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I've been doing HPDE's for a few years now, and as I've progressed through the various run groups, I've been modifying my car recently with things like the new suspension, but more importantly adding important safety bits like rollbar, seats, harnesses, HANS.
I'm now thinking it may be a good idea to get a fire rated racing suit. I don't plan on racing, only doing HPDE's, but as I'm starting to go faster, safety is seems more important.
At the same time I want to be reasonable, and don't want to spend oodles of money either. I was looking at a couple of entry level suits, from Crow, RaceQuip, GForce, and Lico. All run ~$250 for SFI 3.2A/5 rated suit. All seem to be available in one piece and 2 piece versions (2 piece seems attractive, as I want to be able to have the option of not wearing the jacket, at least around the paddock. I realize 1 piece is safer).
I was hoping to get some advice on this idea in general, and if anyone had any specific reviews or feedback on the particular brands in question. Seems like Crow is the nicest, but I don't have anyone nearby who carries any of them, so I'm going to have to go blind if I do buy anything.
I already have nomex lined Piloti's and driving gloves that I use.
I've been doing HPDEs for a few years now, and as I've progressed through the various run groups, I've been modifying my car recently with things like the new suspension, but more importantly adding important safety bits like rollbar, seats, harnesses, HANS.
I'm now thinking it may be a good idea to get a fire-rated racing suit. I don't plan on racing, only doing HPDEs, but as I'm starting to go faster, safety seems more important.
At the same time, I want to be reasonable and don't want to spend oodles of money either. I was looking at a couple of entry-level suits, from Crow, RaceQuip, GForce, and Lico. All run ~$250 for an SFI 3.2A/5 rated race suit. All seem to be available in one-piece and 2 piece versions (2 piece seems attractive, as I want to be able to have the option of not wearing the jacket, at least around the paddock. I realize 1 piece is safer).
I was hoping to get some advice on this idea in general, and if anyone had any specific reviews or feedback on the particular brands in question. Seems like Crow is the nicest, but I don't have anyone nearby who carries any of them, so I'm going to have to go blind if I do buy anything.
I already have Nomex lined Piloti's and driving gloves that I use.
Racing suits advice?
