Sparco recommends dry cleaning your suit to preserve the life of your safety garment for as long as possible. Your Sparco Race suit should be treated with the same respect as your Sunday Suit. After each driving session, please remove the suit whenever possible and hang dry to remove moisture and to prevent grease/oil from staining the suit while working on your car.
Washing instructions: If you wash your suit, Sparco recommends hand washing or washing it in on a delicate cycle in the washing machine inside a garment wash bag with COLD water. Please make sure that the belt and collar are closed on the suit, to prevent the velcro from causing damage to the nomex fabric. Woolite soap is recommended as it is a non-abrasive detergent. DO NOT use bleach or anything similar. When drying the suit, always let the suit drip dry, indoors (out of the sunlight).
How do I Clean / wash my karting suit?
Due to the nature of karting it is often necessary to wash or clean your karting suit. To help prevent oil, gas, and rubber stains on your suit, it is recommended to Scotchguard your karting suit to help it stay looking fresh and new. When it becomes necessary to clean your suit, it is recommended that you have your karting suit drycleaned, to extend the life of your suit. If you wash your suit, Sparco recommends hand washing or washing it on a delicate cycle in the washing machine inside a garment wash bag with COLD water. Please make sure that the belt and collar are closed on the suit to prevent the velcro from causing damage to the interior lining of the kart suit. Woolite soap is recommended as it is a non-abrasive detergent. DO NOT use bleach or anything similar. When drying the suit, always let the suit drip dry, indoors (out of the sunlight). The karting suit will dry faster if turned inside out.
How do I feed the belt through the hardware, the hardware does not seem wide enough?
The belt should be wider than the mounting bracket. It is designed so the belt gets folded over on each side to provide extra reinforcement at the point where the bracket pulls on the webbing.
How can I recertify my expired harnesses?
Unfortunately Sparco does not offer re-certification for their harnesses. Due to the nature of racing, Sparco harnesses endure a variety of elements including UV light that over time will degrade the webbing. Sparco does not offer re-webbed harness.