Originally Posted by
lateapex911
Josh? What say you?
Since you asked ...
It's clear to me that the "attaching hardware and bracketry" for any of the items listed can be removed, not just the attachments for seat belts.
But as far as Kirk's question of the welded-in lateral bar that seems to exist primarily to support the so-called "nubbin" ... I'd personally take a conservative approach there, and leave it in. It strikes me as a structural part of the unibody, but I can't prove that it is or isn't.
I tend to think that the ruleset was written with a "bolt-on" mindset ... if these attachment mechanisms can be easily removed with hand tools, then they are free to go. If they require grinders, welders, etc, to remove and/or replace, that's beyond the means of the average backyard mechanic and not really in what I perceive to be the IT philosophy. But that's just one man's opinion.
Josh Sirota
ITR '99 BMW Z3 Coupe
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