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[suffolk_mac]

hi i have an 1981 mini city i have got myself some seat rear seat belts coming but want to know is there fitting holes in the car or do i have to make new holes and what ever the answer where is the best place for them parcel shelf or back piller.

[Dan]

Your car will have mounting holes for three points but nowhere for a reel to be mounted. You will need multi angle reels mounted to the pillar or to create a mounting point for it in the pocket or a heavily reinforced parcel shelf. DO NOT fit a seatbelt to the parcel shelf without massively reinforcing the shelf, it is not designed to take seatbelt loads and is not capable of doing so. I have seen Minis with the belt mounted here after they crashed and it is not pretty. A fairly light loading on a seatbelt mounted to the shelf can almost turn the rear of the car inside out quite easily.

[suffolk_mac]

Your car will have mounting holes for three points but nowhere for a reel to be mounted. You will need multi angle reels mounted to the pillar or to create a mounting point for it in the pocket or a heavily reinforced parcel shelf. DO NOT fit a seatbelt to the parcel shelf without massively reinforcing the shelf, it is not designed to take seatbelt loads and is not capable of doing so. I have seen Minis with the belt mounted here after they crashed and it is not pretty. A fairly light loading on a seatbelt mounted to the shelf can almost turn the rear of the car inside out quite easily.

the belts i have on order are static belts not reel ones.

[Dan]

Well then all the points you need will be in place.

Edited by Dan, 20 August 2007 - 09:07 PM.

[suffolk_mac]

thank you will find them when the belts get here