Custom made seatbelts arrived ready for fitting - hope my measurements were correct...
one of the two home fabricated pillar mounts (in red primer) for the shoulder loop of the front seat belts (well over-engineered in 10mm steel bar!).
with a few dimensions if anyone needs to copy (but measure your own vehicle first!)
Seat frame under the front seat - the centre section needs modifying for the belts
the "notch" cut out using combination of drill, air saw and dremel grinding disk. Covering was protected from cutting by inserting a cardboard shield and a couple of wooden blocks between steel frame and covering
"notch" edge coved with Edge Trim to prevent damage to belts
completed front belt
looks neat enough. cutting the hole in the piller trim was a little tricky - i'll take some photos when i do the other side
Inertia reel bolted through the floor (and uses a spreader plate) but I wanted as close to the pillar as possible. I removed the one-piece chrome edge trim and cut into two, removing a short 1" section where the inertia bracket now sits
bolted through the gearbox tunnel with spreader plates below. The QuikfitSBS folk bolt through the carpet - but I decided not too and will have to modify the carpet accordingly
starting on the rear drivers side now - causes some disruption...
adding the inertia reel on top of the inner wheelarch, behind the boot springs - tight.
nice shot down through the rear window with the parcel shelf removed. Belt will NOT rub on the steel frame once modified parcel shelf goes back in.
and again
checking spacing and where a centre 3point inertia belt could sit
welding up a complex mounting bracket for the rear centre inertia belt
only used 6x40mm bar this time (rather than the 10mm for the brackets!) with the top locating plate made out of 3x25mm bar
checking position
from above looking down through rear screen with parcel shelf removed
primer and belt attached
needed a weld a "tail" on one of the supplied spreader plates so i can insert into the closed box section of the frame running between the rear screen and the rear boot - which the new belt frame will bolt to
In position - Correct seatbelt grade bolts through floor and into box section below rear screen. 6mm steel frame.
Additional locating brace bolted with M8 bolt into seat frame brace. Also note section of original frame cut out to make sure of belt webbing clearance
Drilling holes for rear belt buckle webbing
Another little challenge - cutting through the steel parcel shelf for the belts to pass through without damaging the covering. Using a piece of aluminium and two blocks of wood to hold covering away from steel (and the dremel grinding disc...)
section cut out
Plastic escutcheon being trial fitted
from the other side
Cheapo right angle drill attachment (the blue thing) from Ebay used to drill mounting hole for last of the rear inertia reels. You can just see some fine swarf behind the upper part of the spring.
Parcel shelf removed and hole drilled out to 11mm for mounting bolt. Still needed to use the right angle attachment.