Seat belt date expiration question

[xr4racer]

Non FIA belts are only good for 2 years, yours would be done at the end of 2007.

matt

[Dave Gomberg]

It sounds like you have belts that have both SFI and FIA tags on them - this is not uncommon. SFI tags have only the "made on" date. Belts that have only SFI tags expire in the second full year after that date. In your case, that means they would have expired at the end of 2007. However, FIA tagged belts are good until the date on the tag. When both tags are present, the FIA tag "wins".

Dave

[lateapex911]

Dave, I saw a request for a volunteer to conduct a belt study in FT. Can you explain more? What are you guys looking for, expectations, etc?

[Dave Gomberg]

The BoD asked the CRB to look at the possibility of extending their use beyond the tag dates (FIA) or allowed period beyond manufacture date (SFI) given the usage our members make of them. The Australian counterpart of SCCA did this a couple of years ago. We hoped we could piggy back on whatever study they had done. Frankly, it was deeply flawed so we decided we would need to do our own. We had someone who planned to create the study, but for personal reasons was not able to do it. So now we are looking for someone else.

Dave

[Russ Jones]

Thanks Dave, I double checked and they are FIA belts with exp. after 2010, so Im set for this year.

Thanks for the clarification.