FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
TRS harnesses can be manufactured in one of three different variants:
- The standard harness with steel adjusters.
- The 'Superlite' with aluminium adjusters on the shoulder straps and steel adjusters on the lap straps.
- The 'Ultralite' with aluminium adjusters on the shoulders AND lap straps.
You can see our video about the benefits of upgraded adjusters below.
Yes. TRS saloon harnesses can be wrapped around the roll cage. Please see Roll cage wrap around instructions here.
You can also see our How To video on YouTube below.
We offer 10 different webbing colours for our harnesses.
These colours are also available across our range of other webbing related products including: Tow Loops, Window Nets, Door Pulls and more.
We also offer High Visibility webbing for our Tow Loops.
We offer custom-made racing harnesses tailored to your specific requirements. Whether you're building a track car, show car, or something in between, our harnesses combine safety, fitment, and visual impact. With a wide selection of colours, styles, and configurations available, we ensure your setup performs as well as it looks.
See our bespoke harness page here.
We offer a range of different end fittings for our harnesses, depending on the harness and what we have approved.
If you do not need any approvals we can provide a wider range of end fittings for each harness, depending on your requirements.
Please see our specification sheets on our bespoke harness page, for more information.
FIA harnesses are valid for 5 years plus the year of manufacture. For example, if you buy a 2025 manufactured harness it will be valid until 31st December 2030. The "not valid after" FIA label is attached to each part of the harness and can be found near the air craft release buckle.
MSUK are now granting an additional 5 year extension on top of the FIA date for 6pt gold hologram (8853-2016) labelled FIA harnesses in club events across the UK only.
Please see the MSUK guidance
All of our harnesses are manufactured in the UK at our factory in Huddersfield.
Take a look behind the scenes in the video below.
Through the months May to October we operate on a short lead time, typically fulfilling custom orders in just a few days.
Our busiest months are from November to April. Within this period, lead times can be slightly longer.
UK Orders:
Our harnesses typically arrive within 1-5 working days. If you wish to have guaranteed next day delivery please commence your order over the telephone.
European Orders:
Dependant upon where in Europe you reside orders can take 2 working days and over. Please telephone us for a more accurate estimate.
The Rest of the World:
Dependant upon where in the world you reside order delivery times will vary. Please telephone us for a more accurate estimate.
UK Sales:
VAT is always chargeable on all sales to either domestic or commercial customers where the goods are being delivered within the UK.
EU Sales:
VAT will be charged on all sales unless a commercial customer provides a valid VAT number. Orders without VAT within Europe will have to be made via our other sales channels - email or phone.
NON-EU Countries Sales:
VAT is not applicable on sales to Non EU member countries. Customers in Non EU countries should note they are directly responsibility for the full payment of any further TAX or Import Duty incurred as goods are delivered.
TRS recommend that harnesses should be replaced following a moderate or severe impact. This is because the strength and integrity of the webbing (and components) can be stretched in the advent of a crash.
HANS stands for Head and Neck Support device.
FHR stands for Frontal Head Restraint.
HANS were the first motorsport company to pioneer a Frontal Head Restraint for racing drivers and they called their FHR a "HANS device". The expression "HANS device" stuck, and soon became the accepted trade name for FHR's in the motorsport world, even though what is actually being described is really a FHR.
A useful analogy when describing HANS devices and FHR's to think back to vacuum cleaners..... which are also some times known as Hoovers, in recoginition of the brand building work done by Hoover when they launched their vacuum cleaner. Its the same with HANS and FHR's.
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