Track Day Clothing - where to buy from?

[.R2D2]

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

[CampDavid]

Your normal clothing retailer.

Ideal trackday where should be a light cotton long sleeve shirt, casual trousers and a good pair of thin soled shoes or trainers.

Anything motoring related kind of marks you out as a bit of a dick

[.R2D2]

I don't really care what other people think. If there's a chance I could get burnt then i'd rather have some sort of race suit with fire protection.

[Sour Kraut]

.R2D2 said:

I don't really care what other people think. If there's a chance I could get burnt then i'd rather have some sort of race suit with fire protection.

How often have road cars you've been in caught fire?

[.R2D2]

Going back to the topic, can anyone suggest a good website to purchase this stuff?

[Rawwr]

.R2D2 said:

I don't really care what other people think. If there's a chance I could get burnt then i'd rather have some sort of race suit with fire protection.

What car will you be driving?

[CampDavid]

Demon Tweaks.

If you're worried about fire then you will need the following:

An FIA approved cage, bucket seat and harnesses

A proper lid (Arai GPX etc)

As a standard road car will rarely burst into flames without taking a proper wack.

[powwerr]

.R2D2 said:

I don't really care what other people think. If there's a chance I could get burnt then i'd rather have some sort of race suit with fire protection.

Just bought a 458 have we?

[.R2D2]

Thanks CampDavid, that's all I wanted. No other ttty comments needed

[Matt_N]

.R2D2 said:

Going back to the topic, can anyone suggest a good website to purchase this stuff?

If you want to buy a racesuit I would suggest going somewhere to try a few different ones on, as with most clothes different brands are cut and fit differently.

If you do want to order online, then places like Demontweeks and Merlin Motorsport have a good range.

[CampDavid]

powwerr said:

.R2D2 said:

I don't really care what other people think. If there's a chance I could get burnt then i'd rather have some sort of race suit with fire protection.

Just bought a 458 have we?

Or a Tata Nano

[TonyHetherington]

I got some stuff from ybracing.com which was quite good. Demon Tweeks aren't THAT bad, just a little more expensive.

This thread in the motorsport forum should help a little too;

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[ShadownINja]

http://www.gprdirect.com/racewear/fireproof-underw...

If you're driving some single seater it's probably a wise idea. If you're driving a car that others use on the daily commute, then you're wasting your money. There was more chance of my drag Skyline catching alight... but I commuted every day to work in it... no chance I was dressing like The Stig every morning, though, if only because people would take the piss at work.

[nonuts]

.R2D2 said:

I don't really care what other people think. If there's a chance I could get burnt then i'd rather have some sort of race suit with fire protection.

Are you planning on setting fire to your car or driving in such a manner on track that you plan on crashing? Wow. watch out guys I won't be heading to this trackday.

[MikeO996]

The obvious suspects are demon tweeks or the place at Silverstone (GTR? sorry can't be bothered to google). Take no notice of what others say - presumably they don't believe in seatbelts either as they're not going to crash.
Whatever you feel comfortable in and budget allows for.

[powwerr]

.R2D2 said:

Thanks CampDavid, that's all I wanted. No other ttty comments needed

uch put your hand bag away dear.

[.R2D2]

MikeO996 said:

The obvious suspects are demon tweeks or the place at Silverstone (GTR? sorry can't be bothered to google). Take no notice of what others say - presumably they don't believe in seatbelts either as they're not going to crash.
Whatever you feel comfortable in and budget allows for.

Don't worry Mike i'm not! Eeeediats!

[Rawwr]

Rawwr said:

What car will you be driving?

[TonyHetherington]

MikeO996 said:

Silverstone (GTR? sorry can't be bothered to google

Grand Prix Racewear is what you're thinking of

[.R2D2]

Rawwr said:

Rawwr said:

What car will you be driving?

Focus ST3 for what its worth!