Adding sewn in arm restraints

[iamuwere]

Does anyone know who currently will add arm restraints to a suit? By far may favorite thing about my old suit and want to add it to my new suit.

[Rick Kirchner]

I just find a decent alterations shop. If there's a military base nearby there will be a good one. I go to Dicks or REI and by some loop tube, and D-rings at the hardware store. Rig them up like on your helmet, have the taylor open a 3/4" seam, and bar tack them in place.

I never had a suit to use as an example. I you still have your old one I'd give them that to disassemble.

[Mike B]

My wife added them to my last suit. She basically just tacked on the standard arm restraint with a few threads.

[iamuwere]

Simple enough.

[Roland V. Johnson]

dupe post

[Roland V. Johnson]

Be very careful how you add them to a suit. One of my customers had them sewed into his suit by the suit manufacturer They were installed incorrectly. They were just sewed into the seam of the suit and sewed along the end of the arm restraints. In the violent crash that followed one restraint pulled out of the suit leading to severe arm damage.

[Rick Kirchner]

Be very careful how you add them to a suit. One of my customers had them sewed into his suit by the suit manufacturer They were installed incorrectly. They were just sewed into the seam of the suit and sewed along the end of the arm restraints. In the violent crash that followed one restraint pulled out of the suit leading to severe arm damage.

Yup - I always use that loop material and have it bar-tacked, like a seat belt.

[fitfan]

i tacked a few stitches to locate my standard arm restraints on my suit. the thing i didnt like was then driving a car where i dont need them, and washing and drying... so now im inclined to just sew in some "belt loops" so can put them in, for the weekend, and then pull them out. they just keep coming loose in the swift otherwise.and flopping on to my wrist and or just falling off when i get out of the car which means they arent doing anything sometimes.

[DK540]

http://www.tracksidetim.com/

From patches and arm restraint sew-ons, to entire driver suits, Tim's the man.

DK