Fitting rear seatbelts to Defender 90.

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Landroverfamily

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• Jan 27, 2007

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Hi,
This is the first time i've registered here, the reason being i (the wife) of a Landrover Defender 90, 1985, B reg owner have never seen enersia seatbelts in use with rear seats, but my other half would like them so we don't have to keep altering normal belts to fit every time someone different sits in the back.

My question is "does anyone know if they can be fitted and can you only put lap belts in or full three point belts?

We have inward facing cloth seats. Hope this makes sense to you all.

Awaiting your replies.

 

Grippa

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• Jan 27, 2007

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Welcome chap & family.

Tricky one. Exmoor trim do seatbelt kits + bracketry, but for forward facers. I'd reckon lap belts are a definite no-no as the human body bends in the middle & in an impact with a lap belt you'd be facing massive spinal injuries (was reading about it a couple of days ago on some government website).

Depends if you want convenience or safety I guess. I'm not a great fan of inward facing seats so I'd say ditch them & get some forward facing fold downs.

If the current method of adjusting the existing fitments does seem to restrain your passengers, for the sake of a few seconds I can't see much advantage to fitting inertia reel belts & can't see they'd add much in the event of a front collision.

As has been discussed on here quite a few times (try a search), so much depends on the type of collision which obviously you can't predict. The general consensus seems to be any restraint is better than none at all, but when it comes to lap belts, I ain't so sure!

Hope that helps..........a bit?

 

GRUNT

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• Jan 27, 2007

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Like Marcus I read somewhere that 3 point harness belts fitted to side facing seats are not recommended, they can do more harm than good. I'd do some more homework before committing yourself.

 

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Landroverfamily

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• Jan 27, 2007

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Thanks for the input, i think we will look for static rear lap belts on ebay.
Appreciate the quick response.
Landroverfamily.

 

Grippa

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• Jan 27, 2007

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Landroverfamily said:

Thanks for the input, i think we will look for static rear lap belts on ebay.
Appreciate the quick response.
Landroverfamily.

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Really? Honest chap, I'd think long & hard before putting anyone you care about into a lap belt on an inward facing seat, that's the worst of the options.........but, your call!

 

yella

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• Jan 27, 2007

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how about fitting 2 inertia belts, one either side if the seat, that would hold yer in

 

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• Jan 27, 2007

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yella disco said:

how about fitting 2 inertia belts, one either side if the seat, that would hold yer in

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On the face of it, that actually doesn't sound a bad compromise.

 

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well it would be cheaper than a 4 point harness and do the same job,any inertia seatbelts will do, just get em from the local scrappy, but dunt ferget to get both parts

 

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• Jan 27, 2007

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Yeah but the whole point is that seat belts regardless of what type are dodgy in side facing seats.

 

Adz

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• Jan 27, 2007

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Aren't they a MOT test failure if they're fitted anyway? Seem to remember something about that on here (or the temporary forum) a little while ago. Can't find it searching on here - so must have been on temp one.

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