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Warranty
Ordering, Payment, and Shipping
Sizing Charts
Care and Maintenance
Ratings
Warranty
Most manufacturers guarantee their products against workmanship and material defects for a period of up to one year from the date of purchase. Manufacturers with alternative or extended warranty policies will be noted in the manufacturers product information. Any alterations or improper use or care of products will void the warranty. At our discretion, we will repair, replace or credit for defective merchandise. This warranty specifically excludes all labor and freight costs. All warranty adjustments are limited to replacement or credit on returned items. Upon sending any clothing back for repair, all items must be dry cleaned.
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Ordering, Payment, and Shipping
Genesis Motorsports, LLC. has several ways to order any of the fine products we have to offer. You can:
- Mail-in: Use the mail-in order form and just send it to us at our Mailing Address.
- Online: Browse through the website and add a product into your shopping cart. You can then pay via credit card with a real-time secure transaction. Our online ordering service is conducted on a secure server running SSL with 128 bit encryption. If you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
- Special orders: Please contact us or email us if you can’t find what you’re looking for on our site. We can special-order items for you, but they must be paid in full in advance and are not returnable.
We accept the following Methods of Payment (sorry, no COD):
- VISA
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Certified Funds
We ship UPS ground service unless otherwise specified. Seats and roll cages are always shipped via UPS ground service or by truck. Please call us for International Shipping rates and times.
Questions? Contact us
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Sizing Charts
The following sizing charts will show you how and where to measure to ensure a proper fit. If you have any questions regarding proper fit, please email or contact us.
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Care and Maintenance
Taking proper care of your driving equipment and accessories will help them last longer and perform as and when you need them. Below are our suggestions on proper care of your equipment and accessories. As always, contact us if you have any questions or suggestions.
Suit Care
Glove Care
Driving Shoe Care
Helmet Care
Suits
Racing suits should always be kept clean and free of dirt, solvents, grease and oil. Suits covered with grease and oil become very flammable thereby defeating the intended purpose. Following a few simple rules will significantly increase the life of your suit.
- Cleaning:
- Almost all suits recommend commercial dry cleaning, and they will have maximum life when cared for in this fashion. Fleece Nomex suits should always be dry cleaned.
- Machine or hand washing is the second best alternative and should be done in cold water with a light detergent.
- Never uses bleach products as they will deteriorate the suit. It is best to hang your suit and allow to drip dry after washing.
- It is best to wash suits inside-out and close all hook and Velcro fasteners to prevent them from fraying the Nomex. Fleece suits should not be washed inside out.
- Any suit that has suffered any damage from fire or chemicals should be returned to manufacturer for analysis.
- Never wear your suit with the sleeves tied around your waist when out of the car. This will easily damage the zipper buy pulling out the teeth generally around the waist area. Damage such as this is not covered under the warranty, and the suit will have to be returned to the manufacturer for repairs in order not to void the warranty.
- Do not remove any patches or stickers such as SFI, Snell, FIA, etc., that have been placed there by the manufacturers. This will void the warranty, and the item will have to be returned to the manufacturer for inspection and re-application at your expense.
Nomex underwear can be washed by hand or in a machine on gentle cycle with warm mildly soapy water. It is best to drip dry these items after washing
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Glove Care
Put on your gloves and "wash" them by opening and closing your fingers and making a fist fully submerged in a mild, soapy, warm water solution. Rinse in clear water in the same manner. Squeeze them dry while they are still on your hands, removing as much water as possible, then hang them to drip dry. Do not dry clean or machine dry your gloves because the leather will deteriorate and become brittle.
It's also a good idea to keep any Velcro fasteners closed when the gloves are not in use to prevent the hook end from fraying the Nomex and picking up other stray materials.
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Driving Shoes
Remove the excess dirt with a stiff bristled brush. A suede cleaner and brush is the best for keeping your shoes looking their best. Most all suede driving shoes are treated with a water repellent by the manufacturer. Regular maintenance with a quality suede water treatment will maximize the life or your shoes. It is best to allow your shoes to air dry after use and allow them to fully dry before storing. DO NOT MACHINE WASH YOUR SHOES.
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Helmet Care
Protecting your head is critical. Here’s how to keep your helmet in top condition:
- Inner Liner
- If your inner liner and pads become moist due to perspiration or rain, it is best to dry your helmet in the shade or with a fan.
- A mild ammonia and soapy water, or several commercial products available specifically for helmet cleaning such as "Helmet Fresh" will help to remove unwanted oders.
