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[ianbunyan]

Anyone fitted rear seat belts in their Mini? Ones with tensioners? Or am I at best going to get shoulder ones that you have to kinda tighten yourself?

[AlexM]

Get the tensioned one, minispares sell them and they are around £30 each, well worth it when you consider the amount of time saved by not having to explain to your passengers how to tighten their seatbelt. :wink:

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[ianbunyan]

LOL Point taken! So they are the full shoulder ones, right? And they'll fit in my '74 Mini? If so... BARGAIN!!! B)

[AlexM]

Id check on that if I were you, just to be sure :cheese:

But they are pretty good value

[Guess-Works.com]

If your 74 mini is in it's original mk3 shell ( you never realy know ) then you will have to weld the seat belt anchor points in, as they are only fitted as standard to 80's on shells, and even then some of the earlier ones don't have the anchor point on the C panel (shoulder).

[ianbunyan]

Aaah... welding... well, will have to be done... lap belts are pointless really as anyone in the rear will headbut the people in front on impact I'm guessing... off to Bill Richards then!

[mrmajeika]

In my Clubman, I can see that I've got holes where seatbelt bolts can fit through, but they're not threaded and they certainly don't look strong enough at the moment. Would I need to weld reinforcing plates in, or is it acceptable to just use a plate bolted in between the rear of the back seat and the seatbelt nut? Am I making sense? Any other tips in general on how to fit rear seatbelts?
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