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Well my gear is all good still, guess overdoing it first time was worth it. I have: sabelt suit (diamond 3 layer) sabelt boots (spiked co-driver ones are an option for rally) Sabelt gloves (lost or stolen) alpine star gloves sparco balaclava sparco socks sabelt socks other fire service supplier balaclava and underwear Sabelt rebrand HANS (carbon reinforced) Stilo WRC helmet (need mic adaptor cable to fit non Stilo gear about $100 extra) had sabelt harnesses, swapped to OPM due to needing 2” shoulders for HANS https://racerproducts.co.nz/ Sabelt and opm http://www.chicane.co.nz/ alpine and chicane https://www.allports.nz stilo sparco I like all my gear. Only thing I’d change is the HANs but I got it many years ago and had only 3 options for material at the time so got the middle one. now I’d be the ones that strap to you rather than just hang in a U around your neck. They are fine for rally but track days and in and out the strapped to you seems more appealing. either way make sure you get the HANs it’s worth it even in light offs that you can drive away from. Never had neck injury or even a sore neck since I’ve had it. They do support the helmet in side to side as well. if you get skinny then the gel pads are worth it. And watch out if you are tall and your seats have short belt slots as they raise the belt height over your shoulders. chicane have suits for NZ body shapes and more freedom of movement than some others. I still have no problems with he sabelt even though I’m 20kg heavier than when I got it so it’s not a big deal in the higher price models jus the low to mid range they save costs removing the extra material in the shoulders etc. oh and getting logos etc you need approve thread etc and through one layer which is costly.