Thursday 23rd March 2006

Device offers full harness benefits

Be safe and 'at one' with your car on track or the road

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CG-Lock: full harness benefits?

If you drive your road car in competition or at track days, you probably want to be more firmly pulled into the car, to be 'at one' with it and concentrating on driving, rather than hanging on to the steering wheel during spirited motoring.

One company has come up with a solution that it claims gives you the benefits of a full harness, but without the hassle. The CG-Lock improves your factory-fitted seatbelt to give you 80 per cent of the control and feedback of a full race harness, said the company (which seems also to be called CG-Lock), claiming that "it fits in five minutes and can be removed in seconds."

The company's information sheet continues: "For drivers, the CG-Lock allows feet to be light on the pedals, hands light on the wheel; it avoids 'bracing' with elbows and knees during hard cornering and eliminates 'submarining' under hard braking. For navigators on road rallies, the CG-Lock allows easy upper-body movement to stay in control of maps and timecards; no more reaching for the grab handle or risking undoing the harness to grab items down by your feet.

"For all occupants, the CG-Lock improves seating posture, as it pins the hips securely, aligning the lower back to make best use of the lumbar support of the seat.

"The CG-Lock is a palm-size (about 75mm x 60mm x 24mm) mechanical device made of high-grade stainless steel. It is simple and quick to install: no drilling or bolts are required. It can be removed in seconds and leaves no damage to your seat belt. The only tool you need is the supplied Allen key. It costs under £45 and comes with a full money-back guarantee if not completely satisfied.

"Installing a CG-Lock allows your car seat belt to work like an aircraft seat belt: when you pull the lap belt tight, it stays tight. You can easily tighten the lap belt by pulling up on the shoulder section of the seat belt.

"The CG-Lock lets you remove as much slack from the lap belt as you want, whenever you want, using the integrated release lever. The shoulder section of the seatbelt stays loose (just like normal), so that you can easily reach controls on the dashboard or turn your upper body for reverse parking. This design is ideal for 4x4 off road, where you want to be secure at the hips to avoid 'submarining' on steep descents, but also want upper body mobility to look out of the window to avoid objects (including penalty markers).

"The CG-Lock has been crash-tested and shown not to interfere with the safety of the factory-fitted seat belt (with or without a pre-tensioner).

• www.cg-lock.co.uk

[kevin ritson]

Have had one of these on the Elise for a year - if you need the everyday usability of inertia reels and don't want two systems on the same anchor point then it's well worth it, especially for the price.

Keeps you in the seat and so you don't slide around in the corners or under braking. Plus you don't need to brace yourself or lose 'seat of the pants' feel.

It's not as good as a harness but for everyday use I'd definitely recommend it.

[D4V KC]

I have a pair of these in my Elise as well. They are very good for keeping your passenger in their seat when your driving in a 'brisk' manner. They prove good on any fast drive situation and on trackdays. But don't clutter up the car like a full set of harnesses!
Recomended!

[dsf3g]

I've got a pair of these in my MR2 Turbo (one for the passenger, in case he wants it). They are fantastic, do a great job of keeping you planted in your seat and not sliding about during autocross events and track days. You can spend a few hundred dollars putting in racing seats and a harness while making your car less practical as an everyday driver, or you can drop $40.00 on one of these and not have to modify your car at all.

For a hardcore track car, I'm sure you'd want the full harness and seats. But for a car that sees only occasional track duty, then the CG-Lock cannot be beat!

[CombeMarshal]

Sod that, just cover your seat in velcro!!

[cw42]

Got one in my scooby, fitted by Graham of cg-lock himself Excellent bit of kit, and the wife in the passenger seat likes hers too

[Moose.]

Nice idea, but you can buy a full harness for less than £45.....

[tvrbob]

Moose. said:

Nice idea, but you can buy a full harness for less than £45.....

Sometimes it's better to have a device like this than a full harness. In the case of soft top cars and other cars without rollover protection, there is a risk of having your upper body held upright preventing you from moving out of harms way in the event of a roll.

[doctorpepper]

Absolutly fantastic for keeping the kids still in the car as well!

[m12_nathan]

Had one of these for well over a year, good bit of kit, full harnesses are obviously better but cost a lot more to fit, 3" harnesses will be about £160+vat, in my car you'd need to fit a harness bar or full roll cage to attach the harness, then fit new seats with harness slots so the total cost is pretty high.

In summery - very useful on road and track for what it costs.

[Balmoral Green]

Just about to order one, just what I need on the huge slippy slidy leather seats in BG.

[Mr Whippy]

Can someone explain just how this works?

Is it locking the ground mount > lap > belt clip section, at the belt clip fold?

So do you set it tight or at normal reel tension, and then it stops any further un-reeling into the lap section as you move around?


I know they have tested it but it sounds a bit odd to me. I like the idea forces are equalised through the entire belt as you slow down for example. Wouldn't want my lower back stuck down and my top half to try going forwards still...

Hmmmm

Dave

[ApexClipper]

I read this thread just before I went to the gym tonight, and on my way there I experimented a bit

I basically hooned the car around a couple of quiet corners, whilist pulling the seatbelt tight to mimic the effect this device would have....and I have to say, I reckon it would be pretty good.

So I'm ordering one

Edit: Please don't go thinking I was off doing a Vatannen impression - Just gently loading the car up around a couple of slow, quiet corners

>> Edited by ApexClipper on Tuesday 28th March 20:55

[Zod]

They are good, but a bit fiddly to fit.

[cglock]

Hi,
Graham from CG-lock here...give me a call on 07919 565 983 and i'll explain the crash tests and the implications. We do a full money back guarantee if not 100% satisfied...not had one back yet!!

[cglock]

ApexClipper said:

I read this thread just before I went to the gym tonight, and on my way there I experimented a bit I basically hooned the car around a couple of quiet corners, whilist pulling the seatbelt tight to mimic the effect this device would have....and I have to say, I reckon it would be pretty good. So I'm ordering one

[s3am]

Got one and its great.

[agent006]

Moose. said:

Nice idea, but you can buy a full harness for less than £45.....

Yes, a really shit one. And then spend another £100 getting it fitted properly. Then £1k on a rollcage to go with it.

[rossp]

cglock said:

Hi, Graham from CG-lock here...give me a call on 07919 565 983 and i'll explain the crash tests and the implications. We do a full money back guarantee if not 100% satisfied...not had one back yet!!

Hi Graham,

What's the discount for PH'ers?

Thanks,

Ross.

[Cotty]

Balmoral Green said:

Just about to order one, just what I need on the huge slippy slidy leather seats in BG.

Thats why I dont like leather seats. Im just about to get a set of fabric sport (recaro style) seats for my car

[sjcross]

rossp said:

cglock said: Hi, Graham from CG-lock here...give me a call on 07919 565 983 and i'll explain the crash tests and the implications. We do a full money back guarantee if not 100% satisfied...not had one back yet!! Hi Graham, What's the discount for PH'ers? Thanks, Ross.

I too would be interested if a small (or large) discount is offered to PH'ers!

Cheers

Sam