Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 04:47:05 +0000
Reply-To: Robert Smythe <r3tr0v1ru5@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Robert Smythe <r3tr0v1ru5@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: shoulder belts
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Hi Neal
Just installed one of the gowesty kits last weekend, very straightforward
job. I did it on the easy (passenger) side of my multivan and will be
repeating the process on the hard side of the rear bench very soon. All that
was required for the easy side was a 3/4" spade bit for the plywood panel on
the d pillar and a 17mm open end wrench. I did have to drill the rivets
holding the westy rear screen snaps and replace them with sheet metal screws
that fit inside the snap, #8 I would guess. The gowesty directions cover the
harder drivers side case case thoroughly. The tension reel assy has
radiused corners, they recommend a dremel cutoff tool for mortising out a
small piece of the cabinet back in the location the inside the cabinet.
They provide a picture. Not your problem, obviously with a GL. If there are
shoulder hard points for the middle bench seats I wouldnt know. I have the
rear facing jump seats, so once again I anticipate a dead-easy install here.
My 5.5yr old 4' 50# offspring likes the new belt and can manage it easily.
Soon after that one was born california went from 4yrs and 40#, whichever
comes LAST to 6yr 60# booster requirement. Eight years seems a bit much, but
the belt crosses their neck you would be better off sticking to a lap.
The stock 3 point belts in the back have their tension reel hidden behind
the cargo area panel, not outside on the D panel as mine is, but I am not
offended by the look. It would have taken me a lot longer to install.
Robert
90 MV
-Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:18:44 -0500
-From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
-Subject: Re: shoulder belts
-Go westy sells three point kits for both the driver and passenger side:
-http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=3DCTGY&Store_Code=3Dgw&=
-Category_Code=3Dvp-i-p-seatbelts
-I'm told that one can also modify and use the belts from a passenger van.
-Chris
On 4/1/06, Neal Barrentine <vwneal@bluemarble.net> wrote:
>Greetings fellow list members:
> The State of Indiana passed a law requiring children under the age=
of
>8 and under a certain height and weight to use child booster seats
>while traveling in a motor vehicle. Aside from this legislation
>assuming that I don't know how to care for my children, it also doesn't
>take into account that my '86 GL has no shoulder belts in the back
>seats with which to secure a child in a booster seat. Every child
>booster seat I have seen requires a shoulder belt. The front seats
>(with shoulder belts) are already spoken for. I imagine that newer
>vehicles have shoulder belts for the back seat guests, and even
>convertibles have shoulder belts, so there has got to be a way I can
>put them in at least one position in the back of my Vanagon, preferably
>the seat behind the drivers seat. Any experience or suggestions? Thanks
>for reading this. Have fun, Neal
>
>Neal Barrentine
>Bloomington, Indiana
>1986 GL
>1960 Baja Bug
>
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