't need a race suit. What you need is this http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=vi...

if you buy a race suit it will

a. not offer the same protection against fire

b. make you look like a grade A moron.

Fire on a standard road car is mercifully rare. On something like a Focus, Ford will spend a vast amount of cash making sure that if it does set fire to itself, then passenger sell remains intact for a period of time that allows you to pull over, get out and retrieve a new born from the back seats.

Nomex is really useful if you have the sort of shunt that ends up puncturing the fuel tank, though in most cases where this occurs the Nomex will merely leave your loved ones with more to do at your cremation.

[Busa_Rush]

Demon Tweeks if you want to spend some money.

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.R2D2 said:

Rawwr said:

To be honest, I'd be more inclined to get a compliant helmet than a flameproof suit.

You won't get turned away from a trackday for not having racing pyjamas but it's possible you'll get turned away for not having a compliant lid.

Edited by Rawwr on Thursday 6th January 14:51

Well if they dont approve i'll just rent one from them for a tenner! Then i'll have head protection and body protection.

They (being track day organisers) will be fine, you could turn up wearing a mountain bike helmet and get away with it. I think what he was trying to say is if you are really that safety concious your money would be better spent on a good lid that is designed for cars rather than bikes.

As well as being designed to take different types of impact, a car racing lid also has fire resistant lining, your 3 layer suit and nomex undies aren't going to be of much use to you if your head's on fire!

[ShadownINja]

GreigM said:

ShadownINja said:

GreigM said:

I've seen 2 cars on fire at trackdays this year

Which models?

I've seen a 911 ooze butterscotch blancmange behind it!

An Evo and a caterham levante - the evo at knockhill, caterham at silverstone

Lancer Evo, presumably? Or Lancia Delta Integrale Evo?

[anonymous-user]

zhead said:

.R2D2 said:

Where's the best place to purchase track day (cars not bikes) clothing?

Ann Summers.

Dare to be different.

[CampDavid]

The Good People At Justgofaster.com said:

If you must wear a race suit on a touristenfahren at the 'Ring, have your name embroidered on to it. It will save all those embarassing "Who's the wker in the race suit?" remarks as everyone will already know who the wker is.

[CoolC]

The main difference between car and bike helmets is that ones designed specifically for car are fire retardant, bike ones aren't.

So there's no point getting a fire retardant suit only to have a non-retardant helmet.

[TonyHetherington]

CoolC said:

The main difference between car and bike helmets is that ones designed specifically for car are fire retardant, bike ones aren't.

So there's no point getting a fire retardant suit only to have a non-retardant helmet.

I also read that the cheek padding is different - car ones are designed to smack into a steering wheel, hence the visor and padding is a lot more squashed around the face. Stories were of a guy in an M3 crashing on a trackday wearing a bike lid and breaking his nose.