- Some helmets like the Bieffe brand that we sell, have a removable lining that can be hand washed in warm mild soapy water.
- Hardware
- Periodically check your helmet's hardware and straps for ware, strength and security.
- Occasionally, perspiration or weather can compromise their effectiveness.
- Shields
- Only clean your shield with a special shield wax.
- Avoid any type of petroleum based products such as benzene, thinner, gasoline or solvents coming into contact with the shield. These products will remove any fogging treatment and the plastic will become very brittle which could cause additional injury to the area around the eyes if in an accident.
- Painting your Helmet
- There is much more to adding a personalized look to your helmet than first meets the eye, and is best left to a specialist rather than your local body shop.
- Because disassembly of the helmets will most likely be required, we strongly recommend that your helmet be painted by an experienced helmet painting contractor: someone who has been certified by the manufacturers in the proper technique of disassembly and re-assembly.
- Lacquer type paints are not compatible with the materials used to make the helmet shell, and can seriously weaken or compromise the structural integrity of the outer shell, and impair it's performance in the event of an impact.
- Acrylic enamels are the only type of paint that should be used when painting helmets, and no solvents or paint should ever come into contact with the inner liner.
- A fine 320 grit sand paper should be used to rough up the surface, it should be sanded evenly until all of the shine is removed. Never sand into the shell material, and never fill in any type of " low spots".
- Helmets should be inspected after re-assembly to ensure that the proper steps have been taken, or sent back to the manufacturer to re-assemble.
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Ratings
SFI, TPP, FIA ... Do ratings seem like an alphabet-soup to you? Even if you know a few things about them, here’s what they mean to you:
SFI
SFI is an American non-profit foundation that rates safety related apparel and accessories for consistency and protection. An industry certification standard has emerged over the past several years based on recommendations from the SFI foundation. These specifications rate the suit material based on several factors of which the most important is thermal protection, or TPP.
The last number of this specification gives you the thermal rating of a suit material so that you are able to estimate the amount of time you have before second degree burns occur if you are involved in a fire. The higher the number the greater the thermal protection.
The minimum rating for a suit is 3-2A/1. This rating commonly applies to inexpensive single layer and some very inexpensive double layer suits. This specification under laboratory tests will give the wearer approximately 3 seconds of protection at 1700 degrees( the temperature at which gas burns) before you are likely to receive 2nd degree burns.
The next highest specification available, and the most commonly found is 3-2A/5 which is found on 2 and 3 layer suits that will give you approximately 9.5 seconds of protection depending on the suits construction. If you are wanting additional protection SFI rating of 3-2A/10 will give you 19 seconds of protection, /15 will give you 30 seconds and /20 will give you almost 40 seconds of protection and is favored mainly by drivers of nitromethane powered top fuel dragsters.
More layers will generally provide better protection, however overheating your body can become a factor. However, some newer high-tech fabrics allow for the use of fewer layers, and they will out perform older suits with multiple layers.
We always recommend wearing Nomex underwear with your suit. This practice will significantly increase your overall protection in a fire.
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TPP
TPP stands for Thermal Protective Properties, and comes to us from the American Society for Testing Materials. The abbreviated term TPP is used when testing the thermal protective performance of materials for clothing designed for potential fire situations. The rating is determined by applying an open flame to the material, then measuring the amount of time required to accumulate enough heat to equal what could cause a second degree burn in human tissue.
So, the more heat energy the suit can resist, the higher the TPP number. For example: a suit with a 3.2A/5-19 SFI rating label indicates the grade of the fabric, in this case would be a "grade 5", now take the last number and divide by two and this will give you an approximate idea of how long the suit will protect you in the event of a fire, in this example the time would be about 9.5 seconds.
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FIA
The European recognized FIA conducts their own testing and is similar to it's American equivalent: SFI. The FIA grades only on one level, which is a higher standard than most U.S. race sanctioning organizations require a pass or fail. The FIA minimum requirement equates to just slightly below a SFI grade 10 fabric. These suits are almost equal to an SFI 3.2A/10-38 rated suit ( almost 19 seconds of protection without underwear!) however, for import reasons there is no recognized SFI rating number that falls in-between a 5-19 suit and a 10-38 suit.
So, what this all means is: any FIA approved suit will carry the label stating that the suit complies to their standards in Europe. Additionally, for the U.S. market, because the SFI rating numbers cannot be "rounded up", the suit will also carry the more recognized "lower" SFI rating label for legal reasons, even though the suit meets or exceeds the much stricter FIA demands.
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