'09S2K

Cool man! Yeah I agree the fire protection would be very nice. I need to check out suits. Those things are not cheap that's for sure! But that's the price for protecting yourself. You can't really put a price on that.

'09S2K

*double post*

tunerplayground

Yeah I just started researching suits. Do you drive with gloves?

'09S2K

Yeah I do. I have some kind of cheap Simpson gloves but i need new ones. I also drive with Alpinestars driving shoes which are awesome! So that's all the fire protection I have.

tunerplayground

I just got some Sparco TIDE gloves today. I'm anxious to try them out. Right now I drive with my DC skate shoes and they work great, but I should probably look into some real FIA fire resistant shoes soon too.

'09S2K

Yeah, plus you'll have much better feel with proper driving shoes.

psychoazn

You haven't see that comment about "pimp faced kids showing up in shorts with a sub in the trunk" have you

'09S2K

I guess not because I don't get it haha!!

CKit

If you get a hard top for protection, get Izzy's solid mounts instead of latches.

Also consider a "Halo" type seat to protect your head from side impacts.

eastcoastbumps

I won't buy any other type of race seat. I've only been in two car accidents in my life and I injured my head in one and my neck in another. Nothing severe, just a concussion one time and a very sore stretched neck in the other. A halo seat would have prevented both injuries. A HANS would have done nothing.

Check eBay and eBay UK for race suits. You can sometimes find top end used F1 crew suits for about the same price as a new middle of the road Sparco or Aplinestars.

For example:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Anthony-Davids...item4aab673b86

I've seen newer suits go for less than this. Its $700 after shipping and exchange rate, FYI.