AntMan232 wrote:I was flicking through those photos, and i'm interested by your setup for seatbelts in the back, it looks like you have an extra steel bit to mount the reel on, and then hooks in the floor for the clip bit? Is the steel bit a standard item, (I guess the nice looking trim panel over it is?), and have you just got a big spreader plate under the floor hooks?
Thanks,
Ant
Hi Ant,
I have use standard Landrover Defender items for the seatbelts in the rear. The reels are anchored to a metal bracket. These brackets are the standard ones used in the Defenders. They fit exactly the same in the series 2 and 3. I butchered the trim that normal goes around the rear windows. Still need to finish it off in a nicer way, but it is all work in progress.
The bottom of the belt goes onto another standard bracket I bolted to the bracket of the seats. This is not ideal, but I could not find the bars that go under the front of the wheel arch like on the Defender. I know you can buy them, but I want to find cheaper 2nd hand ones. The hooks I bolted through a rib under the floor with a few big washers underneath it. I assumed the rib is enough spreading for the force in case of a collision.
I will post another write up for the seatbelt soon with pictures.
I hope this gives you an idea of how I have done it. Jerry has done the same in his. That's where I got the idea from.
The seatbelt themselves I bought of eblag and they are the exmoor trim ones. They were new, but opened boxes.
Cheers,
Michiel
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