GT3, how do i stop seatbelt alarm when wearing harnesses...?

[tomvcarter]

GT3, how do i stop seatbelt alarm when wearing harnesses...?

[anonymous-user]

Get a seat belt male connector and plug it in.

[V8KSN]

I think it turns off after about 60 seconds

[c4srmsims]

Route the seatbelt round the back of the seat and plug it in or buy a buckle and plug that in.

[Popolou]

If it's the standard 9x7 affair, the chime can be disabled with a visit to your OPC. A few clicks on their PIWIS (and a lighter wallet) would rid it for good.

IMHO, best way of going about it without tinkering (read fooling) with the SRS system.

[Actus Reus]

c4srmsims said:

Route the seatbelt round the back of the seat and plug it in or buy a buckle and plug that in.

This - or even just plug it in, then climb in and sit on the seatbelt. Many a mini cab driver does this - should work equally well in a GT3 as it does in a Nissan Sunny.

[jsb]

Tom, eBay search for seat belt warning deactivation fob. About £10

[2stis]

On a 996 GT3 you can just pull the wire connector out of the sensor unit underneath the seat so it doesn't think anyone is sitting there - not sure if that will work on a 997 though.

[David Hype]

Nip into your nearest breakers yard and get them to snip a male buckle out of any German car

[Rednose330]

Male buckle is fine ........
DO NOT ROUTE BELT ROUND BACK OF SEAT .................SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS !

[Porkupine]

Rednose330 said:

Male buckle is fine ........
DO NOT ROUTE BELT ROUND BACK OF SEAT .................SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS !

like what?

[James B]

Porkupine said:

Rednose330 said:

Male buckle is fine ........
DO NOT ROUTE BELT ROUND BACK OF SEAT .................SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS !

like what?

Pre-tensioning of seatbelts in an accident for one i'd say.

[c4srmsims]

Porkupine said:

Rednose330 said:

Male buckle is fine ........
DO NOT ROUTE BELT ROUND BACK OF SEAT .................SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS !

like what?

Yes, like what. Advice came from Porsche.

[Popolou]

James B said:

Pre-tensioning of seatbelts in an accident for one i'd say.

Which is why all this talk including a dummy buckle off fleabay is really poor practice. The SRS system is pre-programmed to undertake a set of actions and uses the seat pressure sensor/belt buckle as inputs. Telling it you are buckled up when not is screwing up with the pre-programmed scenario's which could be potentially hazardous.

Really, the proper course of action should be to consider just asking the opc to disable the chime.

[StretchRS]

Popolou said:

Which is why all this talk including a dummy buckle off fleabay is really poor practice. The SRS system is pre-programmed to undertake a set of actions and uses the seat pressure sensor/belt buckle as inputs. Telling it you are buckled up when not is screwing up with the pre-programmed scenario's which could be potentially hazardous.

Really, the proper course of action should be to consider just asking the opc to disable the chime.

Surely when wearing the 6 point harness this is irrelevant?

[Popolou]

Indeed, however it's when the buckle is left in place as a permanent solution where it becomes a hazard.

[StretchRS]

Fair enough

[Rednose330]

Now u ve got there .................i only use the buckle as described for track days ,when clearly i am in 6 point!

[Old Trout]

V8KSN said:

I think it turns off after about 60 seconds

This - it goes off pretty quickly - certainly in a 7.2. Maybe not in a 996.

[343bhp]

so in a 997.2 GT3, the warning sound will go off after 60 seconds right ? TIA