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Date:         Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:38:53 -0600
Reply-To:     "Joe T." <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Joe T." <vanagon85@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Installing 3 point Seat Belts Was:3 point seatbelts in
              Westfalias
Comments: To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <AANLkTikrHj__mX4VmKVdqv8APVY5u75P0+q-qcEGTZrD@mail.gmail.com>
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Your '85 already has the mounting points built into the framing (for lack of a better word) in the lower back. The end of the OEM belts has that "T" shaped bracket which bolts into those points that were provided from the factory.

The higher-up mounting point is there in the C pillar and is also threaded. It will have a plastic cap screwed into it that you remove after getting through the liner.

There's a good photo here:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=446020&highlight=3point

I used the OEM one on the passenger's side. On the driver's side (mine's a Wolfsburg Westy with the cabinet) it looked like I was going to have to remove everything to get to that lower mounting point, so I broke down and bought the GoWesty one that only uses the upper C pillar mounting point.

Hope that helps, Joe

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe, > > How did you mount those belts? I have removed the three point belts from my > '90 carat and want to put them in my '85 but I wasn't sure about the > mounting of the belts point in the back. Did you weld in mounts back there > or is there already a place to bolt them in? > > -- > Thanks, > > Jeff > '85 GL (Gertie) > '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor) > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus >

-- Joe T. '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2


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