Online helmut store ? ? ?

[plumcrazy]

i need a new full face helmut. any ideas where online i can get one?

just want a black,full face with the flip up face shield.

the one i got is older and NOT approved for the track i wanna go to this year.

 

[Dimitrios]

ebay. they are cheap!

 

[CitySnake]

I buy from these guys. They're 50 miles up the thruway.

http://www.behrents.com/

Simpson super voyager in black


But I know others use

http://www.racerwholesale.com/catalog/

 

[plumcrazy]

at a place like limerock or pocono i guess i can use an open face helmut right?

I gotta think it would be more comfortable than the full face im used to.

 

[SylvanSRT]

if u buy your helmet from out of state (no sales tax), the next series of rating(dates) comes out this fall(snell SA rating) if you can borrow or use someone elses and wait to buy till then your helmet will last for years longer(yes they are perishable)

 

[GR8_ASP]

Not totally true as the SA rating is only for 5 years from mfg date. That way you never have an old SA rating or a helmet older than 5 years. An SA2000 helmet will be good as long as a SA2005 (assuming both are bought in the fall).

That assumes of course that the track actually checks the dates (or even the rating). Belts also are perishable and have a 2 year life I believe.

 

[Mark Red GTS Cooper]

Try OG racing (online) also, http://www.ogracing.com/

mark

 

[NOTV8]

Try this:
www.racerwholesale.com
www.daymotorsports.com
Good luck.

 

[RedEnuf93]

These guys have good prices and plenty of car helmets:

http://www.helmetcity.com/

 

[Fred(DrivingSchool)Kinder]

Helmet City also offers discounts to VCA members. Ask for Kyle!

 

[plumcrazy]

is an open face ok to use?

thanx for the links

 

[CitySnake]

Phil:

Open face is generally considered OK for auto-x. For the track, you should have a full face helmet. It's not required...but it's YOUR head!

 

[ACR steve]

Actually Plum -the SCCA now says the open face in a closed cockpit car with airbags is safer then closed .They say the airbag catches on the chin of a closed face and pushes it up or down and can lead to injury. I still run with closed but its something to think about.

 

[plumcrazy]

city, it'd be hard to make me uglier if i hit the windshield than i am now...so, id rather be comfortable when i do it..lol

steve, i was just gonna PM ya on this. THANX.

open face it is then..

 

[ACR steve]

Plum -you must wear goggles with the open.Order them also

 

[ACR steve]

Why arent you coming up to Lime Rock? Come test that new helmet

 

[plumcrazy]

steve..."must" or "Should" wear goggles...

i can see wearing them on a course but NOT on a track like englishtown or atco..

im gonna go racing on friday nite weather permitting at a small track here in NNJ..island dragway.

limerock is gonna be tough, im gonna most likely be in the bahamas...

 

[CitySnake]

Actually Plum -the SCCA now says the open face in a closed cockpit car with airbags is safer then closed .They say the airbag catches on the chin of a closed face and pushes it up or down and can lead to injury. I still run with closed but its something to think about.

That's interesting Steve. Didn't know that.
Which one is safer in a nitrous explosion?





















Just kidding Plum...GOD forbid!

 

[plumcrazy]

LMAO...damn THATS funny.