Buying used race suits?

Yeah, buy it. Who cares what is says....as long as it keeps your ass from engulfing in flames.

Can't you just sew a FIA patch to your footy pajamas and call it good?

When down in MX at the LA Carrera they told me my suit would expire the next year as it was 5 years old. This was a first for me...

Shenan Wrote:
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> Grant, do you have a Seven race suit?
>



LOL....good one.

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matt15fan Wrote:
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> Yeah, buy it. Who cares what is says....as long
> as it keeps your ass from engulfing in flames.


truth

mine is covered with porsche badges and it's blue (I hate blue)

but it's soooooooo much nicer and more comfortable and seriously, momo for $150, scott kovalik once sold an empty momo box for $8, I figure I must have gotten a killer deal

Doivi Clarkinen Wrote:
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> Tom B Wrote:
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> > I own one of the most hideous race suits out
> > there....so old it doesn't even have an SFI
> tag on
> > it...bought it for $100 and I have been using
> it
> > for five years....I don't see why you need to
> buy
> > a race suit for 500 and up...
> >
>
> Huh? How do you get it past tech?
>
>

It's obvious that it is a double layer SFI suit, it's just missing the SFI patch cause it is so old, its got Simpson labels on it....I always get a lil bit of crap bout it

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whats a mx?

alkun Wrote:
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> whats a mx?

Hint was 'Carerra' as in Carerra PanAmerica in Mexico (MX)

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> alkun Wrote:
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> > whats a mx?
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> Hint was 'Carerra' as in Carerra PanAmerica in
> Mexico (MX)
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>
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> John Vanlandingham
> Sleezattle, WA, USA
>
> Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
>
> www.jvab.f4.ca


forgiveness please! I was suffering from lemons induced dementia...


But on that note, the 5-year FIA suit life (like the one for seats) is generally stretched out at rallies in the US, right?

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> But on that note, the 5-year FIA suit life (like
> the one for seats) is generally stretched out at
> rallies in the US, right?

For now, yes. But I bet a bunch of risk management attorneys will fix that soon enough and it will continue to be cheaper to get caught street racing several times than to get involved in legitimate competition. Now where's that Vermont Sports Car sticker for my snowmobile?

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Tom B Wrote:
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> It's obvious that it is a double layer SFI suit,
> it's just missing the SFI patch cause it is so
> old, its got Simpson labels on it....I always get
> a lil bit of crap bout it
>

Since it is a Simpson you can send it to them and if it really meets the SFI 3a/5 requirements they will sew the patch on there for you, I think the cost is less than $50 for the cert.



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