Impact Clothing Date

Charlie Yannetti · 05-05-2010, 10:12 AM

At the recent points race at Atco, none of my Impact driving gear would be accepted.. Yup, I said NONE!!.. unless accompanied by a letter from Impact verifying the "ACTUAL" Date of Manufacture.. receipts and invoices were unacceptable.. the handwritten dates on the tags were basically deemed fictitious..

My belts were accepted because they had an SFI tag punched with an acceptable date.. my helmet was accepted because it is Snell rated, not SFI rated..

I am attempting to return all my Impact stuff as it is all less than 3 weeks old and unacceptable without a letter.. my thought is, eventually the letter will also be unacceptable as the suit or gear may be more than a fews years old and just taken off of the shelf by someone with a Sharpee who puts a date on it.. NHRA Tech has this question in their minds and I'm not taking another chance..

Ed Fernandez · 05-05-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Yannetti

At the recent points race at Atco, none of my Impact driving gear would be accepted.. Yup, I said NONE!!.. unless accompanied by a letter from Impact verifying the "ACTUAL" Date of Manufacture.. receipts and invoices were unacceptable.. the handwritten dates on the tags were basically deemed fictitious..

My belts were accepted because they had an SFI tag punched with an acceptable date.. my helmet was accepted because it is Snell rated, not SFI rated..

I am attempting to return all my Impact stuff as it is all less than 3 weeks old and unacceptable without a letter.. my thought is, eventually the letter will also be unacceptable as the suit or gear may be more than a fews years old and just taken off of the shelf by someone with a Sharpee who puts a date on it.. NHRA Tech has this question in their minds and I'm not taking another chance..

Everybody should take their Impact jackets,pants,gloves,shoes, whatever and put it out at the track and sell the stuff to the spectators.Some of them love wearing this stuff.It will become the next trend,like wearing your pants 6" below the crack or wearing your hat backwards.Impact will become the new Nike of the advertising industry.

MOVEMAN · 05-08-2010, 07:02 AM

Charlie,
Where your belts Impact? What was the acceptable date? My belts were not out of date yet, but they would not accept them! Would you agree that they told us that SFI 3.2A/5 suits were unacceptable if made prior to 2009? I saw that a number of times at different sites, but how they can just throw in any other gear on the list has me boggled! What other gear didn't they accept other than your suit ?
Moveman
S/C 13
"Creating Customers For Life"

voltdr · 05-08-2010, 08:57 AM

At our most recent Div 4 event, 4-23 to 4-25, Tech did not accept any Impact gear that did not have the "date of mfg" mark permanently on the SFI tag. I have Impact belts and they were OK.

Kevlar · 05-09-2010, 11:33 AM

I have finally given in to the fact that I have to replace ALL my safety gear and that sucks.Seems there is nothing we can really do.I am going to make a subtle statement by keeping my Impact contingency decals on my car, but put them on upside down trying to express my distress caused by this mess.I hope all involved will make the same statement.

Tom Joseph · 05-10-2010, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevlar

I have finally given in to the fact that I have to replace ALL my safety gear and that sucks.Seems there is nothing we can really do.I am going to make a subtle statement by keeping my Impact contingency decals on my car, but put them on upside down trying to express my distress caused by this mess.I hope all involved will make the same statement.

Check this crap out. Mechanical failure my ***. http://www.impactraceproducts.com/

Kevlar · 05-10-2010, 10:02 AM

I think they are having their trailer armour plated.

05-05-2010, 10:12 AM	#1
Charlie Yannetti Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alpine, NJ Posts: 568 Likes: 188 Liked 192 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Impact Clothing Date At the recent points race at Atco, none of my Impact driving gear would be accepted.. Yup, I said NONE!!.. unless accompanied by a letter from Impact verifying the "ACTUAL" Date of Manufacture.. receipts and invoices were unacceptable.. the handwritten dates on the tags were basically deemed fictitious.. My belts were accepted because they had an SFI tag punched with an acceptable date.. my helmet was accepted because it is Snell rated, not SFI rated.. I am attempting to return all my Impact stuff as it is all less than 3 weeks old and unacceptable without a letter.. my thought is, eventually the letter will also be unacceptable as the suit or gear may be more than a fews years old and just taken off of the shelf by someone with a Sharpee who puts a date on it.. NHRA Tech has this question in their minds and I'm not taking another chance..

05-08-2010, 07:02 AM	#3
MOVEMAN Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 106 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Impact Clothing Date Charlie, Where your belts Impact? What was the acceptable date? My belts were not out of date yet, but they would not accept them! Would you agree that they told us that SFI 3.2A/5 suits were unacceptable if made prior to 2009? I saw that a number of times at different sites, but how they can just throw in any other gear on the list has me boggled! What other gear didn't they accept other than your suit ? Moveman S/C 13 "Creating Customers For Life"

05-08-2010, 08:57 AM	#4
voltdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 706 Likes: 77 Liked 100 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Impact Clothing Date At our most recent Div 4 event, 4-23 to 4-25, Tech did not accept any Impact gear that did not have the "date of mfg" mark permanently on the SFI tag. I have Impact belts and they were OK.

05-09-2010, 11:33 AM	#5
Kevlar Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Impact Clothing Date I have finally given in to the fact that I have to replace ALL my safety gear and that sucks.Seems there is nothing we can really do.I am going to make a subtle statement by keeping my Impact contingency decals on my car, but put them on upside down trying to express my distress caused by this mess.I hope all involved will make the same statement.

05-10-2010, 10:02 AM	#7
Kevlar Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Impact Clothing Date I think they are having their trailer armour plated.