Schroth street legal harness belts are unique in their ability to be installed to factory provided mounting points along with the factory provided seat belts. Schroth harness belts meet all certification requirements by the German TÜV, ECE-R 16.04 and US-DOT FMVSS 209 for use on public roads. Each belt comes with complete installation and operating instructions. If your vehicle is listed in Schroth's Vehicle Reference List the installation has been tested and approved with the stock seat or the listed aftermarket seats.
Unlike most other aftermarket harness belts, most Schroth street legal harness belts have a unique disconnect feature between the front part of the harness and the rear tail strap. When you are not using the Schroth street legal harness belts, they can be stored out of the way allowing complete access for all passengers and full use of all factory seat belts.
The patented Schroth asm system offers a unique safety advantage for 4-point harnesses. asm® is the acronym for anti-submarining. The risk to submarine (sliding underneath the lap belt) is a well known phenomenon during frontal impacts and is significantly reduced by the asm® safety system. The energy converter is located in the inboard shoulder belt. Therefore, make sure you purchase left and/or right harnesses. Severe injuries or death are possible using 4-point harnesses without the Schroth asm® safety system or an anti-sub strap. The performance of the Schroth asm® safety system has been positively tested in conjunction with airbags.
without asm® with asm®
This picture shows the correct installation and use of Schroth Harnessbelts in a 1985-92 Golf 2. This car body is one of Schroth's test chassis used to simulate head-on collisions at 50Km/h (31mph). Doors and other components not required for the evaluation have been removed. The Driver is wearing a Rallye 3. The passenger is wearing a Rallye 4.
WARNING: Because of the Schroth asm® system, there are different belts for the left and right side of the vehicle. They are not interchangeable!
