My Astra GTE 16v

[GTE Al]

interloper said:

That's a tidy Astra, very nice. The wheels suit it well IMO.

It might be a good idea to get a harness bar. Ideally the harness should be attached to something at roughly the same height as your shoulders, not travelling down at an angle to the floor pan.

Ah OK, that's something probably worth looking into. I'm aware that rear strut braces don't really do anything for these cars, but would attaching the harnesses to something like that (ie: between the two rear suspension turrets) be suitable? Obviously it'd need to be bolted in pretty tightly......

[interloper]

So long as the strut brace is a real one (not made of cheese or chocolate!) and the harness is long enough to reach it, then I would think that would be a good idea.

[jaik]

GTE Al said:

interloper said:

That's a tidy Astra, very nice. The wheels suit it well IMO.

It might be a good idea to get a harness bar. Ideally the harness should be attached to something at roughly the same height as your shoulders, not travelling down at an angle to the floor pan.

Ah OK, that's something probably worth looking into. I'm aware that rear strut braces don't really do anything for these cars, but would attaching the harnesses to something like that (ie: between the two rear suspension turrets) be suitable? Obviously it'd need to be bolted in pretty tightly......

Good job you picked up on interloper's comment. My mention of spinal compression didn't do the trick

A rear strut brace should do the trick.