Sorry for late responses lol.
Yes it is a 5 point harness. I was going to get a Schroth Rallye 4 but I didn't like the buckle, and the more reviews came in on the mazda forums people weren't happy with them BECAUSE they were 4 points. 5 Points at the beginning to me just seemed "cool" I wasn't entirely sure what the 5th point really did, but after driving up to the mountains yesterday, it shined. I would be entirely displeased if I landed up with a 4 point harness.
It's a RJS Racing harness, 5 point, latch system, bolted into the frame, it's kind of hard to adjust at times but I think I got it figured out. It sucks with my seat because of the headrest is a little bit to skinny, so I get some rubbing on my neck, but not that bad.
I'm not worried about it because a racing seat is certainly on my list.
The racing roll bar (not a full cage, but I do plan on going full cage eventually), will be made by AutoPower, which has been around since the 70s and makes racing roll cages. US company, makes bolt in roll cages, and are virtually the only company that makes bars and cages, probably have one to fit anyone's car on here too.
that's a picture of the racing bar, it goes behind the seats so .. it's literally impossible to hit for those wondering. The full cage you probably could if you were... a foot taller than me (I'm not that tall, 5'8ish)
Um, material Autopower uses is DOM steel; for heavier cars they use ERW.
Again, this stuff is real, it's no rip off or anything, racing teams have been trusting AutoPower for roll cages for the past 40 years, and the ones they make for street cars are exactly the same.
But yeah, part show, part use. I eventually want to track my car but that won't be for a very long time, right now it's mainly for show which.. not sure why everyone here isn't a fan of it, but, hey it keeps me from killing myself or someone else. For me it isn't about getting more power, I care more about looks, sure accelerating is fun, but I would just get caught if I had way more power, and that would just be money down the drain for being stupid.
Um, back on topic of seats, it will be some Sparco model, they tend to have cheaper seats, I don't want a ripoff, I would rather buy a legit cheap seat. I sat in a Sparco Sprint 5, which is like $300 I think, and I thought it felt great, especially for that price. Sat in a like $2000 corbeau next to it and it was like falling into a foam bed, it felt AMMMMAAAZING.. but I don't have that kind of money to spend lol.
Seat + brackets + slider = $600 minimum so I am trying to save some money. Again, I'm a small person, I have no need for a big comfortable seat, besides.. my car is on coilovers at near full stiffness, and a have a harness to push me into my stock seat, I'm not exactly in the mood to float over bumps, I prefer to feel the road.
Oh, and for those that haven't sat in a mazda 3 or 2 before, go to a dealer and sit in one, the seats are great. Mine is a little wide on me, but it fits around you like a racing seat, far more than any other car I've sat in.
@Toki; yeah that would be ShaW's speed 3, it looks retarded, and he and Rocky aka Evil 98 own the mazdafitment forum, so no one can really say anything bad about it. Guy is kinda young, actually he's younger than me, I think he's like 20 tops so he's still got some attitude issues. He's running 18x9.5 MB Battles @ ~-8 degrees camber in the back, it looks RETARDED.
There's a huge problem I see with the "stance" movement, and it's probably true for all manufactures "tuners" ... you get some idiot kids that buy expensive wheels, see how quickly they can shred the insides of tires, and maybe (hopefully) kill themselves while doing so... and that's it.
No that isn't entirely true, but I have noticed that it is the case for a LOT of people getting into the stance movement, is that these kids take mommy and daddy's money, buy super nice wheels, drop the car, and go through tires on a monthly basis. And that's it, literally... they buy wheels, buy new tires every month, and they do nothing else to their car, and then put themselves in this world among people who probably had their engine in bits the day before a big car show, and think they're cool with their $3000 rotiforms no one cares about.
Which reminds me about the last car show I was at, rich part of town, GREAT.. i mean GREAT show, I still haven't put the video of it together, but some stupid high school kid came up in a '08 STi, with an exhaust.. stock car, aftermarket exhaust, and just revved the hell out of it when he was parking. Saw the kid get out and walk around with his friends, managed to cross paths at one point and he was just making stupid comments about cars like he knew something about them after some local shop most likely installed his exhaust.. if he even had one, it could've been cut and straight piped, I didn't care to look.
My car project is more headed towards show, but it's also functional. It won't be stanced, yes it will be low but not stanced.. in the end I want it to look like a race car, and feel like one, that's the purpose for me in my choices.
There have been a lot of guys that do engine work, my friend if I haven't said just had his turbo removed, his car got finished up yesterday, so no more turbo. After I told him numerous times he finally realized how much money he spent on having 300 horsepower, which .. could have bought him a new Speed 3 instead. Some other guys are doing NA builds, but even then, the MZR engine is close to its limits, sure you have Dyson racing running 500 horsepower.. but it's a blueprinted MZR engine.
In the end I would rather look at my car and fall in love with the looks every time, even when it's sitting there.. than having some high horsepower beast I just... have to maintain..