seatbelt soloution
07 December 2006, 05:26 PM
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Fitting is possible with a bit of care to retain your current seatbelts.
The two (upper) shoulder fixings of the race harness should be located in the same fixing points as the rear seatbelt anchors, or loop through a rear strut brace (metal) if you have no trim in the car. No other points are strong enough to take the forces applied unless you weld plates to the car body.
Eye bolts can be bought from demon tweaks to replace and refit the current rear seatbelt bolts with. You'll need at least one long eye bolt for the inner fixing, and a smaller one for the outer fixing. Make sure the spacers etc are put back in the same order, and the eyebolt is torqued up tight using a metal bar.
The two lower side anchors are done in the same way. Replace the seatbelt buckle (on the seat) with the small eye bolt and fixing rigidly in place. (You lose the adjustment this way). The front lap outer side will require a small cut in your carpet to access the seatbelt retractor bolt. Its located on the sill below the B piller. This is so you can access the eyelet after refitting.
Sounds a bit complicated, but check all the fixings first, before you go out and buy anything. Removal and then re-installing them to check thread size and length. This set up means that a race harness can be clipped/unclipped where required, and you can still use the rear seat.
Note that the rear fixings will exert a tangential force on your seat back (towards the car floor), so ideally you should have a rigid back seat before fitting the harness to absorb this load if you have the misfortune of an 'off'.
Just take your time studying the fixings and then you'll be a lot clearer on what you need.
Good luck!
The two (upper) shoulder fixings of the race harness should be located in the same fixing points as the rear seatbelt anchors, or loop through a rear strut brace (metal) if you have no trim in the car. No other points are strong enough to take the forces applied unless you weld plates to the car body.
Eye bolts can be bought from demon tweaks to replace and refit the current rear seatbelt bolts with. You'll need at least one long eye bolt for the inner fixing, and a smaller one for the outer fixing. Make sure the spacers etc are put back in the same order, and the eyebolt is torqued up tight using a metal bar.
The two lower side anchors are done in the same way. Replace the seatbelt buckle (on the seat) with the small eye bolt and fixing rigidly in place. (You lose the adjustment this way). The front lap outer side will require a small cut in your carpet to access the seatbelt retractor bolt. Its located on the sill below the B piller. This is so you can access the eyelet after refitting.
Sounds a bit complicated, but check all the fixings first, before you go out and buy anything. Removal and then re-installing them to check thread size and length. This set up means that a race harness can be clipped/unclipped where required, and you can still use the rear seat.
Note that the rear fixings will exert a tangential force on your seat back (towards the car floor), so ideally you should have a rigid back seat before fitting the harness to absorb this load if you have the misfortune of an 'off'.
Just take your time studying the fixings and then you'll be a lot clearer on what you need.
Good luck!
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