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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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Seats look great Ack! Stupid question here, is it pronounced cor-bo?
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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That's how I pronounce it... and I think that's how the guy on the phone said it (can't recall exactly if he even said it....).
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 12:43 AM
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looks great ack!!
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 12:46 AM
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Oh ya... so the update is I think I'm done. Can't get pics til tomorrow though. Ran out of light and flash pics look awful. Will get some right after work after a trip to the wash.

Also got the decals on...
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 03:44 AM
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yea did what carbon did and just put that black sensor under the seat and it clamped on to the mounting bracket.

and ya if you can take pics of the harness bars mounting points and the support rods so i can see if i can figure it out
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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I have a few more pics waiting on my camera that I took at lunch. Now if I can just get out of work...
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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On to the rest of the pics! I posted these in the NRG Harness Bar thread as well:











I used one of the included spacers (1/4"?) here between the body and the lower support mount:





Here you can see I need to get a longer bolt for this connection - and I even only used ONE washer!



Got the 1" spacer from Lowe's and obviously haven't put the B Pillars back in yet.

Old Jul 22, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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The material of the cloth looks different on yours than it does on mine. I guess they did change something other than the size when they changed from the Carerra to the CR1.
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 11:38 PM
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Ya, couldn't say for sure. I obviously haven't seen any of the others in detail. Here's some more pics though...















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So I at least got my seatbelt light off. Shoved a piece of cardboard in there and ziptied it in.

I have secured the black sensor thing to the bracket (towards the front of the seat) but my airbag light is still on. Do I need to disconnect the battery and reset something for it to go off? Or should it go off on its own?
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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It'll go off on its own.
Old Jul 22, 2009 | 11:59 PM
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Ya, I'm not too worried about it at the moment... but I do have to get an inspection and hope that's not an issue.

The flashing of the seatbelt light was more annoying.
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 12:02 AM
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I keep my passenger seat belt always hooked up lol.
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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seats look awesome ack! and the corbeau stickers definatly dont look bad at all there, awesome!
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Ya, I'm glad they're fairly inconspicuous... but not afraid to show them off. I was more happy that they would look OK there with my cone and I didn't have to remove it.
Old Jul 24, 2009 | 01:31 AM
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You should have put them on your side skirts
Old Jul 24, 2009 | 01:40 AM
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Haha... ya, they would technically be somewhere on the car, right?
Old Jul 24, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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nice bro
Old Jul 25, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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beautiful seats, congrats.

do you find them as comfortable as the originals ?

do you have any concerns about safety ?

why didn't you stick with the original harness belts or opt for the 2 inch
retractable harness belts offered by corbeau ?
Old Jul 25, 2009 | 12:36 AM
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Thanks guys. I don't think they're as comfortable as OEM... but they're not meant to be so its OK and I expected that.

No real safety concerns right now - except my airbag light. I'm still kind of waiting to see if it'll go off on its own before I tinker with anything.

I just wanted some simple harnesses that would serve their purpose and look good. I did actually consider the 5 pt harness besides what I got - mostly for the submarine strap. But just seems like it would have been much more of a PITA. These 2" ones are simple and effective. And they look good.

I may pick up a set of the harness pads soon though.



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