teach me - fire suits. what's your preference?

Is it weird that I've worn rented wet and dry suits for scuba diving, but I'm a little leery of a used race suit?

Who has bought from raceimage? Are the suits all high end Nomex stuff like they claim? They seem to have an excellent reputation but I'm interested anyone with personal experience. I've worn an inexpensive 3 layer treated fabric suit and just about died of heat stroke. I swore my next suit would be higher quality. Their stuff seems to fit the bill without blowing my budget. Any feedback is welcome.

In reply to tomtomgt356:

That's good news. They have a NASA discount. I bought my Hans and helmet from them. Didn't realize they were at amp

Wayslow wrote: Who has bought from raceimage? Are the suits all high end Nomex stuff like they claim? They seem to have an excellent reputation but I'm interested anyone with personal experience. I've worn an inexpensive 3 layer treated fabric suit and just about died of heat stroke. I swore my next suit would be higher quality. Their stuff seems to fit the bill without blowing my budget. Any feedback is welcome.

I've bought from them, they sell all kinds of suits but you do get what it says on the webpage.

clutchsmoke wrote: Is it weird that I've worn rented wet and dry suits for scuba diving, but I'm a little leery of a used race suit?

Yes, very

In reply to Wayslow:

I bought my nomex pants and shirt undergarments from them. They were used and you don't get to pick a brand but mine were Puma, no stains, no loose threads and FIA rated/approved. For $30 you can't beat it.

I just got a used NASCAR one piece firesuit off Ebay. There are a lot of them. Some are "vintage" which I'd never use to race, but there are a lot of suits from Sprint Cup/Nationwide pit crews that are only a few years old or less and sell for cheap. Yeah, so I'll look like a bit of a dork in all my sponsorship decals, but I'll be safe and not sweating to death like I did in my old black quilt rolled in a comforter.