[W] 3 point rear seatbelts in older Golf?
rgo...@umassd.edu
>My son has outgrown his car seat. I have a 1986 Golf, which has only
>two point seatbelts in the rear. Newer Golfs (starting in 1990, I think)
>have three point seatbelts. I would like to put three point belts in my
>Golf.
>
>Does anyone know if this is possible? I'm not even sure where to look
>to see if the additional mount point is there. I would appreciate it if
>someone with a newer Golf could tell me where the shoulder belt mount
>point is.
>
>Thanks in advance!
The mount for the three point rear seat belts is in the trunk, welded to
the top of the rear wheel arch. The belt then goes through the speaker
shelf, which is different in the later Golfs.
However, I have done this on my 86 and it works. Here's what you do.
Get the front belts from an 86 or so Golf. Next take off the plastic
panels behind the rear quater windows. You will notice a mounting
point. Drill out the plastic panel to expose the mounting point.
Put the panel back. Next remove the rear belt spool. Take the
"A" pilar mount (the one the belt slides through) and mount that
to the hole behind the rear quarter window. Take the end of
the seat belt and place it behind the spool. Put your mounting
bolt through the backing plate of the spool and thru the end of
the seat belt. Bolt this up to where the rear-seat spool should
be. Voila...instant three point belt.
Ric
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>Ron DeBlock rd...@homxb.att.com (that's a number 1 in rdb1, not letter l)
>AT&T Bell Labs Somerset, NJ USA
Cont Tim Hogard;653 CCSG/SCDI
: In article <CBHwL...@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, rd...@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ronald.j.deblock..jr) writes:
: >My son has outgrown his car seat. I have a 1986 Golf, which has only
: >two point seatbelts in the rear. Newer Golfs (starting in 1990, I think)
: >have three point seatbelts. I would like to put three point belts in my
: >Golf.
It will look better. There are two types of three-point belts. Adjustable
and non-adjustable. If any driver is shorter than about 5'6" you need the
adjustable ones.
You must get the right seat belt retractors for the position thay are going to
be mounted in! There are slight differences in them even though they look the
same. There is a small ball that sits in a cup and when it gets shoved around
it locks up the retractor. If you mount the cup wrong it will not work when
you need it to even though it will lock up when you grab the belt. Also do
not buy a belt that was being worn when the car was hit head-on. Seat belts
are supposed to be replaced after they are subjected to extream stress.
Your sholder belt should be attched at sholder level (not higher like on all
92+ cars with the killer belts) and should not cross the your neck.
-tim
: >Does anyone know if this is possible? I'm not even sure where to look
: >to see if the additional mount point is there. I would appreciate it if
: >someone with a newer Golf could tell me where the shoulder belt mount
: >point is.
: >
: >Thanks in advance!
: The mount for the three point rear seat belts is in the trunk, welded to
: the top of the rear wheel arch. The belt then goes through the speaker
: shelf, which is different in the later Golfs.
: However, I have done this on my 86 and it works. Here's what you do.
: Get the front belts from an 86 or so Golf. Next take off the plastic
Dont do this --------^ get the proper rear belts!
: Ric